Gregory Aldrete

If you watch some of his speeches, even just like turn off the sound and watch them, he's doing awesome. all kinds of stuff, and he's really emphasizing his points in a very creative way. And this is what's fascinating about oratory and public speaking is it's this two-edged sword. You can use these techniques for good or you can absolutely use them for evil.

If you watch some of his speeches, even just like turn off the sound and watch them, he's doing awesome. all kinds of stuff, and he's really emphasizing his points in a very creative way. And this is what's fascinating about oratory and public speaking is it's this two-edged sword. You can use these techniques for good or you can absolutely use them for evil.

So the very same techniques in the hands of MLK, you say, this is wonderful, this is fantastic. In the hands of Hitler, you say – This is awful. Look, he's persuading a nation to commit atrocities.

So the very same techniques in the hands of MLK, you say, this is wonderful, this is fantastic. In the hands of Hitler, you say – This is awful. Look, he's persuading a nation to commit atrocities.

So the very same techniques in the hands of MLK, you say, this is wonderful, this is fantastic. In the hands of Hitler, you say – This is awful. Look, he's persuading a nation to commit atrocities.

It's the visual embodiment of the words where he's talking about, you know, Weimar Germany being taken advantage of supposedly and all this stuff. You're right. He's channeling the resentment of the people and using that to his personal advantage and for cynical evil really purposes. Yeah. But oratory is like that.

It's the visual embodiment of the words where he's talking about, you know, Weimar Germany being taken advantage of supposedly and all this stuff. You're right. He's channeling the resentment of the people and using that to his personal advantage and for cynical evil really purposes. Yeah. But oratory is like that.

It's the visual embodiment of the words where he's talking about, you know, Weimar Germany being taken advantage of supposedly and all this stuff. You're right. He's channeling the resentment of the people and using that to his personal advantage and for cynical evil really purposes. Yeah. But oratory is like that.

The question I always end up asking my students is, after studying Cicero and all these techniques, I say, okay, this is great oratory, but do you like this? Is this good that this works on human beings?

The question I always end up asking my students is, after studying Cicero and all these techniques, I say, okay, this is great oratory, but do you like this? Is this good that this works on human beings?

The question I always end up asking my students is, after studying Cicero and all these techniques, I say, okay, this is great oratory, but do you like this? Is this good that this works on human beings?

Right. I want you just focusing on the content and not being distracted. I'll tell you also with Cicero, one of the things that he and other – people who write about Roman oratory do is to say, and you can do this stuff badly, in which case it backfires horribly. So you can have people who attempt to gesticulate.

Right. I want you just focusing on the content and not being distracted. I'll tell you also with Cicero, one of the things that he and other – people who write about Roman oratory do is to say, and you can do this stuff badly, in which case it backfires horribly. So you can have people who attempt to gesticulate.

Right. I want you just focusing on the content and not being distracted. I'll tell you also with Cicero, one of the things that he and other – people who write about Roman oratory do is to say, and you can do this stuff badly, in which case it backfires horribly. So you can have people who attempt to gesticulate.

Again, modern politicians, you'll see this sometime where they feel like I'm supposed to be making hand gestures and they're terrible at it and it undercuts it. And Cicero and Quintilian give some very amusing examples from ancient Rome. So like he says, there was this one guy who when he spoke looked like he was trying to swat away flies because there were just these awkward gestures.

Again, modern politicians, you'll see this sometime where they feel like I'm supposed to be making hand gestures and they're terrible at it and it undercuts it. And Cicero and Quintilian give some very amusing examples from ancient Rome. So like he says, there was this one guy who when he spoke looked like he was trying to swat away flies because there were just these awkward gestures.

Again, modern politicians, you'll see this sometime where they feel like I'm supposed to be making hand gestures and they're terrible at it and it undercuts it. And Cicero and Quintilian give some very amusing examples from ancient Rome. So like he says, there was this one guy who when he spoke looked like he was trying to swat away flies because there were just these awkward gestures.

Or another who looked like he was trying to balance in a boat like in choppy seas. And my favorite is there was one orator who supposedly was prone to making – I guess, kind of languid, supple motions. And so they actually named a dance after this guy, and his name was Titius.

Or another who looked like he was trying to balance in a boat like in choppy seas. And my favorite is there was one orator who supposedly was prone to making – I guess, kind of languid, supple motions. And so they actually named a dance after this guy, and his name was Titius.

Or another who looked like he was trying to balance in a boat like in choppy seas. And my favorite is there was one orator who supposedly was prone to making – I guess, kind of languid, supple motions. And so they actually named a dance after this guy, and his name was Titius.