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Join Travis LIVE from Planet Comicon KC with Gary Whitta for their panel "From Rogues to Rebels!"We discuss all of Gary's work in Star Wars including Rogue One, Star Wars Rebels, The Last Jedi comic adaptation, and his stories "Raymus" and "Rogue Two" in the From a Certain Point of View books!Gary's Star Wars story and the influence it had on him growing upHis initial meeting with LucasfilmGetting the greenlight and the amount of pressure felt to get the story rightGareth Edwards and the origination of the planet, ScarifRogue One's legacyStar Wars Rebels and Saw GerreraThe messy side of the Rebellion and a WHAT IF moment regarding the Death StarWriting Choppers (explicit?!) dialogueWorking with Dave FiloniThe Last Jedi Comic Adaptation and friendship with Rian JohnsonAdmiral Ackbar!From a Certain Point of ViewUpcoming work: GUNDOGSpecial thanks to Gary for his kindness, openness, and being an amazing guest. The Death Star plans he gifted me will be cherished forever!Listen to Gary's original Sci-Fi podcast, GUNDOG, everywhere you listen and pre-order the GUNDOG novel, releasing July 18th, here: https://www.amazon.com/Gundog-Gary-Whitta/dp/1950301591Follow Gary on Twitter @garywhitta, Instagram at gwhitta, Twitch at GaryWhitta, and subscribe to his channel at youtube.com/gwhitta. Special thanks to Dave and everyone at Planet Comicon KC for putting this panel together. It was an incredible experience all the way around and I'm grateful to have hosted this discussion!Follow the show @ForceTimepod on Twitter, forcetimepod on Instagram, and leave us a 5-Star review on Apple Podcasts and Spotify!"Robobozo" Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com)Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 4.0http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0

Comedy Roundtable returns with a brand new season and amazing lineup of comedian guests! On our show, we interview amazing and hilarious stand up comedians in a rapid fire, off the wall format. Our guests are given three question topics and must choose two (casting the third off to a certain death) from which our hosts, Jamie Bendall, Adam Haigh and Jamie Hernan dole out unique questions you haven't heard our guests get asked anywhere.  Comedian Jon Reep kicks things off with a fantastic episode full of laughs. Jon had the choice of question topics Va-Crazy, Hubble Bubba Bubble Gum and Non-Participation Trophy. Which two topics did he choose? Tune in to find out. Catch a little stand up from Jon between our two segments. Enjoy the show!Jon Reep's Website: https://jonreep.com/Jon Reep is a nationally touring comedian whose contemporary country point of view has won over legions of fans around the country. Jon won the fifth season of NBC's Last Comic Standing. Catch his new special Ginger Beard Man on Amazon Prime (https://www.amazon.com/Jon-Reep-Ginger-Beard-Man/dp/B07TM1QJP7). Jon is also host of the popular podcast Country-ish on Bill Burr and Al Madrigal's All Things Comedy digital platform. As an actor, Jon has been seen in Tig Notaro's Amazon Series One Mississippi, CW's Jane The Virgin, ABC's Black-ish, HBO's Eastbound and Down, and as the “Hemi Guy” from Dodge's popular ad campaign. On the big screen he appeared in the feature film Into the Storm and as the beloved “Raymus, the pot smoking farmer” in Harold and Kumar: Escape From Guantanamo Bay.And, absolutely go see Jon perform live when he hits a town near you. Check out his upcoming tour dates here: https://jonreep.com/tour-dates/.Comedy Roundtable is recorded in studio or live at the Punchline Comedy Club in Atlanta, Georgia. You can catch us recording shows live with some of the terrific acts that appear at the Punchline, which is celebrating its 40th year of serving up live comedy to Atlanta. The lineup of upcoming comedians performing at the Punchline can be found here: https://punchline.com/.If you like Comedy Roundtable, let us know. Give us feedback or just hit us up by clicking here: EMAIL THE SHOW. If you would like to book the hosts of Comedy Roundtable as a guest on your podcast, show or for a live performance, click here: BOOK THE HOSTS. Come back Tuesday, September 13, 2022 for more laughs when comedian and actress Gina Brillon joins the show, as well as September 20, 2022 for the very funny comedian Alonzo Bodden.Smells Like HumansLike spending time with funny friends talking about curious human behavior. Listen on: Apple Podcasts Spotify

