This Is Water | Speeches Before They Died

The Speech Guys

The Speech Guys listen to and discuss excerpts from the 2005 Kenyon College commencement speech given by David Foster Wallace. This is the fourth and final episode in the "Speeches Before They Died" series. Questions and topics explored in this episode consider the tension between objectivist and subjectivist perspectives expressed in the speech, the role that boredom plays in cultivating self-awareness and introspection, how the empathetic, conscientious vision of the "This Is Water" mindset is cultivated and built up within an individual, and more! (Be sure to listen through for the post-credits scene ; ) This episode utilizes audio from the "This Is Water" speech posted by Ms. Lynn Skittle on YouTube. No revenue is generated from use of this content.