Podcasts about rhetorical genius

Donald Trump does not talk like a politician. But where some hear truth telling, and others hear something unhinged, professor Jennifer Mercieca hears a consistent rhetorical strategy designed to bind audiences to Trump and sever them from everyone else.A strategy good enough to win the presidency not just once, but twice.Communication professor Jennifer Mercieca, author of Demagogue for President: The Rhetorical Genius of Donald Trump, discusses the six techniques Trump uses to cast a spell on his audiences.Support the show

Jennifer Mercieca is a Professor in the Department of Communication and Journalism at Texas A&M University and the author of the book Demagogue for President: The Rhetorical Genius of Donald Trump. So we talked about Trump.  Is he an existential threat to American democracy? Is he truly willing to use the Justice Department, the FBI, and other state institutions to target his opponents? Will the U.S. government resemble a form of oligarchy, and will the administration be led by figures like Elon Musk or Vice President JD Vance? Can the Democrats learn something from Trump about how to connect with voters? Listen to our conversation.  And if you enjoy what I do, please support me on Ko-fi! Thank you. ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠https://ko-fi.com/amatisak

Dr. Jennifer Merciceca is a historian of political rhetoric, a professor of communication at Texas A&M University and a published author. She joins JBK to discuss her book Demagogue for President: The Rhetorical Genius of Donald Trump, which explains the strategies former POTUS Trump uses with language to manipulate his followers as well as alter their sense of reality. She explains how Trump's followers get cultivated and the real danger of having this kind of leader in the Oval Office. Jennifer talks about POTUS Joe Biden's legacy and the lasting positive impact of his leadership. JBK reacts with Jennifer to the first debate between VP Kamala Harris & convicted felon Donald Trump, how VP Harris better communicated her vision for the future of America & much more. Episode is available everywhere now! I am available for hire to produce, edit, and publish your next media project at affordable rates! Reach out to me for more information at https://linktr.ee/jbkonair #jbkonair --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/jbkonair/support

On this episode, host Michael Azevedo chats with Dr. Jennifer Mercieca, an award-winning historian of American political rhetoric. She is Professor in the Department of Communication and Journalism at Texas A&M University. Jennifer writes about American political discourse, especially as it relates to citizenship, democracy, and the presidency. Jennifer has published three books about political rhetoric: Founding Fictions, The Rhetoric of Heroic Expectations: Establishing the Obama Presidency, and Demagogue for President: The Rhetorical Genius of Donald Trump.    She has written about rhetoric and politics for The Conversation, USA Today, the Washington Post, and many other major media outlets.  ​ ​She has been interviewed about rhetoric and politics by the BBC World News, NPR's All Things Considered, NPR's 1A, Diane Rehm, The New York Times, CNN, The Guardian, Vice News, Australia's ABC Radio, Slate, USA Today, and many other outlets throughout the United States and worldwide.   Making Media Now is sponsored by Filmmakers Collaborative, a non-profit organization dedicated to supporting media makers from across the creative spectrum. From providing fiscal sponsorship to presenting an array of informative and educational programs, Filmmakers Collaborative supports creatives at every step in their journey.   About the host: www.writevoicecreative.com and https://www.linkedin.com/in/michael-azevedo/   Sound Engineer: A.J. Kierstead 

In this double feature of two of our favorite episodes we cover misinformation, disinformation and propaganda -- three tricky truth-benders that come at you from every angle in American life. Our guides include Samantha Lai of the Brookings Institute, Peter Adams of the News Literacy Project, John Maxwell Hamilton (professor and author of Manipulating the Masses: Woodrow Wilson and the Birth of American Propaganda and Jennifer Mercieca, professor and author of Demagogue for President: The Rhetorical Genius of Donald Trump.