Jon Reep is a nationally touring comedian whose contemporary country point of view has won over legions of fans in comedy clubs, on tv and in film. As a stand-up he's built a following through his hilarious comedy specials and as the winner of NBC's fifth season of Last Comic Standing. He can currently be seen in Netflix's “Brad Paisley's Comedy Rodeo” and his new standup special on Amazon Prime “Ginger Beard Man” or his new standup album “Ginger Pain” released in March 2019 on 800 Pound Gorilla Records. Jon's hour standup special Jon Reep: Metro Jethro and his half hour standup special both aired on Comedy Central.Jon is also host of the popular podcast Country-ish on Bill Burr and Al Madrigal's All Things Comedy digital platform. As an actor, Jon has been seen in Tig Notaro's Amazon Series One Mississisppi, CW's Jane The Virgin, ABC's Black-ish, HBO's Eastbound and Down, and as the “Hemi Guy” from Dodge's popular ad campaign. On the big screen he appeared in the feature film Into the Storm and as the beloved “Raymus, the pot smoking farmer” in Harold and Kumar: Escape From Guantanamo Bay.On a nonstop tour since he burst onto the scene, Jon performs to sold-out audiences at clubs and theaters across the country.

Steve Cooper talks with stand-up comic/actor Jon Reep. Jon built a following through his hilarious comedy specials and as the winner of NBC’s fifth season of Last Comic Standing. He can currently be seen in Netflix’s Brad Paisley’s Comedy Rodeo and his new standup special on Amazon Prime Ginger Beard Man or his new standup album Ginger Pain. His  hour standup special Jon Reep: Metro Jethro and his half hour standup special both aired on Comedy Central. He is also host of the popular podcast Country-ish. As an actor, he has been seen in Tig Notaro’s Amazon Series One Mississisppi, CW’s Jane The Virgin, ABC’s Black-ish, HBO’s Eastbound and Down, and as the “Hemi Guy” from Dodge’s popular ad campaign. On the big screen he appeared in the feature film Into the Storm and as the beloved Raymus, the pot smoking farmer in Harold and Kumar: Escape From Guantanamo Bay.

