Stephen Krupin talks with Dan Heath about what it’s like to be a speechwriter

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

  

 

 

 

 

 

 

There is a brief article at BENNETTink titled Friday Flashback – an Obama speechwriter speaks with an example from a Memorial Day speech. It was written by Stephen Krupin.    

 

And there is a 33-min interview (and a transcript) with Dan Heath at BEHAVIORAL scientist on September 10, 2025 titled What It’s Like to Be…a Speechwriter. There is more about Josh Wheeler in that Memorial Day speech at 13:05. And at 27:40 he mentions using text-to-speech software to check whether the spoken words sound right.

 

My cartoon was adapted from this one at OpenClipArt.