In this special summer podcast episode, Senior Interview Editor Erich Denk and McCourt Professor Sean O’Brien discuss what makes a good speech, the state of speechmaking in the modern day, maintaining hobbies while advancing your career, and Joe Biden’s love for Irish poetry.

Bonus features:

Watch the tongue-in-cheek “love letter” speech that Professor O’Brien wrote for Congressman Rahm Emanuel.

Want more on speech-writing? Professor O’Brien recommends these books: Made to Stick, Lincoln at Gettysburg, and All the King’s Men.

This episode features our new theme music by Russell Lawrence. Visit his SoundCloud @cspanfam to hear more.

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Photo by Marc Wathieu via Flickr.