Jon Reep is a nationally touring comedian whose contemporary country point of view has won over legions of fans in comedy clubs, on tv and in film. As a stand-up he’s built a following through his hilarious comedy specials and as the winner of NBC’s fifth season of Last Comic Standing. He can currently be seen in Netflix’s “Brad Paisley’s Comedy Rodeo” and his new standup special on Amazon Prime “Ginger Beard Man” or his new standup album “Ginger Pain” released in March 2019 on 800 Pound Gorilla Records. Jon’s hour standup special Jon Reep: Metro Jethro and his half hour standup special both aired on Comedy Central.   ****Listen to this episode and subscribe! www.richredmond.com/listen   The Rich Redmond Show is sponsored by The School of Rock Nashville and Franklin! https://locations.schoolofrock.com/nashville https://locations.schoolofrock.com/franklin   Jon is also host of the popular podcast Country-ish on Bill Burr and Al Madrigal’s All Things Comedy digital platform. As an actor, Jon has been seen in Tig Notaro’s Amazon Series One Mississisppi, CW’s Jane The Virgin, ABC’s Black-ish, HBO’s Eastbound and Down, and as the “Hemi Guy” from Dodge’s popular ad campaign. On the big screen he appeared in the feature film Into the Storm and as the beloved “Raymus, the pot smoking farmer” in Harold and Kumar: Escape From Guantanamo Bay.   A few things that came up: -Being from Hickory and saying it the right way -Wee wee doll -Small town news  -Hibachi wee wee doll lawsuit story -Learning about comedy clubs and screwing up -One moment that catapulted everything...dancing with Carolina Panthers mascot -Hickory Crawdads nod -Winning Last Comic Standing, Season 5 -Getting a Dodge RAM Commercial acting gig -Being on a sitcom with Rodney Carrington -Memorizing names -Forgetting names -Ginger beard mask -Getting on Joe Rogan's show -Guess the residual check -Jim reads VO scripts -Being a theater major -Dressing up as Danny McBride from Eastbound and Down for Halloween -Jon can do Randy Quaid reprised roles -Wearing quilts -Wearing a kilt for a Sierra Mist commercial -Recording VO for American Dad -Pigeon Holing yourself as an actor -Doing impressions -Picking up Ron White as his opening act -Advice for upcoming comedians   Follow Jon Reep: www.jonreep.com @jonreep     _____________________________   The Rich Redmond Show is about all things music, motivation and success. Candid conversations with musicians, actors, comedians, authors and thought leaders about their lives and the stories that shaped them. Rich Redmond is the longtime drummer with Jason Aldean and many other veteran musicians and artists. Rich is also an actor, speaker, author, producer and educator. Rich has been heard on thousands of songs, over 25 of which have been #1 hits!   Rich can also be seen in several films and TV shows and has also written an Amazon Best-Selling book, "CRASH! Course for Success: 5 Ways to Supercharge Your Personal and Professional Life" currently available at:   https://www.amazon.com/CRASH-Course-Success-Supercharge-Professional/dp/B07YTCG5DS/ref=sr_1_1?keywords=crash+redmond&qid=1576602865&sr=8-1   One Book: Three Ways to consume....Physical (delivered to your front door, Digital (download to your kindle, ipad or e-reader), or Audio (read to you by me on your device...on the go)!   Follow Rich: @richredmond www.richredmond.com   Jim McCarthy is the quintessential Blue Collar Voice Guy. Honing his craft since 1996 with radio stations in Illinois, South Carolina, Connecticut, New York, Las Vegas and Nashville, Jim has voiced well over 10,000 pieces since and garnered an ear for audio production which he now uses for various podcasts, commercials and promos. Jim is also an accomplished video producer, content creator, writer and overall entrepreneur.   Follow Jim:  @jimmccarthy www.jimmccarthyvoiceovers.com

On today’s episode, Bidoor and Justin talk about two rather unknown characters from Episode IV: A New Hope, Raymus Antilles, the captain of the Tantive IV, and R5-D4, the droid with a bad motivator. They’ll also talk about the latest Star Wars news. --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/lets-get-ready-net/support

Jon Reep is a Last Comic Standing winner, and his own podcast, Country-ish. Alone one night, and with no money, Jon walked into a comedy club and asked the woman in the box office if he could just take a quick peak inside the showroom. She let him, and he was hooked. We chat about his early days, when celebrities are in the crowd, what celebrities are NOT in the crowd, we praise Brian Regan and Mitch Hedberg, and like all good podcasts, we wrap-up with each of us sharing a story of seeing a homeless man jerk-off. Pat House is a nationally-touring comedian based out of Philadelphia. A regular performer in comedy clubs, casinos and theaters all over the country, Pat has been a choice opener for Sebastian Maniscalco, Tom Segura and Dan Cummins. He recorded his first album Biggest Thing in 2013, and his latest album Heard Enough Yesterday, hit #1 on the iTunes comedy charts. Both can be heard on iTunes, Amazon and Pandora.Jon Reep is a nationally touring comedian whose contemporary country point of view has won over legions of fans in comedy clubs, on tv and in film. As a stand-up he’s built a following through his hilarious comedy specials and as the winner of NBC’s fifth season of Last Comic Standing. He can currently be seen in Netflix’s “Brad Paisley’s Comedy Rodeo” and his new standup special on Amazon Prime “Ginger Beard Man” or his new standup album “Ginger Pain”released in March 2019 on 800 Pound Gorilla Records. Jon’s hour standup special Jon Reep: Metro Jethro and his half hour standup special both aired on Comedy Central.Jon is also host of the popular podcast Country-ish on Bill Burr and Al Madrigal’s All Things Comedy digital platform and the MESH. As an actor, Jon has been seen in Tig Notaro’s Amazon Series One Mississisppi, CW’s Jane The Virgin, ABC’s Black-ish, HBO’s Eastbound and Down, and as the “Hemi Guy” from Dodge’s popular ad campaign. On the big screen he appeared in the feature film Into the Storm and as the beloved “Raymus, the pot smoking farmer” in Harold and Kumar: Escape From Guantanamo Bay.On a nonstop tour since he burst onto the scene, Jon performs to sold-out audiences at clubs and theaters across the country.

