Rhetorically Speaking

In this episode, RS co-host Jenne Stonaker is joined by guests Sarah Pittock and Hayden Kantor to discuss the rhetoric of COVID19. Image credit: NIAID-RML

In this bonus episode, the RS team shares their personal stories and reflections taking Jenny Odell's message to heart. What do we stand to gain when we pause to do nothing other than just pay attention? And how might this crazy moment where we collectively shelter in place invite us to practice the important life skill of paying attention. Listen to find out more.

Did you know that 80% of New Year's resolutions fail within the first two months? For our Feb episode, we explore how Jenny Odell's How to Do Nothing helps us make sense of and resist the tyranny of New Year’s resolutions and their relationship to the attention and self-help economies.

For our tenth episode and the first of 2020, RS talks to Cristina Ramirez and Jess Enoch about how the Mexican Revolution shaped early Latina feminism and the rhetorical strategies of Mexican journalists and activists, and we explore the value and politics in curating these writings into the first bilingual women-centric anthology in rhetoric studies.

PWR colleague and disability studies scholar Lindsey Dolich Felt talks to RS about the rhetoric and implications of accessibility and education.

We talk birthing rhetoric and cesarean with Amanda Fields and Rachel Moritz, co-editors of the beautiful collection My Caesarean: 21 Mothers on the C-Section Experience and After.

Who do you draw on for evidence and authority? How does who we cite matter? We kick off Season 2 with a minisode that explores the ethical ramifications of citation politics.

Season 2 of Rhetorically Speaking is here. Listen to learn more about some of the exciting ideas and content coming your way this year.

Students in Stanford's Program in Writing and Rhetoric's Notation in Science Communication share highlights and memories from the program.

A mini-episode on how to read better with screens with Dr. Ellen Carrillo at the University of Connecticut.

How do we tell stories of climate change in ways that are both truthful and inspire action? And what does that look like in practice? We explore these questions through the eyes of a child (In the World), in conversation with climate change communicators Dr. Lauren Oakes and Dr. Emily Polk (On the Page), and through the potentials of data sonification with Dr. Nik Sawe (In the Class). Title image by Jennifer Stonaker

We talk AOC, Trump and heroic and dangerous demagogues with Ryan Skinnell and Jen Mercieca. Co-host Chris Kamrath. Title image by Jonathan V Last at The Bulwark: https://thebulwark.com/aoc-is-trumps-heir-apparent/

Is Trump a Demagogue? Are you? And what's Facebook got to do with it? On this the first of a two-parts series on demagogic rhetoric, UT Austin Writing and Rhetoric Professor Patricia Roberts-Miller serves up a master class on all things demagoguery and democracy.

In our pilot episode we tackle the payoffs and pushback around centering language and diversity in our classrooms and communities. “In the World” unpacks the U.S. English Only Movement, its roots in Western literature, and its uncomfortable consequences at Duke University’s medical school. In “On the Page” we talk with Dr. Laura Gonzales about her new book Sites of Translation. And for “In the Class,” Stanford sophomore Adamari Alamillo shares her research on linguistic profiling.

RS Season 1 Trailer by Program in Writing and Rhetoric, Stanford University