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After years of courses, research papers, lectures, midterms, and finals, it's time for students to graduate. One of the last rites of passage for students before pursuing their careers is the graduation ceremony. But before receiving their diplomas, students have one last opportunity to bask in the wisdom and experience conveyed by those who deliver the commencement address. This compilation of commencement speeches features a variety of successful individuals including two presidents, two first ladies, and other accomplished public figures.

In The Aztec Drumbeat: Echoes Before the Conquest, history pulses through the streets of the great city, where emperors dream of omens and eagle warriors stand watch over ancient bloodlines. But far across the sea, sails have caught the wind—bringing steel, faith, and fire to a world unprepared for what’s coming.

This third installment of the groundbreaking Inside Metal series takes the listener on a journey into the evolution of thrash metal, or “speed metal” as it was originally labeled. Appropriately titled, The Rise of LA Thrash Metal explores the '80s metal counterculture with firsthand insight from the bands and artists that ruled the LA metal underground, as well as journalists, scenesters, and insiders from a time in history when metal music was becoming more and more creative, experiential, uncompromising, and extreme - a time when thrash metal was thriving in LA.

The Great Presidential Debates features five pivotal debates in the race for the White House: John F. Kennedy versus Richard Nixon in 1960, Jimmy Carter versus Ronald Reagan in 1980, Bill Clinton versus George H. W. Bush versus Ross Perot in 1992, George W. Bush versus Al Gore in 2000, and Barack Obama versus Mitt Romney in 2012.