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\"Graduation day ends in a few hours — but the speeches can last a lifetime.\"

This podcast brings together the most powerful commencement speeches ever delivered — from David Foster Wallace’s reminder to choose how you see the world, to J.K. Rowling’s hard-won lessons on failure, to Steve Jobs’s timeless call to stay hungry, stay foolish. Each episode dives deep into one landmark speech, weaving together long verbatim excerpts with reflective commentary that connects their wisdom to everyday life.

Across 10 episodes, you’ll hear the voices of writers, leaders, and visionaries — George Saunders, Neil Gaiman, Toni Morrison, Kurt Vonnegut, Barack Obama, Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie — all offering a kind of curriculum for living with courage, kindness, creativity, and responsibility.

More than a podcast, this is a ceremony of ideas — a graduation of the spirit — reminding us that life itself is the ultimate commencement.

If you’ve ever wished you could carry the world’s best advice in your pocket, this series is your invitation to walk across the stage again and again — each time with new wisdom in hand.

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