Matt hosts and Mike joins. Easy Company veterans were highly-trained paratroopers who served in some of the most dangerous circumstances of World War II, including the night before D-Day at Normandy.

(Production note: Please be patient with Matt's audio quality as it goes in and out periodically.)

In June, Liam McDonald bicycled 3,400 miles from California to Delaware as part of an expanded vision for Biking for Babies Summer Rides.

Here, Recruiting and Marketing Director of Biking for Babies, Sarah Wiese interviews him about his incredible ride.

"It's one thing to do something hard. It's a whole other thing to do something hard for someone else."

Mike's brother, Dan, introduces. Ross and Matt chime in on Mr. Maclean's speech, dramatized in the 1992 film, A River Runs Through It, as well as the 1976 book.

The speech clip comes from https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=f3yZEqITfDw

Another speech straight from the Johnson Family tree posts up in the Speech Guys' studio. Ross's older brother, Father Rob (Three Dogs North Podcast), gave this speech at his fall 2015 wedding.

It's the last Speech(es) By Small Towners--best enjoyed with a Bud Lite, Miller Lite, or Coors Lite at your local American Legion or Knights of Columbus Hall.

The gang's all here. Get cozy. Warm that affectionate heart of yours and learn how to be a Sticker... or Boomer... or a Sticker-Boomer... and look on at Port William with us.

The speech was presented April 23rd, 2012 for the Jefferson Lecture as part of the National Endowment for the Humanities.

https://events.tvworldwide.com/Events/NEH-2012-Jefferson-Lecture/VideoId/-1/UseHtml5/True

Landon's blog post describing his meeting with Mr. Berry:

https://ambrook.com/offrange/perspective/wendell-berry-kentucky-clearing-brush

I-L-L... I-N-I! The Speech Guys explore the University of Illinois origin story in the words of one of its founders, Jonathon Baldwin Turner. JBT envisioned a class of farmer shaped by experience and informed by agricultural science. Dave Biver, U of I graduate, Freeburg area native, and farmer ("The Straw Boss"!) fits the bill. He introduces the episode.

The Speech Guys find a reason to hang with Ronnie Reagan again--and it's a good reason as they're embarking on the first speech series of the 7th season. Speeches By Small Towners. Reagan gave this speech in Dixon, Illinois on February 6th, 1984.