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Good-bye Jacinda
New Zealand Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern resigned this week with the class and eloquence that has typified much of her time in the top job. Here are…
Tony Wilson
Jan 21
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'I thank you for not moving' —Oprah's eulogy for Rosa Parks
One of the greatest ever eulogies, delivered by one of the world's greatest orators, for one of America's greatest women. On this day in 2005.
Tony Wilson
Oct 30, 2022
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'I thank you for not moving' —Oprah's eulogy for Rosa Parks
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We must dig in and get through to tea — Michael Clarke's eulogy for Phillip Hughes
It's eight years since then Australian cricket captain Michael Clarke honoured his friend and NSW teammate Philip Hughes with one of the best sports…
Tony Wilson
Jan 4
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We must dig in and get through to tea — Michael Clarke's eulogy for Phillip Hughes
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The hope and change guy
Barack Obama still has operatic range and perfect pitch when it comes to speech making. It's only the ructions of the moment and the sense that we've…
Tony Wilson
Nov 7, 2022
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"I’m lucky — at age of 98, I’m still able to do what I promised to do"
Abram Goldberg promised his mother on the train platform at Auschwitz that if he lived he'd never stop telling the story of what happened.
Tony Wilson
Oct 26, 2022
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"I’m lucky — at age of 98, I’m still able to do what I promised to do"
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The Speakolies 2022 — presented on 'The Grapevine' on Triple R
Ruby Tui, Stephen Jones, Mia Motley, Barack Obama. For the fifth year running, I was guest on Triple R's 'The Grapevine' with Kulya Coulston and Dylan…
Tony Wilson
Dec 3, 2022
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The Speakolies 2022 — presented on 'The Grapevine' on Triple R
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'He is all of them, and he is one of us' — Paul Keating's Remembrance Day classic
Australian Prime Minister Paul Keating's legendary Eulogy to the Unknown Soldier from 1993 is finally on YouTube. For years it's been audio only. What a…
Tony Wilson
Nov 11, 2022
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'He is all of them, and he is one of us' — Paul Keating's Remembrance Day classic
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What are your best speeches of 2022?
My annual 'Speakolies' radio segment is on The Grapevine on Triple R at 11.15am on Monday. I know this is my job, but will you do it for me? 😊 What are…
Tony Wilson
Nov 24, 2022
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'When we meet again, we're going on a beer run' — Jimmy Fallon's tribute to Kobe Bryant
It's three years since Kobe Bryant and his daughter Gianna and seven others died in a helicopter crash. Jimmy Fallon's tribute on his show was a…
Tony Wilson
Jan 27
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'When we meet again, we're going on a beer run' — Jimmy Fallon's tribute to Kobe Bryant
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'Thirteen days ago my Dad’s big, beautiful, generous heart suddenly stopped beating'
Michael Gordon was a legendary Australian political journalist who died 5 years ago today at the age of just 62. There were many wonderful tributes. The…
Tony Wilson
Feb 3
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'Thirteen days ago my Dad’s big, beautiful, generous heart suddenly stopped beating'
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'Is this not slavery?' — Jack Patten's opening address to Day of Mourning protests, 1938
It's Australia Day in my country, or Invasion Day as its regarded by most indigenous people. I doubt it will survive as a national holiday. The first…
Tony Wilson
Jan 26
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'Is this not slavery?' — Jack Patten's opening address to Day of Mourning protests, 1938
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'I'm not voting for Barack Obama because he's black ...'
Oprah is one of the most naturally gifted orators of all time, and that's on show at this campaign rally for Barack Obama, on this day 15 years ago. It…
Tony Wilson
Feb 3
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