The American Dream
About this episode
Martin Sheen celebrates America's 250th birthday through literary recitations and speeches by notable American figures.
This episode is full of literary works, speeches and poems by American authors and American public figures. A letter to America, if you will, the country we love, the one we criticize and the one we know can always be better, the one we are dreaming of. Join Martin as he wishes a happy 250th birthday to America through the recitation of “America the Beautiful” and other beloved poetry. The episode concludes with a passionate and moving rendition of President Abraham Lincoln’s Second Inaugural Address. A complete list of the writers and poets from Episode 10 The American Dream “America the Beautiful” Katherine Lee Bates Consider This Alexander Hamilton like founding father, like son “A Shadow” Henry Wadsworth Longfellow “The Song of the Stone Wall” Helen Keller Consider This Inauguration speeches, the short and long of it The poem “I Am Waiting” by Lawrence Ferlinghetti from Coney Island of the Mind, copyright 1955 is included in this podcast with permission of New Directions Publishing Corporation “Where the Mind is Without Fear” Rabindranath Tagore
People in this episode
Host: Martin Sheen
Topics covered
- American Dream
- literary works
- poetry
- speeches
- national identity
- celebration
Keywords
- American Dream
- poetry
- speeches
- literary works
- national identity
- America the Beautiful
- Abraham Lincoln
Mentioned in this episode
Books & works: America the Beautiful
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