PODCAST · education
The Parlor
by Digital Writing and Research Lab, UT Austin
A podcast featuring conversations between rhetoric scholars and their students.
Episodes
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Wendi Sierra on Oneida Culture and Persuasive Games
General Summary: Wendi Sierra, an associate professor of game studies at TCU and a game designer, discusses her Oneida heritage while sharing insights about the production of her game “A Strong Fire,” designed to convey an Oneida worldview. Undergraduates Zeshan and Alex explore Sierra’s passion...
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Jenny Rice on Rhetoric, Mechanics, and Digital Production
General Summary: Professor Jenny Rice talks about her research on digital rhetoric and the importance of using digital tools as mechanics to teach rhetoric and writing. Two undergraduate students at UT interview Dr. Rice about mechanics and its connection to rhetoric, the role of digital tools in...
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Caddie Alford on Facebook, Online Intolerance, and Adoxastic Publics
General Summary: Dr. Caddie Alford talks about her and co-author John Carter’s paper “Adoxastic Public,” which defines adoxastic publics and explores their direction toward more violent ends. Their paper also examines the ways in which social media platforms, primarily Facebook, enable and...
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Eric Detweiler on Progymnasmata and Podcasting
General Summary: Professor Eric Detweiler expands on his argument that the ancient rhetorical progymnasmata exercises can be modified to benefit contemporary studies of digital media and sound. UT undergraduate student Ian Denning reflects on Detweiler’s practical suggestions of specific…
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Brandee Easter on Esoteric Code and Toxic Masculinity
General Summary: Professor Brandee Easter discusses her research on digital rhetoric and software studies, specifically focusing on Brainf*ck discussed in her article “Fully Human, Fully Machine.” Several undergraduate students at UT reflect on her research, the connection between…
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Wendy Anderson on Feminism, White Nationalism, and Digital Public Discourse
General Summary: In this podcast, Dr. Wendy Anderson discusses her deep dive on the digital rhetoric of white, nationalist women within America. Undergraduates Bridget Barragy and Alexa Peña unpack the topics of contained agency, intersectionality, and the utilization of digital architecture and...
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Michael Lee on Secession, Conservatism, and the Deep South
General Summary: Professor Michael Lee discusses a chapter from his book We Are Not One People, co-authored by Professor Robert Atchison, entitled “Secession All the Way Down.” Professor Lee explores the relationship between libertarians and their relationship to America’s tradition of secession.…
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Casey Kelly on Whiteness, the 2016 Election, and the Rhetorical Qualities of Pain
General Summary: Professor Casey Kelly from the University of Nebraska-Lincoln discusses his article, “White Pain,” which describes how Donald Trump’s electoral victory in 2016 reproduced historical-racial schema since the pain of the white voters in the Rust belt was considered especially worthy...
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Paul Johnson on Neoliberalism, White Masculinity, and “Breaking Bad”
General Summary: Paul Johnson talks about his work, “Walter White(ness) lashes out: Breaking Bad and male victimage,” and his journey into uncovering ideas within conservative politics. Two undergraduate students at UT ask Johnson a series of questions about his work, allowing Johnson to expand…
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Ryan Neville-Shepard on Rand Paul and the Southern Strategy
General Summary: Ryan Neville-Shepard, an associate professor at the University of Arkansas, discusses his article on a speech given by Rand Paul at Howard University and the rhetoric of the new Southern Strategy. Several undergraduate students at UT reflect on Neville-Shepard’s research and the...
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Timothy Oleksiak on Queer Worldbuilding and Slow Peer Review
General Summary: Professor Timothy Oleksiak talks about queer theory and his beliefs about queer rhetoric should guide peer review. Several undergraduate students from the University of Texas at Austin reflect on Oleksiak’s research, receive clarification of his overall message and call to…
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Jo Hsu on #MeToo and Trans-Activisim
General Summary: Dr. Jo Hsu talks about their 2018 article (Trans)Forming #MeToo: Toward a Networked Response to Gender Violence" with two students from UT Austin. They discuss how trans folk have largely been left out of the #MeToo movement, what this means for the queer and trans community, and...
