Shakespeare, Henry V - Excerpt from Jocko Podcast

[@PhilipDavisRKC]

Intense. This guy gets it. This is what authenticity looks and sounds like.

[@iagorincon]

You know I have thought about this in the past. Today many think of Shakespeare as high culture, and he is. However we do forget that he was the equivalent of an action hero in his day. Battles. Vengeance. War. Even ghost stories are all over his work. Plenty of people get stabbed in Romeo and Juliet. Henry V would have been seen as an action packed war movie like Saving Private Ryan.

[@andsowot]

I am from England. He actually has a good reading style. And remember that you cannot know your language until you know Shakespeare. He is yours as much as ours. As was Henry V if you want him to be, and believe me you would. The Ultimate Warrior!

[@greedminds]

and you cannot know your shakespeare until you know your Chaucer

[@ianmedford4855]

@@greedminds didnt Chaucer write in French?

[@greedminds]

No. Hence him being so important to the English language 😂

[@ianmedford4855]

@@greedminds sort of... the entire first half of his carreer, (so about 15 years) he wrote in French and Italian. But yeah... i thought you were totally wrong. You weren't. I looked it up on the interwebs. My bad

[@gregrobertson5576]

Considering Americans are England's way ward sons,I agree it is as much yours as it is ours.

[@hawtforever]

I got the same intense chills today as the first time I heard you read this part in podcast #15 You make this Shakespearean text sound so extremely powerful with that commanding voice of yours, Jocko You are a living breathing source of inspiration to me, thank you for you service.

[@hasdrubal121]

I appreciate this so much. Jocko's delivery, passion and intellect. My life is better for having only recently fallen into the Jocko and Echo podcasts.

[@IanConnel]

When Staff Sergeant Eversman of the Battle of Mogadishu spoke at St. Thomas years ago, he also quoted this and explained its significance. That was awesome. Great passage.

[@mmotorheadzzz]

I was hoping this would come up as an excerpt, I sometimes walk around and run this through my brain, it makes everything feel epic :) Thank you guys!

[@DarkFenix34512]

If he did an audiobook reading of Henry V play, it would sell....Shakespeare would become badass

[@fellowhuman95]

It's badass anyway.

[@DarkFenix34512]

I was going to add that haha

[@Bigtade]

I thought the exact same thing.

[@Latrina_Bidet_IRS_Enfrocer]

Henry VI 1.4.571, Talbot: (to the French forces) "Your hearts I'll stamp out with my horse's heels, And make a quagmire of your mingled brains." Shakespeare *is* badass.

[@Vidar1312]

I love this speech! Some of the best writing in all of history! I always get a tear in my eye when i hear it.

[@remingtonhupp4660]

Life and language will never be the same. Jocko says dont be scared of shakespere. Wow! Im too young to be wise, but 100% Humbled and Mystified by this life ive been given. Thanks for all the knowledge transfer 🤙

[@mathewcarson364]

I used to make my recruits read this once a cycle, then we’d talk about what it meant to them, when I was a Drill Sergeant. I read it for myself every Veterans Day, but it hit a little different, a little deeper this year. I just retired this year, so it’s the first time after hanging the uniform up.

[@robertwood2539]

As a Brit I have to say, Spot on, more authentic in its delivery than the poncey versions we see on stage or screen. Henry was a warrior and a driven one of rare talents and abilities. Jockos’ delivery is as close an approximation as we are likely to get to the spirit and character of one our most talented battlefield commanders. (Your history too yanks! & it seems that you have a good handle on it)

[@jackcooper3806]

Jocko says it all in one emotion! There’s meant to be some excitement in there and hope not just anger 😂!

[@paullafrance438]

Dude's the epitome of the warrior poet. Jocko and Shakespeare, who knew.

[@Talk378]

Damn now I’m fired up

[@inf0saurus]

Thanks Echo... I love this speech and I really like the way Jocko reads it. Hashtag GetAfterIt!!!

[@bennyc409]

My favourite bit of prose by the immortal Bard. Powerful doesn't even begin.

[@TakeTheStairs11]

INCREDIBLE

[@Odin31b]

We few, we happy few..

[@mariebonillaelzarka1062]

Jocko you feel it!

[@brianfoley3925]

well done, Sir, well done indeed.

[@ArcticUploader]

Epic delivery, Echo Charles needs to calm down with that pen though, there's no discipline in impatiently monkeying around with a pen.

[@alexsung4159]

ArcticUploader EXTREME DISOWNERSHIP

[@bobsteel5874]

This guy don’t take prisoners 🤣🙌

[@OsamaStudios]

Excellent.

[@edcvgp9]

HEIR HEIR! Outstanding!

[@sebbatas]

Hear, hear!

[@coreydaw]

As an Englishman I Approve of this message 👊🏻

[@Alfador42]

Strong and epic

[@emmagatewood3898]

This is amazing

[@dispatchforthwith]

...for it is a knell. That summons thee to heaven or to hell.

[@OscarLimaMike]

Salute Sir!

[@DotNetRussell]

I'd pay to see full Shakespeare plays as read by Jocko

[@drewschlosser26]

GANGSTER AS FUCK....

[@adriang6259]

This is pretty close to how I thought this famous speech should sound. I often thought it would lie somewhere between a madman and a Football coach before the grand final. I don't think it would be flouncy like Kenneth's or soft like others. Don't take the words "My brother" coming from the king, lightly. "For he today that shed's his blood with me shall be MY brother." That's huge. Imagine hearing that. Nice job, Jocko. I think, mix this with that bloke in times square and it's there.

[@ninjak79]

love it!

[@pottersmiles7238]

This is whole new experience 😂

[@mitchellsimmelink6363]

Powerful

[@flpndrox]

Happy St. Crispin's Eve!

[@jackrayner1310]

batman and jocko

[@grantarmbruster6591]

I love to sing even in the original Henry the V gilderoy Lockhart...

[@nordan00]

At last, someone tops those two overrated hacks, Olivier and Branagh!

[@JK-bd4gs]

To be fair, those were based solely on the Shakespeare play, so it made sense to say it how they did. Jocko is giving us an idea of the way Henry would have actually used the language when addressing troops before battle, if the speech is accurate for what was really said.

[@TheBobbyKenny]

Talk dirty to me jocko...

[@brennancarter7721]

You have a great mind and are a great writer.

[@MrHEC381991]

Sir, this is a McDonald's drive thru...

[@sangyedorje]

😅😂

[@dixiejubilee001]

Echo stop fidgeting!

[@Laocoon283]

You ever have someone just randomly start aggressively belting out some shakespeare in your face lol? You'd be fidgeting too.

[@arnie24070127]

Combat leader.

[@lewisgreenwood9878]

As an Englishmen…..bravo

[@MH-zg5yw]

Shakespeare plays are meant to be seen not read.

[@silvereaper1]

This doesnt get enough attention.

[@jwgolf5442]

Wouldn’t of sounded anything like Jocko…. Would’ve been speaking French for a start 😋

[@dannygibson2597]

This is unintentionally hilarious. Jocko is a caricature.

[@leobigelow7021]

Well, he's a Navy SEAL who won both the Silver Star and the Bronze star for being in combat, including fighting in the battle of Ramadi. He retired after two decades of service, which included being a SEAL instructor. He's very real, and tell us what you've accomplished? I'll bet you "make art".

[@smudge7057]

I still prefer Branagh's performance tbh

[@maybebabyny]

If he were an amateur actor he might sound like this.

[@nknownnknown7613]

i see 3 sjws found this excerpt 💩