In the Season Five Finale of the PREVAIL podcast, Greg Olear talks to Jennifer Mercieca, a professor of rhetoric at Texas A&M and the author of “Demagogue for President: the Rhetorical Genius of Donald Trump,” about myths of the Founders, rhetoric as a field of study, rhetorical devices Trump uses, how fascists learn from each other, the power of nostalgia, conservative rhetoric, “search vs. research,” and what's going on in Texas. Plus: indictment #3.Follow Jen:https://twitter.com/jenmerciecaVisit her website:https://www.jennifermercieca.com/Order the book:https://www.amazon.com/Demagogue-President-Rhetorical-Genius-Donald/dp/1623499062SEASON FINALE ACKNOWLEDGEMENTSThanks to Dar Golan, for the great music used in various fake ads. Thanks to Stephanie Koff and Chunk for the help with the comic bits. Thanks to Kanai Williams, Molly Hawkey, Kimberley Johnson, and Allison Gill at MSW Media for their help getting the show together and promoting it. And thanks to you, Dear Listener, for your support! Subscribe to the PREVAIL newsletter:https://gregolear.substack.com/aboutWould you like to tell us more about you? http://survey.podtrac.com/start-survey.aspx?pubid=BffJOlI7qQcF&ver=short. *

Professor, Jennifer Mercieca, author of “Demagogue for President: The Rhetorical Genius of Donald Trump. “, bylines in the Washinton Post, USA Today & more, talks with me about her piece for Resolute Square, “How To Save Democracy: Weirdify Fascism”: How To Save Democracy: Weirdify Fascism

Propaganda is a piece of information designed to make you think or do something specific. So how does it work?Today on Civics 101, John Maxwell Hamilton (professor and author of Manipulating the Masses: Woodrow Wilson and the Birth of American Propaganda) and Jennifer Mercieca (professor and author of Demagogue for President: The Rhetorical Genius of Donald Trump) take us through the Federalist Papers, the Committee on Public Intelligence, the Four Minute Men, amygdala highjacking, and the myriad ways propagandists  take advantage of our best intentions to achieve a result. 

Jennifer Mercieca was right. She is Professor in the Department of Communication and Journalism at Texas A&M University and an author of the book Demagogue for President: The Rhetorical Genius of Donald Trump. We recorded this podcast one day before Donald Trump's presidential announcement and Jennifer was pretty sure, as you can listen, how this ends up. We discussed what's next for Trump, and for Ron DeSantis or Joe Biden. And also what's next for American democracy. The midterm elections showed it might be less fragile than we thought. But... Listen to our conversation. And if you enjoy what I do, please support me on Ko-fi! Thank you. https://ko-fi.com/amatisak --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/andrej-matisak/message

Town Square with Ernie Manouse airs at 3 p.m. CT. Tune in on 88.7FM, listen online or subscribe to the podcast. Join the discussion at 888-486-9677, questions@townsquaretalk.org or @townsquaretalk. In day eight of the January 6th hearing, the committee made the case that President Trump's refusal to intervene in the Capitol Riot was a “dereliction of his duty”. Many also say evidence shows that Trump wanted to threaten constitutional order — that he was “Executive Producer” of the insurrection. He called rioters to Washington by using war rhetoric to get them to attack the Capitol while he sat back to watch and enjoy it. But the committee seems to have put together a wise strategy of using witnesses who are primarily life-long republicans.  Not only are they appalled by Trump's actions,  they are brave enough to speak the truth — risking their lives, their family, safety, and livelihood. Is it time for us to re-examine what we expect from our elected officials? Years from now, how will history look back at this moment in time?  Our panel of experts are here to break down the latest details. Guests: Jennifer Mercieca Professor of Communication at Texas A&M University Author of “Demagogue for President: The Rhetorical Genius of Donald Trump” Mike Purdy Presidential Historian Author of  “Presidential Friendships: How They Changed History”. Timothy Naftali  Clinical Associate Professor of History and Public Service at NYU Town Square with Ernie Manouse is a gathering space for the community to come together and discuss the day's most important and pressing issues. We also offer a free podcast here, on iTunes, and other apps.

In this installment of Best Of The Gist, we start with a podcast extra we held over from our Thursday interview with Professor of Rhetoric Jennifer Mercieca, author of Demagogue for President: The Rhetorical Genius of Donald Trump, about how the former President uses language as a weapon. And then, in honor of Boris Johnson's removal from the UK Prime Minister role, we listen back to Mike's 2016 interview with Financial Times columnist Ed Luce conducted shortly after Boris was named UK Foreign Minister. Luce is the author of Time to Start Thinking: America and the Spectre of Decline, and he shared some interesting insights about Boris as he rose to the top of UK politics. Produced by Joel Patterson and Corey Wara Email us at thegist@mikepesca.com To advertise on the show, visit: https://advertisecast.com/TheGist  Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Professor of Rhetoric Jennifer Mercieca, author of Demagogue for President: The Rhetorical Genius of Donald Trump, has submitted evidence to the January 6th Committee as to how Donald Trump uses words to incite violence more slyly than meets the eye. Plus, Boris Johnson is out, and a comparison of orphaned victims of gun violence tells us what we all know but seldom grapple with: the usual victims are usually forgotten. Produced by Joel Patterson and Corey Wara Email us at thegist@mikepesca.com To advertise on the show, visit: https://advertisecast.com/TheGist Gofundme Link Washington Post Link Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

