Dr. Dan French conducts interviews with experts and comedians about all things persuasion, while also bringing on right-leaning people he wants to convert to a nicer political viewpoint.
Austin, TX
My returning guest is an interesting blend -- Rhetoric MA, worked for a high-powered university think tank, now works in […] The post RWP 137 - “Free Your Mind, Man” w Guest Johnathan Alba (The Blast ep 1) first appeared on Rhetoric Warriors.
Today's guest has a Phd in American Studies from NYU, and teaches in the Department of Journalism and Creative Media […] The post RWP 136 - Understanding the Media of the Right - w Dr. A.J. Bauer first appeared on Rhetoric Warriors.
Another political maelstrom has come and gone, and we now have a split Congress, so the game is afoot! Will […] The post RWP 135 - “Midterm Postmortem” w Doc Payne first appeared on Rhetoric Warriors.
He's a big guy with a big background in the business of business. A decade in high tech sales, and […] The post RWP 134 - The Marketing of Marketing -- w CEO Matt Brutsche first appeared on Rhetoric Warriors.
She's the executive coach and speaker in the white and black cowhide cowboy boots, and why shouldn't she be, living […] The post RWP 133 - “Texas Tissa Breaks Boardrooms, Not Broncos” w Tissa Richards first appeared on Rhetoric Warriors.
Today's guest is a persuasion pro in many varieties, but her core work has been comms for police, including head […] The post RWP 132 - “Speaking of the Police” - w Christine Townsend first appeared on Rhetoric Warriors.
Little different today, I have another podcast guesting on my podcast. Since I appeared on their podcast -- An American […] The post RWP 131 - “The Rhetoric of Gender Transitioning” - w the An American Conversation Podcast Crew first appeared on Rhetoric Warriors.
Where better to get an understanding of the ways of violence than from someone who teaches ethics at the Naval […] The post RWP 130 - “The Ethics of Violence” -- w Dr. Pauline Shanks Kaurin first appeared on Rhetoric Warriors.
We continue our series of “What Does Rhetoric Have to Say About That?” by treading where apparently no one fears […] The post RWP 129 - “Abortion Rhetoric Rages On” - Dave Payne first appeared on Rhetoric Warriors.
Ghostwriting is one of the most theoretically interesting forms of communication in the rhetoric realm. Deep diving into someone else's […] The post RWP 128 - “The Ghostwriter Materializes” - Lisa Dickey first appeared on Rhetoric Warriors.
He occupies a very unique rhetorical space in America's mass shooter horror show -- someone with deep personal experience inside […] The post RWP 127 - “I Was Almost a School Shooter” - w Aaron Stark first appeared on Rhetoric Warriors.
Is it possible to be “civil” in the digital age? Or is civility just a construct for personal relationships that […] The post RWP 126 - “The Rhetoric of Civility” - w Dr. Bill Keith first appeared on Rhetoric Warriors.
Guns. America. Are they separable? What will it take to break the stranglehold guns have over our lives? Is rhetoric […] The post RWP 125 - “The Rhetoric of Guns: Uvalde and Beyond” - w Dr. D Payne first appeared on Rhetoric Warriors.
The race-based shooting in Buffalo has forced the Great Replacement Theory to more fully raise its ugly head and be […] The post RWP 124 - “Race Rhetoric: Replacing the Great Replacement” w Dr. David Payne first appeared on Rhetoric Warriors.
He's a guy who lives at the center of many things. From coordinating producer for the Today Show during the […] The post RWP 123 - “Intersecting as a Way of Life” w Dr. Michael Burns first appeared on Rhetoric Warriors.
He's a younger gun in the rhetoric game, but he's already done a lot of really interesting stuff. From working […] The post RWP 122 - Young Guns of Rhetoric - Jonathan Alba of Code 4 first appeared on Rhetoric Warriors.
There may be no more powerful rhetoric swirling around these days than the construction and avoidance of big bad ugly […] The post RWP 121 - “The Rhetoric of Dystopia” w Dr. David Payne first appeared on Rhetoric Warriors.