Jon Meacham on his new podcast It Was Said revisiting some of American history's greatest speeches

Published: Oct. 21, 2020, 7:22 p.m.

b'(10/21/20) Jon Meacham is a renowned presidential historian, contributing writer to The New York Times Book Review, contributing editor at TIME, and Pulitzer Prize-winning author. His book, \\u201cThe Soul of America: The Battle for Our Better Angels\\u201d has been made into an HBO documentary, premiering on Oct. 27. Produced by C13Originals and the History Channel, Jon\\u2019s latest project, the It Was Said podcast, looks back at some of America\\u2019s greatest orations. Join us for an hour with one of US history\\u2019s greatest scholars in this installment of Leonard Lopate at Large on WBAI.'