On this fully armed and operational episode, we review the first two stories from From A Certain Point of View and their place in A New Hope. On this episode, we discuss: “Raymus” by Gary Whitta, and “The Bucket” by Christie Golden. Thanks for joining us for another episode! Subscribe to Podcast Stardust for all your Star Wars news, reviews, and discussion wherever you get your podcasts. And please leave us a five star review on Apple Podcasts. Follow us on social media: Twitter | Facebook | Instagram | Pinterest | YouTube.

Jon is also host of the popular podcast Country-ish on Bill Burr and Al Madrigal’s All Things Comedy digital platform. As an actor, Jon has been seen in Tig Notaro’s Amazon Series One Mississisppi, CW’s Jane The Virgin, ABC’s Black-ish, HBO’s Eastbound and Down, and as the “Hemi Guy” from Dodge’s popular ad campaign. On the big screen he appeared in the feature film Into the Storm and as the beloved “Raymus, the pot smoking farmer” in Harold and Kumar: Escape From Guantanamo Bay.On a nonstop tour since he burst onto the scene, Jon performs to sold-out audiences at clubs and theaters across the country.

Jason sits down backstage with Jon Reep before & between their shows at The Orange Peel in Asheville, NC. Jon reveals some of the secrets to his success and shares some very personal anecdotes from his life. You can follow Jon's touring schedule at JonReep.com and listen to his podcast at CountryishPodcast.com. Jon Reep is a nationally touring comedian whose contemporary country point of view has won over legions of fans in comedy clubs, on tv and in film. As a stand-up he’s built a following through his hilarious comedy specials and as the winner of NBC’s fifth season of Last Comic Standing. He can currently be seen in Netflix’s Brad Paisley’s Comedy Rodeo and his new standup album Ginger Pain was released in March 2019 on 800 Pound Gorilla Records. Jon’s hour standup special Jon Reep: Metro Jethro and his half hour standup special both aired on Comedy Central. Jon is also host of the popular posdcast Fried on Bill Burr and Al Madrigal’s All Things Comedy digital platform. As an actor, Jon has been seen in Tig Notaro’s Amazon Series One Mississisppi, CW’s Jane The Virgin, ABC’s Black-ish, HBO’s Eastbound and Down, and as the “Hemi Guy” from Dodge’s popular ad campaign. On the big screen he appeared in the feature film Into the Storm and as the beloved “Raymus, the pot smoking farmer” in Harold and Kumar: Escape From Guantanamo Bay. On a nonstop tour since he burst onto the scene, Jon performs to sold-out audiences at clubs and theaters across the country. FOLLOW LTF ON SOCIAL MEDIA FaceBook:  https://www.facebook.com/LTFpod/ (https://www.facebook.com/LTFpod/) Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/ltfpodcast/ Twitter: https://twitter.com/LTFpodcast YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCcKNLjg1Qx7zwEM-DL1OVLg FOLLOW JASON ON SOCIAL MEDIA FaceBook: https://www.facebook.com/jasonscholder Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/MidlifeComic/ Twitter: https://twitter.com/MidlifeComic YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCLYUlmB-dvnPQ49ZLXzmoYQ FIND US ONLINE JasonScholder.com LearningToFail.com SUPPORT OUR PODCAST http://learningtofailpodcast.com/donate/ (http://learningtofailpodcast.com/donate/) Support this podcast

After the resurrection of a dear friend, the city being overtaken by Hugo, and the people of Uthkan being forced from their homes, the party rallies together to fight back! Join Martin, Presta, Raymus, and Swana as they take the fight to Hugo.

