HartGrove Legacy & Academy
Great Speeches!
Why Are They Great?
A weekly close listen to the speeches that moved the world — and what any speaker can steal from them.
Every great speaker learned from other great speakers.
This series listens closely — and asks: what exactly is happening here, and how do I do it too?
The HartGrove 12-Question Framework — Applied to Every Episode
01How does the speech open?
02What is the rhythm of the speech?
03Where are the pauses in the speech?
04How does the voice move through the speech?
05What is the emotional journey of the speech?
06What words are repeated in the speech?
07What is the single most powerful moment?
08What does the speaker NOT say?
09How does the speech close?
10Who is the speaker talking to?
11What would an IELTS examiner notice first?
12What is the one thing to steal?
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Episode 1 — Our Deepest Fear Marianne Williamson · Read by Theo-Chris Groenewald
"Actually, who are you not to be?" — A masterclass in warm, authoritative delivery. How one short question silences a lifetime of self-doubt.
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Episode 2 — Stay Hungry, Stay Foolish Steve Jobs · Stanford Commencement Address, 2005
Three stories. No notes. No podium. How the world's most compelling CEO held 30,000 people completely still for fifteen minutes.
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Episode 3 — I Have a Dream Martin Luther King Jr. · Washington D.C., 1963 (Not Available Yet)
He didn't plan to say it. The four words that changed history — and what happens in a speaker's body when they stop performing and start believing.