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Stacey Waite on How to Write Queer
General Summary: Professor Stacey Waite talks about a recemt chapter on “How and Why to Write Queer” with undergraduate students UT students. These students reflect on Waite’s chapter and the connection between rhetoric and queerness along with the impact the chapter has on the audience’s...
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Jonathan Alexander & Jacqueline Rhodes on Queer Theory & Composition Studies
General Summary: Rhetoricians Johnathan Alexander and Jackie Rhodes are asked about their research on rhetoric and queer theory. Students at the University of Texas at Austin, Cambridge Bender and Marshall Ballard reflect on works by Alexander and Rhodes and the implications of rhetoric in modern...
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Lore LeMaster on performance, race, and gender identification
General Summary: Professor Lore Lemaster talks about her scholarship on queer and trans of color communication and performance, specifically her article with Michael Tristano Jr. “Performing (Asian American trans) femme on RuPaul’s Drag Race.” Two undergraduate students at UT reflect on…
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David Cisneros on Affect, Public Discourse, and Immigration Rhetoric
General Summary: In this podcast, David Cisneros talks about his research on immigration and about his chapter on affect, emotion, and immigration rhetoric. He is asked questions by two of our team members on the background of his interest in the topic, details about the chapter, and how he…
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José Izaguirre on Cesar Chavez and the Poetics of Deferral
General Summary: Dr. José Izaguirre, a professor in the Department of Rhetoric and Writing at the University of Texas at Austin, walks through his analysis of César Chávez’s rhetoric in reigniting the Chican@ movement through the United Farm Workers. The context of the movement is reflected upon...
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José Cortez on Subalternity, Eurocentrism, and the Identity in Latinx Rhetoric
General Summary: In this episode of The Parlor, the team discusses LatinX rhetoric and its relation to Eurocentrism as described by renowned scholar of rhetoric Professor José Cortez of the Oregon State University. Cortez reflects on his desire to find the separation between Western rhetorics…
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Sonia Arellano on fine-arts research methods, feminism, and the Sonoran Desert migration
Trigger Warning: Rape is discussed beginning at 24:00 in this podcast. This discussion is overat 25:30. General Summary: Professor Sonia Arellano talks about her research on qualitative research methods, specifically her work for the Migrant Quilt Project. Several students at UT Austin discuss...
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Karma Chávez on Immigration Rhetoric, Queer Theory, and DACA
General Summary: Professor Karma Chávez speaks on her research regarding rhetorical and sociopolitical challenges related to queer migration and feminism during the Obama administration. Students Gricelda Torres and Peyton Liang discuss the historical context, present takeaways, and future...
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Ryan Skinnell on Trump, demagoguery, and frank speech
General Summary: Doctor Ryan Skinnell shares his opinions about the rhetoric of Donald Trump and the political environment we live in since his 2016 election. He talks about how Donald Trump lies and how the Republican and Democratic parties construct their interpretation of Trump’s strategies of...
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Roderick Hart on Trump, emotional appeal, and the American character
General Summary: Dr. Roderick P. Hart talks about his research on Donald Trump's rhetoric: what he says and why viewers listen to his words and speeches. Several undergraduate students at UT reflect on Hart’s research by examining Professor Hart’s book “Trump and Us”. Detailed Summary: Ryan...
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Jennifer Mercieca on Trump, ad baculum, ad hominem, paralepsis, & outrage
General Summary: Professor Jen Mercieca talks about her book, Demagogue for President, and the way that President Trump may be considered a demagogue while looking back at his 2016 election strategies. A UT undergraduate student conducts an interview with Professor Mercieca, asking questions...
