‘Yes We Can!’: Rhetoric on TV

Another plug for the contemporary relevance of rhetoric studies:

Until this coming Sunday, you can watch on BBC iplayer the programme
‘Yes We Can! The Lost Art of Oratory’

This programme explores political oratory, starting with Obama but also considering Cicero, Churchill, Thatcher, Hitler and many others. Classical rhetoric gets a look in, including an interview with Charlotte Higgins, the author of the article I linked to earlier.