Speech Science

When the Founding Fathers drafted our Constitution, they had no idea there would be a “Big Tech”–nor any concept of the immense power these companies would wield over our people. But the Fathers did provide mechanisms—a system of check and balances—for the people to stop dangerous monopolies like Google, Facebook, Apple, and Amazon from suffocating our business and political life. Few know more about these mechanisms than Rep. Ken Buck, who has been a leader in Congress fighting against the unchecked power of Big Tech.

What makes us human? Why are we the only animals who wear clothes, drive cars, trawl the internet, and fly helicopters on Mars? It’s all because we’ve learnt to talk, yet remarkably, we still don’t know how we did it. Speech! suggests an answer that’s been hiding in plain sight - the simple yet radical shift that turned our analog grunts and shrieks into words. But, its consequences are far from simple: being able to share ideas through language was an evolutionary tipping point - it allowed us to link up our minds.

George H.W. Bush takes a special look back on the momentous global events of 1989-1992 - the fall of the Berlin Wall, the collapse of the Soviet Union, and the liberation of Kuwait, to name a few - and reminisces about what it was like to be President through such unprecedented times. Choosing from among the hundreds of speeches he gave while in office, former President Bush selects the speeches that meant the most to him, and introduces each one with candid comments.

How Free Speech Saved Democracy is a revealing reminder that First Amendment rights have often been curtailed in efforts to block progress, and that current measures to reduce hurtful language and to end hate speech could backfire on those who promote them.

Start des Berichtes: 22.11.2082. Während die Menschheit wahrlich genügend Probleme mit sich und ihrem Überleben hat, bemüht sich Captain Markus Fischer auch noch um Hilfe für eine Spezies, von der er sich Freundschaft und Hilfe erhofft. Die Fischer-Crew kämpft dabei an verschiedenen Fronten auf unterschiedlichen Welten. Die 15 Meter breite Flugscheibe stand etwa 50 cm über der Straße und mit diesen Ausmaßen benötigte sie mehr als die gesamte Straßenbreite. Unbeeindruckt sah Bogdan die Scheinwerfer des Fahrzeugs aus einer kleinen Senke hervorkommen.

Eigentlich hatte Aaron sich auf einen ruhigen Sommer eingestellt. Nach dem Tod seines Vaters war er am liebsten allein. Aber ein mysteriöses Geschenk seiner Großmutter wirft plötzlich Fragen auf. Und so reist Aaron kurzerhand zu ihr nach Schottland. Dort trifft er Moe, Jules und Summer, die ebenfalls ihre Ferien auf dem Hof der Großmutter verbringen. Sie stellen schnell fest, dass sie nicht zufällig zusammen dort sind. Sie sind die neuen Hüter einer Welt, die Aaron bisher nur aus den Geschichten seines Vaters kannte und die nun auch für die vier gefährlich real zu werden scheint.

Was würdest du tun, wenn dich eine Hexe bedroht? Deinen Bruder in die Schattenwelt bannt und deine Liebe des Lebens als Nächstes holen will? Wenn sich dir die Möglichkeit bieten würde, die Hexe zu besiegen, würdest du es tun? Wärst du bereit, alles was du kennst in Frage zu stellen? Deinen Geist zu öffnen, um alles zu akzeptieren, was du von da an sehen wirst? Das bekannte Loslassen? Genau diese Fragen stellen sich Lea und Finn, um sich für einen aussichtslosen Kampf zu wappnen. Ein ganzes Magier Dorf, wird ihnen dabei helfen.

Features Franklin Delano Roosevelt's Fireside Chats that were used to inform and build support for his presidency. From 1933 to 1945, families would gather around their living room radio to listen to the president explain everything from why he was closing banks to declaring war on Japan following the bombing of Pearl Harbor. Produced by the Speech Resource Company and fully narrated by Robert Wikstrom.

Big Tech Tyrants boast riches beyond emperors of old but act like juveniles who don't want to grow up. They are modern-day robber barons. Big Tech Tyrants don't know the meaning of privacy, when it comes to you. They try to make you believe they will give their products away for free as a service to society, when really, they are vacuuming your personal data. They use this data to discover your deepest secrets. Big Tech Tyrants is an eye-opening, must-listen book for anyone living in the 21st century.

A number one New York Times best-selling author, Harvard Law School professor, and tireless defender of civil liberties unearths a little-known letter by his hero, Thomas Jefferson, and shares its secrets. The letter illuminates Jefferson’s views on freedom of speech in a way that has important implications for the country today, particularly in the struggle against terrorism. This book is about the remarkable letter Alan Dershowitz found, how he found it, and why it matters not only to him, but to us today.