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Brian Ott on Trump, white male resentment, and the Twitter media ecology
General Summary: An interview with Brian Ott covers the interaction between Donald Trump’s rhetoric and the format of the social media platform Twitter as discussed in his book, The Twitter Presidency. A few undergraduate students conduct the interview and provide commentary in response to...
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Catherine Chaput on affect & Trump's neoliberal branding
General Summary: Professor Catherine Chaput talks about her studies in neoliberalism and branding affects, particularly the Trump brand in the presidential campaign. Several undergraduate students from the University of Texas at Austin come up with questions about Trump's branding strategy, its...
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Donnie Sackey on environmental justice and participatory design
General Summary: Professor Donnie Sackey talks about his work on dynamics of environmental public policy deliberation, environmental justice and environmental cultural history. Detailed Summary: Reason of interests in PAMs and PAM’s effects in life.( 00.55-4:52) That affordability and potential...
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Linda Ferreira-Buckley on Barbara Jordan and Rhetorical Education
General Summary: Professor Linda Ferreira-Buckley discusses the importance of a rhetorical education and how this concept applies to Barbara Jordan’s life. Ferreira-Buckley talks with two undergraduate students about the process of learning rhetoric throughout one’s life and her experience at The...
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The Parlor- Casey Boyle on the Posthuman/post-Burke
General Summary: Professor Casey Boyle talks about the concepts of posthumanism, humanism, and dystopia as described in his work “A Sustainable Dystopia.” Several UT Austin students reflect on Boyle’s work by asking how he first got into philosophical topics, what the thesis of his work is, and…
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Scott Graham on Scientific Controversies and Computational Rhetorics
General Summary: Dr. Scott Graham talks about his article written in collaboration with Dr. Linda Walsh, “There’s No Such Thing as Scientific Controversy.” Two students from Dr. Mark Longaker’s Principles of Rhetoric course at The University of Texas at Austin ask Dr. Graham questions about the...
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Patricia Roberts-Miller on Demagoguery
General Summary: In this podcast, we talk with Professor and Director of the University Writing Center, Patricia Roberts-Miller. Interviewing is University of Texas student, Jacob Miller. The two go on to discuss over her article, Demagoguery, Charismatic Leadership, and the Force of Habit and...
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Rasha Diab on Peacemaking Rhetoric and Al-Qalqashandi’s Encyclopedia
General Summary: Professor Rasha Diab discusses her research on peacemaking rhetoric in the Arab-Islamic tradition and her academic journey within the discipline. Undergraduate students in Dr. Longaker’s Fall 2019 RHE321 Principles of Rhetoric class share their impressions of Dr. Diab’s work, and...
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Clay Spinuzzi on Entrepreneurship and the SEAL program at UT
General Summary: Professor Clay Spinuzzi discusses his research on the role of rhetoric in early stage entrepreneurship and organizational communication. Undergraduate rhetoric students discuss the role of persuasion in entrepreneurship, the importance of knowing your audience, and the role of...
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Davida Charney on Psalmic Rhetoric
General Summary: Professor Davida Charney talks about her scholarly background and how she was drawn toward studying biblical rhetoric. For the majority of the podcast, she analyzes and reflects upon her article Taking a Stance toward God: Rhetoric in the Book of Psalms. In response to several...
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Diane Davis on Rhetoric, Pathos, and Animal Studies
General Summary: Professor Diane Davis talks about her article entitled “Creaturely Rhetoric,” which details animal rhetoric and her efforts to bridge the gap between human and animal, as well as afterthoughts she had after the article had been published. Two students pick her brain on it and her...
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Jeffrey Walker on Ancient Declamation, Democracy, and Byzantine Rhetoric
General Summary: Professor Jeffrey Walker talks about his research on ancient rhetoric and his efforts to bring ancient methods of teaching argumentation into twenty-first century classes at the University of Texas at Austin. Several graduate students at UT reflect on Walker’s research, the...
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