Firing Line with William F. Buckley Jr. "How to Speak, How to Listen"

This is a tremendous episode of Firing Line. If you value speaking and listening, take close notes. You'll learn a great deal that could make you a more persuasive speaker and intentional listener—both invaluable lessons.

How refreshing to listen to and exchange of views without one person shouting-down the other, but instead listening to the other person and inquiring to understand.

A must to listen to--but--have a pen & paper --as you will want to take notes

How to Speak How to Listen is a companion book to the classic work How to Read a Book. These two books have helped me immeasurably when it comes to interacting with thinking people.

The best interviews on tape with the most interesting people.

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I find almost anything that features Mortimer Adler worthwhile to watch and to ponder. His understanding of the how to of acquiring knowledge, and the value of a classical education, is a priceless treasure, now lost to us except through his books and interviews and recorded lectures. This episode of FIRING LINE is acute in having both Adler and Buckley going at it. I also highly recommend Adler and Mark van Doren in How to Read a Book video.

I have now watched two of these programs. They are very informative. I do not quite understand what Bill Buckley Junior is thinking sometimes, but I still find these interviews crucial for understanding Critical Thinking and Political Science.