This book features the collected speeches of President Ford during his time in office as the president of the United States (1974-77). The speeches include his taking the oath of office and then pardoning Richard Nixon and draft evaders. Further speeches include his various State of the Union addresses and speeches on foreign, economic, and energy policy, among others. This collection enables you to understand the actions of President Ford from his numerous speeches. The book includes 14 key speeches in total.

At a critical moment in Jimmy Carter’s presidency, he gave a speech that should have changed the country. Instead it led to his downfall and ushered in the rise of the conservative movement in America. In What the Heck Are You Up to, Mr. President? Kevin Mattson gives us a behind-the-scenes look at the weeks leading up to Carter’s "malaise" speech, a period of great upheaval in the United States: the energy crisis had resulted in mile-long gas lines, inciting suburban riots and violence; the country’s morale was low and Carter’s ratings were even lower.

Start des Berichtes: 20.03.2082 Die Klimakatastrophe ist da. Als einzig funktionierende Nation hat Indien beschlossen, über Ländergrenzen hinweg, das Überleben der menschlichen Spezies zu sichern. Man fährt dabei zweigleisig: Die Kolonisierung des Mars und mittels einer Deep Space Mission im All nach Hilfe zu suchen. Dieser erste Bericht begleitet Captain Markus Fischer und seine Crew in die Weiten des Kosmos. Yathavan Ansari stand am Fenster des obersten Stockwerkes der Indian Secret Space Organisation. Vom Top des riesigen Gebäudes waren es knapp 150 Meter bis zum Boden.

Americans today are confronted by a barrage of questions relating to their free-speech freedoms. While citizens are grappling with these questions, they generally have nowhere to turn to learn about the extent of their First Amendment rights. The Fight for Free Speech answers this call with an accessible, engaging user’s guide to free speech. Media lawyer Ian Rosenberg distills the spectrum of free speech law down to 10 critical issues.

College campuses have become flashpoints of the current culture war and, consequently, much ink has been spilled over the relationship between universities and the cultivation or coddling of young American minds. Philosopher Sigal R. Ben-Porath takes head-on arguments that infantilize students who speak out against violent and racist discourse on campus or rehash interpretations of the First Amendment. Ben-Porath sets out to demonstrate the role of the university in American society and, specifically, how it can model free speech in ways that promote democratic ideals.

V13: So lautet der Codename für den Prozess um die Terroranschläge in Paris, bei denen am Freitag, den 13. November 2015 in der Konzerthalle Bataclan, auf Caféterrassen im Osten der Stadt und vor dem Stade de France, wo das Länderspiel Frankreich – Deutschland ausgetragen wurde, 130 Menschen in den Tod gerissen wurden. Emmanuel Carrère besuchte die Verhandlungen vom ersten bis zum letzten Tag und berichtet über die daran Beteiligten, das Grauen, unverhoffte Menschlichkeit und die Maschine der Rechtsprechung.

In his work as a speechwriter to senior politicians and business leaders around the world, Philip Collins has become well versed in understanding what it is that makes a speech great. When They Go Low, We Go High explores the ways in which the most notable speeches in history have worked, analysing the rhetorical tricks to uncover how the right speech at the right time can profoundly shape the world.

Eigentlich ist Flo ein ganz normaler Junge. Nur ein bisschen viel Fantasie hat er, findet seine Schwester. Als Flo sich eines Nachmittags mitten in der Modelleisenbahn-Welt seines Vaters wiederfindet, beginnt selbst er an seinem Verstand zu zweifeln. Ist er jetzt völlig übergeschnappt oder hat er etwa eine magische Schwelle zwischen zwei Welten überschritten? Flo stürzt sich in wilde Verfolgungsjagden und Abenteuer, die er sonst nur gespielt hat. Als er einen Jungen trifft, der ihn vage an jemanden erinnert, erfährt er, wie eng Fantasie und Realität miteinander verstrickt sind.

This collects the Presidential speeches of President Harry S. Truman during his term of office (1945 - 1953). Speeches concerning the end of the Second World War and victory celebrations, The Truman Doctrine, Korea, the veto of Taft-Hartley, addresses to the NAACP and press association, rear platform remarks and his inaugural, and farewell addresses. Truman's term was dominated by foreign policy topics as the Second World War came to a close and the post-war order was being negotiated.

Millions of American families have turned to The Book of Virtues and The Moral Compass by William J. Bennett for moral guidance in troubled times. Our Sacred Honor offers inspiration and instruction as well -- this time of a particularly American sort.