After discovering a secret shipment of Undine spinal fluid heading for a mysterious bakery, our party heads out to scout the location. The store front seems to be an unassuming bakery, but what secrets could lie within? Guess you'll have to download the episode to find out! Join our heroes Presta, Raymus, Martin, and Swana as they continue their search for the missing royal Jevail.

After scouring the drug house for potential leads the party divides to rest and recuperate before hitting the streets of Uthkan again. Will Presta, Raymus, Swana, and Martin be able to find the missing royal before it's too late? 

After the battle with the Watt and cooping with the aftermath; Martin, Presta, and Raymus reunite after receiving a royal summons to the Cryland's Castle. What will the royal family of Uthkan have in store for them? Download the episode and find out!

After defeating the Watt and his minions the heroes of Uthkan return to the surface and lick their wounds. The party splits, each going their own way seeking solace, equipment, or courage to continue forward. Join Martin, Presta, and Raymus as they seek for strength to carry on!

After seeing the robbery of Magi's alchemy shop the rag tag group of heroes chase after Furcar and her crew of cat burglars to reclaim what was stolen. Join Presta, Martin and Raymus as they sprint through the streets in the name of adventure!

Download It’s Star Wars month! We’re going back in time and starting FROM A CERTAIN POINT OF VIEW, a collection of 40 stories related to A New Hope. This week, we discuss the first ten stories, “Raymus” through “The Luckless Rodian,” as we ponder: Why short stories? Whose tales did A New Hope leave behind? What would have […]

Gary Whitta joins us In The Cantina to talk about his new short story “Raymus” in “Star Wars: From A Certain Point of View”. We also talk about his contributions to ROGUE ONE, STAR WARS REBELS, and his personal fandom. New STAR WARS: FORCES OF DESTINY animated shorts debuted this week on Disney XD. Melody Deel joins us to break down each story. Plus, we look forward to the next trailer for THE LAST JEDI, we listen to a few listener voice mails, and a stormtrooper holds up a donut shop in our latest Outrageous Unthinkable Story of the Week.

