Ep. 282 - A Tale of Two Commencement Speeches

Just Listen to Yourself with Kira Davis

FCB Podcast Network

News, Politics, News Commentary

5 • 789 Ratings

🗓️ 21 June 2024

⏱️ 72 minutes

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Summary

Kira analyzes and contrasts two very different college commencement speeches - Joe Biden’s speech at Morehouse and Harrison Butker’s address to Benedictine College. What makes a good commencement speech? What was the difference between the President’s address and Butker’s? And what about THE CONTROVERSY? Did Butker cross a line? Kira thinks through all of it this week. Links to speeches below. Chime in at [email protected]

Biden’s Morehouse address https://youtu.be/YOw3lHgJYdM?si=jtzAziaWHtMGlR-I

Butker’s Benedictine address
https://youtu.be/-JS7RIKSaCc?si=4YNt3kaPMv4W-0nz

Transcript

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0:00.0	This is the FCB Podcast Network.
0:09.3	I pray the Lord, my soul today that we want who stays, then we won't stay.
0:15.4	All we got is us, no one can't take that away.
0:18.4	So don't who stayed, it's going to be okay.
0:26.6	I pray the Lord, my soul day that we won't go stay and then we won't go stay. All we got is us.
0:27.6	No one can't take that away.
0:29.6	So don't go to stay.
0:30.6	It's going to be okay.
0:31.6	Hey, everybody.
0:33.6	Welcome back to another episode of Just Listen to Yourself with Kira Davis. I am your
0:38.2	host, Kira Davis, and this is a podcast where we take hot topics, hot button ideas, and we
0:44.6	discuss the talking points on those ideas, and we draw those talking points all the way out
0:50.1	to their logical conclusion. And today, I decided to make it my commencement day.
0:57.7	Unfortunately, I still, even though I'm the mother to two almost grown children, one is grown,
1:05.0	I still haven't been to a graduation ceremony. My son was the first one to graduate, and
1:10.4	unfortunately his graduation year was
1:12.7	2020. So he'll be graduating college next year. And my daughter will also be graduating high
1:19.6	school at the same time. Haven't had a chance to go through the graduation stuff. As of yet,
1:24.9	my son's graduation attire, his cap, his gown, his diploma, it's all still
1:32.8	in the wrapping, in the shrink wrap. We didn't, we didn't do anything for graduation. So,
1:39.9	there's been some controversy surrounding graduation commencement addresses.
1:45.2	Two in particular.
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