Every significant speech ever delivered, by anyone, forever

The Speakola website launched on the 5th of August, 2015. It's ten years old this week. Here is the story of how it came to be.

I was sitting next to my brother, Ned, when I told him I was going to make a site that housed every significant speech ever delivered, by anyone, forever. We were at a 20 year celebration for Showtime United, the indoor soccer team he’s played in since he was a schoolkid, and I’d been invited because I filled in as goalie once. They’re very loyal in tha…