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The book "If This Isn't Nice, What Is?" [1] is a collection of his speeches like this. It's a nice read. Vonnegut had a very interesting life and unique, mainly hopeful take on the world, the sort of person you invite to give commencement speeches.
Small added tactile bonus: the hardback is printed on unusually textured paper with some pages slightly different size to others. A metaphor for the man no doubt.
[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/If_This_Isn%27t_Nice,_What_Is%...
I like Mary Schnich's sunscreen speech mentioned at the start: https://www.chicagotribune.com/columns/chi-schmich-sunscreen...
Nice.
Also, https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GOGru_4z1Vc
...bears reposting.
i.e. Kurt Vonnegut, Shape of Stories lecture 2004, 17 mins.
Thanks for this! I'd read it somewhere, years ago. It's much funnier watching him speak and draw the diagrams.
Video of this actual talk!