"We Choose to go to the Moon", formally the Address at Rice University on the Nation's Space Effort, is a September 12, 1962, speech by United States President, John F. Kennedy, to bolster public support for his proposal to land a man on the Moon before 1970 and bring him safely back to Earth. Kennedy gave the speech, largely written by Presidential advisor and speechwriter Ted Sorensen, to a large crowd at Rice University Stadium in Houston, Texas. In his speech, Kennedy characterised space as a new frontier, invoking the pioneer spirit that dominated American folklore. He infused the speech with a sense of urgency and destiny, and emphasised the freedom enjoyed by Americans to choose their destiny rather than have it chosen for them. Although he called for competition with the Soviet Union, Kennedy also proposed making the Moon landing a joint project. The speech resonated widely and is still remembered, although at the time there was disquiet about the cost and value of the Moon-landing effort. Kennedy's goal was realiaed posthumously, in July 1969, with the Apollo programme's successful Apollo 11 mission.

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David W. Higgins is an economist based in Dublin also the co-host of the Next Round podcast that he co-hosts with Dale McDermott. He recently finished a 9-year stint at Carraighill, an independent financial research firm with clients in New York and London.

David studied statistics in college where he nurtured a passion for understanding the world of data analysis and predictions. In 2016 he ran "Irish Election Stats", a website which attempted to predict seat results at Irish elections.

In recent years he grew a following on twitter, sharing his analysis of data on the Covid-19 pandemic in Ireland.

Lately, David is passionate about the housing crisis and how it feeds into a wider problem of delayed life milestones. He calls this the "milestone recession" and would love to someday write a book on the topic.

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Hazel Hogan is a poet from Dublin. Her poem ‘Grangegorman’ was on the recommended list to be studied as part of the Junior Cert syllabus. Her poetry was submitted into the Irish Poetry Reading Archive as part of the University College Dublin (UCD) digital library. She has given many workshops to children and adults across schools and communities in Dublin and most recently works with MoLI on the Ukrainian Creative Hub. Hazel is on the Board of Fighting Words.

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Band of Brothers is a 2001 American war drama miniseries based on historian Stephen E. Ambrose's 1992 non-fiction book of the same name. It was created by Steven Spielberg and Tom Hanks, who also served as executive producers, and who had collaborated on the 1998 World War II film Saving Private Ryan.

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Michael Collins is a 1996 biographical period drama film written and directed by Neil Jordan and starring Liam Neeson as Michael Collins, who was a leading figure in the early-20th-century Irish struggle for independence against Britain.

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Embrace the howl of Creedence Clearwater Revival. Travelin' Band: Creedence Clearwater at the Royal Albert Hall is a 2022 documentary about the band, directed by Bob Smeaton and narrated by Jeff Bridges.

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Welcome everyone to Episode 5 of Things That Move Me! Things That Move Me is a podcast about inspiration.

Every fortnight on the show we will take a detailed look at inspiration; the moments that move us and why they do so. Inspiration can come in many forms; film, books, history, music, television etc. We’ll be looking at every one of these forms and many more!

This week's episode is about another one of my personal heroes; Imran Khan. Specifically we'll be looking at the wonderful documentary about Imran Khan entitled: Imran.

Things That Move Me is available now on Apple Podcasts, Spotify, Amazon Music, Google Podcasts, Pocket Casts, Castbox and all your usual podcast platforms. 

Come and join the exploration of inspiration!

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