Samara chats with one of the all-time greatest speechwriters (she wrote for Barack and then Michelle all eight years they were in the White House, and before that Hillary!) and gets loads of delicious tips on world-changing speechwriting and room-changing delivery: what it really means to show not tell, how to start and how to structure the damn thing, and Sarah’s best advice for sounding like a real person up there and not “disembodied authority voice.” Plus they discuss her latest book on Judaism and how to be a good human.



Anne Deavere Smith’s book Talk to Me: penguinrandomhouse.com/books/168772/talk-to-me-by-anna-deavere-smith/

Sarah Hurwitz’s book Here All Along: penguinrandomhouse.com/books/572627/here-all-along-by-sarah-hurwitz/

More on Martin Buber: brainpickings.org/2018/03/18/i-and-thou-martin-buber/

More info on honoring native lands: usdac.us/nativeland




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Samara chats with one of the all-time greatest speechwriters (she wrote for Barack and then Michelle all eight years they were in the White House, and before that Hillary!) and gets loads of delicious tips on world-changing speechwriting and room-changing delivery: what it really means to show not tell, how to start and how to structure the damn thing, and Sarah’s best advice for sounding like a real person up there and not “disembodied authority voice.” Plus they discuss her latest book on Judaism and how to be a good human. Anne Deavere Smith’s book Talk to Me: <a href="https://nam04.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=http%3A%2F%2Fpenguinrandomhouse.com%2Fbooks%2F168772%2Ftalk-to-me-by-anna-deavere-smith%2F&amp;data=02%7C01%7Csophielichterman%40iheartmedia.com%7C12acefc73fff44a78c3a08d817ca5d5b%7C122a527e5b714eba878d9810b495b9e3%7C0%7C0%7C637285505222685276&amp;sdata=qYLsHIcBMNd4paD9UgeT63j3NhPSEdOerEn9uNsXF2Q%3D&amp;reserved=0">penguinrandomhouse.com/books/168772/talk-to-me-by-anna-deavere-smith/</a>Sarah Hurwitz’s book Here All Along: <a href="https://nam04.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=http%3A%2F%2Fpenguinrandomhouse.com%2Fbooks%2F572627%2Fhere-all-along-by-sarah-hurwitz%2F&amp;data=02%7C01%7Csophielichterman%40iheartmedia.com%7C12acefc73fff44a78c3a08d817ca5d5b%7C122a527e5b714eba878d9810b495b9e3%7C0%7C0%7C637285505222685276&amp;sdata=v0MrB%2BqS%2BX9FdUZRK2WXUI4JSK5ZHulZPCtUQ2Xt4Hs%3D&amp;reserved=0">penguinrandomhouse.com/books/572627/here-all-along-by-sarah-hurwitz/</a>More on Martin Buber: <a href="https://nam04.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=http%3A%2F%2Fbrainpickings.org%2F2018%2F03%2F18%2Fi-and-thou-martin-buber%2F&amp;data=02%7C01%7Csophielichterman%40iheartmedia.com%7C12acefc73fff44a78c3a08d817ca5d5b%7C122a527e5b714eba878d9810b495b9e3%7C0%7C0%7C637285505222695262&amp;sdata=YNbh474DWb0KImRs%2FXj9PzA%2BbZpnj9LCc5wVuZYPrqk%3D&amp;reserved=0">brainpickings.org/2018/03/18/i-and-thou-martin-buber/</a>More info on honoring native lands: <a href="https://nam04.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fusdac.us%2Fnativeland&amp;data=02%7C01%7Csophielichterman%40iheartmedia.com%7C12acefc73fff44a78c3a08d817ca5d5b%7C122a527e5b714eba878d9810b495b9e3%7C0%7C0%7C637285505222695262&amp;sdata=fCVjXTX3FKnbuNJAahkYzipbllEFswY5%2F8T3lFOKbSU%3D&amp;reserved=0">usdac.us/nativeland</a> ****How’s it feeling to speak up these days? Let us know at <a href="https://nam04.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.permissiontospeakpod.com%2F&amp;data=02%7C01%7Csophielichterman%40iheartmedia.com%7C12acefc73fff44a78c3a08d817ca5d5b%7C122a527e5b714eba878d9810b495b9e3%7C0%7C0%7C637285505222695262&amp;sdata=hQDYOUciWDoCkisZhpbIrT1F7%2Flmehwa6ZovsZEAHo8%3D&amp;reserved=0">PermissiontoSpeakPod.com</a> or on Instagram @permissiontospeakpod****And of course, please leave us a review and rate us on Apple Podcasts or the iHeartRadio app, and subscribe for your weekly dose of Permission to Speak :) Learn more about your ad-choices at <a href="https://www.iheartpodcastnetwork.com">https://www.iheartpodcastnetwork.com</a>

Permission to Speak is a fun and fiery romp through how we talk and what our voice says about us with Samara Bay, speech coach to the stars and public speaking adviser back when there was a public to speak in. Each week she interviews people who specialize in how we use our voice and people in the public eye who are USING it—what it took to find their voice, when it still wavers, the crap comments they’ve gotten for being too loud or too soft or too millennial or too anything because PEOPLE HAVE OPINIONS, and how to give ourselves permission to speak like we belong in rooms of power just as we are. Let’s destabilize the patriarchy together! Let’s talk about deep AF societal dysfunction and how it plays out on our bodies and voices, but, like, have fun doing it! Hi. This is for you.

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How to Give a Speech Like Michelle Obama with Sarah Hurwitz

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