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Noise: A Human History: Persuasion

Persuasion

Noise: A Human History

BBC Radio 4 Extra - Noise: A Human History, Persuasion

Prof David Hendy explores the power of the orator.

Over the centuries, great orators have changed our minds, given us hope and sent us to the barricades. David Hendy reveals their rhetorical tricks.

From Cicero to Martin Luther King, over the centuries, great orators have changed our minds, given us hope, and sent us to the barricades.

Professor David Hendy of the University of Sussex reveals their rhetorical tricks, and explains why President Obama's sharp ear for dialogue is one of his greatest assets as a speaker.

30-part series made in collaboration with the British Library Sound Archive.

Producer: Matt Thompson.
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