Welcome to Mere Rhetoric, the podcast for beginners and insiders about the ideas, movements and people who have shaped rhetorical history. I’m Mary Hedengren and today we get to continue on in our theme of the villains of rhetoric. Today though, instead of just focusing on one person like Raymus or Hobbes. We get to talk about three and the reason why we get to talk about three is because a fantastic book that Wayne A. Rebhorn wrote. It's called “Renaissance Debates on Rhetoric.” This is a great volume. It's a compilation of a lot of short pieces by a lot of different authors during the renaissance, starting pretty early and going pretty late. You can see the way that they respond to each other and how they respond to voices that you don't even really see in the book that are just sort of out there. Like, people say this or people say that. But today we're going to be talking about distinct criticisms of rhetoric. The first is from Agrippa. Heinrich Cornelius Agrippa who was German as you might suspect and he was a captain in the army of Maximillian the 1st so that gives you sort of a time frame. This is very early 16th century. He was maybe a magician. He worked in sort of occult philosophy and kabala and all sorts of stuff like that. And he even defended a witch legally. So definitely a free thinker.  Now this criticism he makes against rhetoric is on the uncertainty and vanity of the arts and sciences. This may be sarcastic, we're not entirely sure. But it's definitely bringing up some interesting points against rhetoric.  He says mostly that rhetoric is very sneaky. He says, "The entire discipline of rhetoric from start to finish is nothing other than the art of flattery, adulation, and some might say more audaciously, lying.” Well you don't get any more critical of a criticism of rhetoric than to just say this is straight up lying. But even if it isn't lying, it's pretty terrible. He says, "in short, it appears that rhetoric is nothing other than the art of persuading and moving the emotions." Okay, that sounds like the sort of thing that anybody would be okay with. But then it gets worse -"Seizing the spirits of the thoughtless by subtle eloquence, exquisite deception and cunning appearance of probability, leading them into the prison of error while perverting the sense of the truth." Okay so that sounds like pretty strong criticism against rhetoric. Another voice that Rebhorn highlights in this compilation of the debates in the renaissance comes from John Jewell. John Jewell may not have been an accused witch, in fact he was sort of a spokesperson for the Church of England. A sort of a balance between the extremes of Protestantism in Europe and Catholicism. He publicly spoke against the Porters of Rome during the mid-16th century and sort of had a reputation of being a great preacher, being very eloquent. But just like with Agrippa, Jewell may or may not be sarcastic in his criticisms against rhetoric. We don't really know for sure, especially because he was such an eloquent preacher.  But in the oration against rhetoric, he points out that the entire pursuit of eloquence I say, “which so many Greek and Latin writers enrich, I openly proclaim here there offers neither dignity nor benefit and is entirely idle, empty, futile, and trifling." So instead of saying that it's something that's evil and really big and bad, Jewell here says that rhetoric is just that stupid. It just takes a lot of time and doesn't really do anything.  He says, "If something is clear and distinct, it has enough support in itself and does not need the allurement of polished speech. If it is obscure and unattractive, it will not be discovered despite all the glamour and flood of words. In other words, truth needs no ally and error deserves none." Further on in his oration against rhetoric, he makes the claim that there's something seditious about rhetoric which is a claim that you will hear a lot during this time that rhetoricians are kind of sneaky and evil. An example that he pulls up is the Demosthenes who is definitely sort of a big bad wolf in a lot of the Renaissance views of rhetoric. He says, "who among us has not heard of the lamentable plundering of that greatest and most ancient of cities, Athens which was nevertheless leveled to the ground and almost completely uprooted and destroyed thanks to the eloquent tongue of Demosthenes?" He says, "for when I have shown how states have been overturned by the most eloquent men and great empires converted into wasteland, all the things that you've heard so far which are very serious, will be thought to be nothing. It seems to me that whoever first introduced eloquence into human affairs gave the worst advice possible. Eloquence is really the one responsible for all of these faults he says." So even though at the beginning he says it's just a waste of time and it’s idle and foolishness, he seems to be crediting the fall of the Greek empire to rhetoric and rhetoricians. He goes on to talk about how Demosthenes was such a bad person personally that he has sort of this sear of treason. He says, “why did the greatest orator, Desmothenes lose his mind, his reason, his very self when he stood before Phillip? What is the meaning of all this trepidation, power, hesitation, confusion and shaking? If the case is good, why are they afraid? If it is bad, why do they take it on?” This criticism against rhetoric, that it's something sneaky, he says is actually just endemic to the idea of rhetoric itself. He says that when you are an orator, you're always trying to make people think that you're not really an orator. That you didn't stay up all night working on it. This is something we still have sort of today. The idea that somebody's trying too hard on writing a speech or being persuasive. That somehow everything should just sort come in a flash of light- probably inspiration of something that's going to be naturally good. He points out that tailors, medicine peddlers, and bods seek crowds into light, showing their merchandise openly and freely in public. Only the orator does not dare to parade his skill, but behaves in such a way that just when he was making the maximum use of the art of his tongue, he seems then to be the farthest away from the art and utterly inarticulate as if he had learned nothing.  