Short conversational video between Catherine Bell and Dom Faussette exploring the claim that people fear public speaking more than death. The speakers trade personal anecdotes (Catherine recounts witnessing deaths; Dom describes a past fear of public speaking) and question the label "public speaking," suggesting the term may be unhelpful because many everyday interactions are effectively public.
Today's topic is public speaking.
Yes. I'm super excited about this one.
People are more afraid of public speaking than dying.
Yes.
Well, okay. I have seen a lot of people die, and I have seen stood over people as they were going. And I've never heard a guy say, oh, at least I'm not public speaking. Like, I've never seen that. So I don't really believe that people are more afraid of public speaking than they are deaf.
There was a time I would rather die than actually public speak. Oh, man, I get it. Not now.
But no, you have no problem.
Absolutely.
Okay. Like the term public speaking, because speaking in private just sounds weird. So everybody speaks in public. Like when you're yelling at your kids, more often times than not, it's in public. Right at home, it's in public. There's other people around. So why don't we just take away some of the verbiage that we use? That's unnecessary. We're just speaking.
