# speakola (blogs) — RSS Amplifier Recent posts from the 1 feeds in the RSS Amplifier directory that cover speakola. Page: Feed: --- ## ['I misled people, including even my wife'](https://news.speakola.com/p/i-misled-people-including-even-my) _2026-08-17 · Tony Wilson · Speakola newsletter_ It's eighteen years since Bill Clinton's address to the nation regarding the Monica Lewinsky affair. ## [Do Meet Your Heroes — Jack's new podcast & Maddie's amazing speech](https://news.speakola.com/p/do-meet-your-heroes-jacks-new-podcast) _2026-08-12 · Speakola newsletter_ My 15 year old son Jack has cerebral palsy. He's a kid with many passions and quite a few idols, and he's thought of a way he might get to meet them! Does anyone know Jack Black? 😀 ## [RIP Glen Hansard - 'Make art, make art!'](https://news.speakola.com/p/rip-glen-hansard-make-art-make-art) _2026-07-30 · Tony Wilson · Speakola newsletter_ The Irish troubadour and Oscar winner has died aged 56 in a motorcycle accident. He left his mark on music and musicals, and delivered one of the warmest and best Oscars acceptance speeches. ## [Lumumba Vea — Congo's Living Statue](https://news.speakola.com/p/lumumba-vea-congos-living-statue) _2026-07-02 · Tony Wilson · Speakola newsletter_ The DR Congo lost today in a heartbreaker to England. The World Cup therefore says goodbye to one of it's most dedicated and creatively dressed fans. ## ['So stop you if you can ‘cos you’re the England man!'](https://news.speakola.com/p/so-stop-you-if-you-can-cos-youre) _2026-06-09 · Tony Wilson · Speakola newsletter_ Before Carpool Karaoke, there was James Cordon singing badly by himself in a car. ## ['All right you sons of bitches' — military inspiration before D-Day](https://news.speakola.com/p/all-right-you-sons-of-bitches-military) _2026-06-03 · Tony Wilson · Speakola newsletter_ Did General Patton deliver his famous speech? He certainly did, but it was more a series of four to six speeches, and it wasn't identical each time — he was a brilliant ad libber. ## ['People like me come and go' — RIP Neale Daniher](https://news.speakola.com/p/people-like-me-come-and-go-rip-neale) _2026-05-25 · Tony Wilson · Speakola newsletter_ They don't though. The great Neale Daniher has died, as the footy world has long feared he might. For years he held off MND. He's a true hero to so many of us. He changed the country. ## [The perfect imperfect voice of Shirley Chisholm](https://news.speakola.com/p/the-perfect-imperfect-voice-of-shirley) _2026-05-21 · Tony Wilson · Speakola newsletter_ One of the joys of starting Speakola was learning about Shirley Chisholm —Congresswoman, activist, and presidential candidate, and one of the great speakers of all time. ## [Dream a little dream of Mum](https://news.speakola.com/p/dream-a-little-dream-of-mum) _2026-04-21 · Tony Wilson · Speakola newsletter_ My mum died a year ago. My eulogy to her is ep 58 of the podcast. I love sharing eulogies for loved ones on Speakola. Send me yours if you feel like it. I just need text, date, location and a photo. ## [profullstack on Ko‑fi (Sponsored)](https://crawlproof.com/a/gcZB6hPmRCoP) _2026-04-21 · **Sponsored**_ Open the creator's Ko‑fi page. ## ['We declare the right of the people of Ireland to the ownership of Ireland' — Easter Uprising, 1916](https://news.speakola.com/p/we-declare-the-right-of-the-people) _2026-04-01 · Tony Wilson · Speakola newsletter_ Padraic Pearse's proclamation on the 23rd of March 1916 outside the GPO in Dublin is surely one of the most courageous and self sacrificial speeches in modern history.