This is a really interesting point. We kind of have an idea that if somebody is demonstrating that they worked hard to make something persuasive that sort of makes it lose all of its power. Now both of these speakers that we talked about were maybe probably just being sarcastic and not really meaning what they said because they were such great writers. The next two may legitimately have problems with rhetoric as it is. Francesco Patrizi was from Dalmatia -- sort of the area that we now think of as Croatia. And he was an Italian philosopher. He was very platonic and as we talked about in other places, Plato was not super excited about the idea of obedience to these strict rules like Aristotle. Instead, he believed sort of in this divine revelation. So he creates a dialogue between two people where he uses this dialogue to sort of put himself in conversation and speak against rhetoric. He says in this dialogue that the orator always strives for victory but, "he doesn't care about justice or duty." Things that are really important if you're a big plan of Plato. "Further, he says if an orator would never undertake to defend anything other than a just case, and would always prosecute unjust ones, would he always be acting justly in so doing? Just as on the contrary one who always undertook to prosecute a just case and defend an unjust one would be wrong. But if there is fan orator who defended cases that went beyond both justice and injustice and prosecuted similar cases, he'd be sometimes good and sometimes bad. Finally, Patrizi comes to the conclusion that an orator is a man between good and evil. And because of this middle position, he will act equally to defend and to prosecute a just man and an unjust man. Because of this he points out that he is motivated only by the sake of winning. Glory and gain are dear to him says Patrizi, than justice is.  He even goes as far as to say that the orator can't be valued, that he is feared, that he is violent and the descendant of tyrants because he doesn't care about justice -- only about getting his way. It's a pretty damning [?] criticism of rhetoric. The final villain in this team is Michel de Montaigne who is probably best known for writing essays, tons of them. He kind of invented the genre of the essay. He too is critical about rhetoric, mostly because he believes in honesty above all else and being self relavatory. Much like some of these other critics, he believes that rhetoric is a little bit tricky and often immoral. He says that rhetoric is a "tool invented to manipulate and stir up a mob in an unruly populous. A tool that is employed only in six states, like medicine in states such as those of Athens, Rhodes, and Rome where the crowd of the ignorant where all people had power over all things.” That might not sound so bad to us who live in a democracy, but really he saw that rhetoric was something that only existed where people were fighting. In fact he goes as far as to say that eloquence flourished most at Rome when affairs were in the worst condition and were disturbed by the storm of civil wars.  This criticism against rhetoric says that when do we need rhetoric? When do we need a lot of people asking persuasive arguments? Well when there's a lot of unease. Where we don't know what the right answer is and we have sort of a battle. If we were all agreed, if we were unified, there wouldn't need for rhetoric. This is an argument that you can still kind of see today when people talk about politics. If we just all have some unity or patriotism, or we're behind our leaders, then we wouldn’t have all this contentious discussion.  So these critics of rhetoric, Agrippa, Jewell, Montaigne, and Patrizi, all bring up arguments that we still her today against rhetoric. But there are plenty more who are defending rhetoric during this same time. The renaissance was a rich time for rhetoric and even though we don't really talk about it, or we think of renaissance rhetoric as just being classical rhetoric warmed over. It was really dynamic and a lot of the arguments they were making were specific to their particular cultures and respective countries. I highly recommend you check out the book. “Renaissance Debates on Rhetoric” by Wayne A. Redhorn.  It provides a lot of different perspective and a lot of different texts about something that we don't even really think about very often. The renaissance and its relationship to modern rhetoric. But you don't have to take my word for it.  

The exciting conclusion of Matt's conversation with Tim Raymus. Listen in and see exactly why this episode had to be released in two parts. You'll laugh, definitely, you'll cringe, probably, and overall you'll have a really good time.

Matt invited Tim Raymus into his new recording space and the two talked for a very long time. So long, in fact, that the interview is being released in two parts. Enjoy the conversation, and meet up back here in a week for the exciting conclusion.

Episode 89 – “Raymus Antillies”. In this episode we discuss the unnecessarily handsome Captain from Revenge of the Sith, Episode 3 of the Star Wars saga. And the so-so looking guy from A New Hope, Episode 4 of the Star Wars Saga. Wait a minute… Sites featured in this episode: Sir Steve’s Guide Raymus vs Colton discussion Star Wars in Character Facebook Page Audible.com Hear it here:

Episode 89 – “Raymus Antillies”. In this episode we discuss the unnecessarily handsome Captain from Revenge of the Sith, Episode 3 of the Star Wars saga. And the so-so looking guy from A New Hope, Episode 4 of the Star Wars Saga. Wait a minute… Sites featured in this episode: Sir Steve’s Guide Raymus vs Colton discussion Star Wars in Character Facebook Page Audible.com Hear it here: