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Undelivered
The Craft of Speechwriting
Jeff joins PBS’s Global Perspectives to discuss his book, the craft of speechwriting, and connecting to audiences (even with dad jokes).
WUCF TV
April 23, 2023
On Writing & Speaking
Bully Pulpit Interactive taps the White House’s Jeff Nussbaum as partner
Public affairs firm Bully Pulpit Interactive has tapped Jeff Nussbaum, White House special assistant and senior speechwriter to President Joe Biden, as a partner.
PR Week
April 20, 2023
On Writing & Speaking
Jen Psaki’s State of the Union Preview
Jeff joins Jen Psaki to preview President Biden’s State of the Union address.
Peacock
February 7, 2023
Undelivered
The Greatest Speeches Never Heard
There are many speeches that were written for powerful people that they never gave. Jeff Nussbaum considers the history of such undelivered speeches, as well as what they can tell us about ourselves today.
RadioWest
January 5, 2023
Undelivered
JFK’s Cuban Missile Crisis Speech Became Iconic. But It Could Have Been ‘Humanity’s Suicide Note’
Some of the greatest speeches not only mark moments in history, they also make history.
ABC News
October 25, 2022
Commentary
President Biden Denounces MAGA Republicans
Jeff Nussbaum on President Biden denouncing MAGA Republicans: “[Biden] has stuck with working with Republicans ... but I think here you see him admitting there are some people who are not really going to be part of the democratic process in this country.”
The Sunday Show with Jonathan Capehart
September 4, 2022
Undelivered
Speeches Never Given Get Their Due in ‘Undelivered’
Author and former Biden speechwriter Jeff Nussbaum joins Morning Joe to discuss details from his new book ‘Undelivered,’ which looks at the most notable speeches never heard by the public.
Morning Joe
July 28, 2022
Undelivered
Giving Undelivered Political Speeches Their Due
Undelivered presents more than a dozen speeches that were never presented, largely due to twists of circumstance or last-minute reconsiderations. At a book talk Wednesday night at Bunch of Grapes, Mr. Nussbaum spoke about the years he spent accumulating the speech manuscripts that now form the bedrock of the book.
Martha’s Vineyard Gazette
July 16, 2022
Undelivered
New Book, “Undelivered”
Former senior speechwriter for President Biden Jeff Nussbaum talks about the undelivered speeches that would have changed US history.
WGN News Chicago
May 27, 2022
Commentary
Panel Spars Over Biden’s Accountability on Inflation, Baby Formula
Jeff Nussbaum join CNN's Dana Bash to discuss Trump's impact on the Georgia GOP governor's race, a new poll showing an overwhelming amount of Americans feeling pessimistic about state of the country, and how issues like inflation and the baby formula shortage will affect voters in the fall.
CNN
May 22, 2022
Undelivered
The Undelivered Speeches that Could Have Rewritten History
What if Edward VIII hadn’t abdicated the British throne in 1936? If Richard Nixon had refused to resign? What if Boston Mayor Kevin White hadn’t supported the integration of his city’s schools? If Hillary Clinton had won the presidency?
1A
May 18, 2022
Undelivered
These 4 Undelivered Famous Speeches Would Have Changed History
Jeff Nussbaum’s new book, focusing on history’s most memorable undelivered speeches, is a love letter to all the speechwriters and public figures who toiled on addresses that never saw the light of day — at least, until now.
New York Post
May 14, 2022
Undelivered
Here’s the Speech Helen Keller Never Got a Chance to Deliver
Here, we’ve got the background on an address that famed disability activist Helen Keller should have given at a 1913 women’s suffrage march — until it was broken up by 500,000 drunk male rioters.
Katie Couric Media
May 13, 2022
Undelivered
Rewriting History with Undelivered Speeches
Jeff joins News Nation to discuss “Undelivered,” as well as President Biden’s changing rhetoric.
On Balance with Leland Vittert
May 11, 2022
Undelivered
A White House Speechwriter Chronicles Major Speeches Never Delivered
Biden speechwriter Jeff Nussbaum spent two decades searching for speeches that leaders ultimately scrapped — speeches that could have changed history.
Jewish Insider
May 10, 2022
Undelivered
What If D-Day Failed?
President Biden’s speechwriter Jeff Nussbaum builds an alternate history through the speeches leaders never had to make.
Esquire
May 10, 2022
Undelivered
Change of Address
Jeff Nussbaum, fresh out of the Biden White House, is out with a new book. Jeff joins at 7:40.
The Gist
May 10, 2022
Undelivered
Undelivered Speeches that Defined the World
Jeff joins the Politics War Room podcast for a conversation about “Undelivered.” Jeff joins at 14:20.
Politics War Room with James Carville & Al Hunt
May 5, 2022
Undelivered
First look: Biden Speechwriter Shares History’s Undelivered Speeches
Nussbaum combines a speechwriter’s eye for detail with the amateur sleuth lurking inside of every history buff. Along the way, he solves some historical whodunnits and fingers Kennedy’s speechwriter Ted Sorensen, a committed pacifist, as the author of JFK’s undelivered airstrike speech.
Axios
May 3, 2022
On Humor
'Serious' Joe Biden Looks to Prove He Can Be Actually Funny
”This is a President who has used the expression 'Not a joke, folks' more than he has told actual jokes,” said Jeff Nussbaum, who until this week worked as a speechwriter at the White House and has been involved in humor speech preparation for Biden. “That's not necessarily a bad thing in serious times. It's just that President Biden is a serious person dealing with serious challenges.”
CNN
April 29, 2022
On Writing & Speaking
Behind the Scenes of the White House Correspondents Dinner
How does Biden navigate the tricky politics of attending the WHCD in a time of widespread public anxiety? Jeff Nussbaum told us in an exclusive interview that the rule they live by in Biden world is “the Hippocratic Humor Oath, which is first do no harm.”
Politico Playbook
April 28, 2022
On Writing & Speaking
Eulogist-in-Chief
President Biden’s eulogies are not crafted just as remembrances but also calls to action. “As he is extolling the memory of people recently, especially political ones, he's also holding them up as examples of what we can be,” said Jeff Nussbaum, the author of the forthcoming book “Undelivered.”
Politico West Wing Playbook
April 28, 2022
Undelivered
DC Stuff We’re Digging
In 2016, Hillary Clinton penned a victory address — which, obviously, she never had the chance to share with the world. It’s just one of the intriguing documents included in Jeff Nussbaum’s new volume of scrapped speeches.
Washingtonian
April 28, 2022
On Writing & Speaking
Channeling Joe: The Art and Science of Presidential Speechwriting
For Jeffrey Nussbaum ’97, a political veteran who returned to the White House earlier this year as a speechwriter for President Joe Biden, the beauty of his craft often isn’t found in Winston Churchill–style bombast but in the smaller moments that connect a leader with his audience.
Brown Alumni Magazine
November 1, 2021
Commentary
This Is Why Concession Speeches Matter
Concession speeches help maintain peace after elections, but they're not legally required. So what happens when those speeches deviate from tradition?
CNN
November 3, 2020
On Writing & Speaking
What It’s Like to Write Jokes for President Obama
For President Obama’s speechwriters, senior advisors, and other people who work in the West Wing, the White House Correspondents’ Dinner is one of the toughest work weekends of the year. Writing for the WHCD means prepping the leader of the free world for the country’s biggest stand-up act.
Vox
April 25, 2016
On Writing & Speaking
Toasts with the Most: Speech Advice from Jeff Nussbaum and Vinca LaFleur
When Jeff Nussbaum stood up to deliver a toast at his sister’s wedding, he opened with this doozy: “The first time Scott showed up at the door, I thought, ‘J.Crew usually just sends a catalog.’ ” That single line reveals two facts about Nussbaum. He has an extremely preppy brother-in-law and, man, does he know how to start a speech.
The Washington Post
December 29, 2013
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