We discuss her book, “Demagogue for President: The Rhetorical Genius of Donald Trump”, origins of Roger Stone's “stop the steal” movement, aesthetics of authoritarianism and more

JENNIFER MERCIECA is professor in the Department of Communication at Texas A&M University. She is the author of Founding Fictions and coeditor of The Rhetoric of Heroic Expectations: Establishing the Obama Presidency, and Her latest published in July 2020, “Demagogue for President: The Rhetorical Genius of Donald Trump” (very prescient!)

Jennifer Mercieca is Associate Professor in the Department of Communication at Texas A&M University. She is the author of Demagogue for President: The Rhetorical Genius of Donald Trump.  You can follow her on Twitter: @jenmercieca Professor Mercieca’s research focuses on political rhetoric, with special emphasis on presidential communication.  In this episode, we talk about the rhetorical strategies employed by Donald Trump during his presidency, how speech can be used to deflect responsibility, and whether a return to normal styles of political communication can restore civic trust in democratic institutions.

Jennifer Mercieca is Associate Professor in the Department of Communication at Texas A&M University. She is the author of Demagogue for President: The Rhetorical Genius of Donald Trump. You can follow her on Twitter: @jenmercieca. The "Why We Argue" podcast is produced by the Humanities Institute at the University of Connecticut as part of the Future of Truth project. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Support our show by becoming a premium member! https://newbooksnetwork.supportingcast.fm/political-science

Jennifer Mercieca is Associate Professor in the Department of Communication at Texas A&M University. She is the author of Demagogue for President: The Rhetorical Genius of Donald Trump. You can follow her on Twitter: @jenmercieca. The "Why We Argue" podcast is produced by the Humanities Institute at the University of Connecticut as part of the Future of Truth project. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Support our show by becoming a premium member! https://newbooksnetwork.supportingcast.fm/language

Jennifer Mercieca is Associate Professor in the Department of Communication at Texas A&M University. She is the author of Demagogue for President: The Rhetorical Genius of Donald Trump. You can follow her on Twitter: @jenmercieca. The "Why We Argue" podcast is produced by the Humanities Institute at the University of Connecticut as part of the Future of Truth project. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Support our show by becoming a premium member! https://newbooksnetwork.supportingcast.fm/new-books-network

Jennifer Mercieca on the rhetorical tricks Donald Trump used to exploit a divided America. You can find out more about her on Twitter @jenmercieca and her book, Demagogue for President: The Rhetorical Genius of Donald Trump, is available to purchase now: https://www.jennifermercieca.com/demagogueforpresident The Hardy Report is a political news and current affairs podcast, bringing you interviews with a range of activists, campaigners and politicians from across the political spectrum in the United States and the United Kingdom. --- Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/thehardyreport/support

The fourth episode of my new podcast, My Fellow Americans – the 1st inaugural address of Thomas Jefferson, read by Jennifer Mercieca, a rhetorical scholar at Texas A&M. She's also the author of Demagogue for President: The Rhetorical Genius of Donald Trump (https://amzn.to/36SvzEo). The podcast runs from November 18th until January 19th, 2021, just a day shy of Inauguration Day. Jefferson was one of the most important figures of the age – an idealist in the long view, but a pragmatist in the short term. His election meant that the Federalist party was out of power, replaced by his Democratic-Republicans. Jeffersonian democracy would be the dominant political philosophy for the next 24 years, under his successors James Madison & James Monroe. The cover art is an oil on canvas portrait of Thomas Jefferson painted by Mather Brown in 1786, while Jefferson was in London. It's housed at the National Portrait Gallery. You can get a copy of My Fellow Americans here: Pay-What-You-Want: https://gumroad.com/l/myfellowamericans Kindle ($4.99): https://www.amazon.com/dp/B09DXN4KTM Apple Books ($4.99): https://books.apple.com/us/book/my-fellow-americans/id1540137345 Librecron ($4.99): https://librecron.com/products/my-fellow-americans_yuvraj-singh

ARE SCARY THINGS HAPPENING BOTH NATIONALLY AND LOCALLY? AUTHOR INTERVIEW  Rhetoric professor Jennifer Mercieca, Demagogue for President: The Rhetorical Genius of Donald Trump a joins us to talk about the last Presidential debate. Also joining us: Sunny Isles Beach commissioner and expert on homeowners association law, Dana Goldman comes to save Tony and Thom from being sued. She also clarifies the role condo associations can and should play in local politics with Key Biscayne being an exampl. Support the show (https://kbindependent.networkforgood.com/projects/118797-quality-journalism-for-key-biscayne)

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 about her thoughts about Trump's presidency and her opinions on whether the demagogic tendencies have changed or remained constant throughout the past four years. Detailed Summary:​ Introduction to Professor Mercieca, her book, and her research(00.00-03.30); Mercieca discusses her thoughts on the two sides of Trump's appeals, one being the unification of Americans through exceptionalism and the other being the demonization of a common enemy (03.31-06.30); ​argumentum ad baculum ​in Trump's rhetoric (06.31-10.48); the definition of a demagogue (10.49-12.00); Trump's untruthfulness in regards to his supporters and in regards to political correctness (12.01-17.23); Trump's ad hominem responses to criticism and his outrage causing appeals, and how to hold him accountable for those appeals (17.24-23.16); Mercieca discusses the consequences of Trump's rhetoric and how it plays a part in political discourse (23.17-25.50); conclusion (25.51-28.03). Scholarly Articles Informing this Production:​ Mercieca, Jen. Demagogue for President: The Rhetorical Genius of Donald Trump.​ ​College Station, Texas A&M University Press, 2020. Credits:​ This podcast was produced by Mark Longaker, Ali Shirazi, and Ryan Keniston. It features the voices of Ali Shirazi and Professor Jen Mercieca. Music featured in this podcast, titled “commonGround”, was created by airtone and has been repurposed here under CreativeCommons Attribution Noncommercial license 3.0. Additionally, conversation.wav was adapted and incorporated under a Creative Commons 1.0 license.

Jennifer Mercieca is a historian of American political discourse at Texas A&M University. Her new book is Demagogue for President: The Rhetorical Genius of Donald Trump. Mercieca explains how Donald Trump is intentionally using the rhetorical strategies of demagogues and other authoritarians. She also details how Trump's use of the demagogue's language playbook allows him to consistently evade responsibility for his actions. And Mercieca reveals how Donald Trump is the P.T. Barnum con artist of American politics. Chauncey DeVega reflects on another week in Donald Trump's crime empire where Roger Stone's sentence was commuted, and the Great Leader declared war on the American people during his two Independence Day speeches. Chauncey also shares a news item about how Trump's CHUDS are teaching their children white supremacy and other evil values.   SELECTED LINKS OF INTEREST FOR THIS EPISODE OF THE CHAUNCEY DEVEGA SHOW The Roger Stone Case Shows Why Trump Is Worse Than Nixon The White House is reportedly hoping Americans 'will grow numb' to the COVID-19 death toll Donald Trump is the 21st-century Jefferson Davis: History will judge him — and us Mourning in America: But after the Trump era's darkness, a rebirth is still possible ‘We don't see color,' Trump supporters say as they tell their kids to fear Black Lives Matter Coronavirus and the prospect of mass involuntary euthanasia WHERE CAN YOU FIND ME? On Twitter: https://twitter.com/chaunceydevega On Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/chauncey.devega My email: chaunceydevega@gmail.com Leave a voicemail for The Chauncey DeVega Show: (262) 864-0154 HOW CAN YOU SUPPORT THE CHAUNCEY DEVEGA SHOW? Via Paypal at ChaunceyDeVega.com Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/thechaunceydevegashow Please subscribe to and follow my new podcast The Truth Report https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/the-truth-report-with-chauncey-devega/id1465522298 http://thetruthreportwithchaunceydevega.libsyn.com/ Music at the end of this week's episode of The Chauncey DeVega Show is by JC Brooks & the Uptown Sound. You can listen to some of their great music on Spotify.

We spoke with Dr. Jennifer Mercieca, Professor of Communications at Texas A&M University, about her new book Demagogue for President: The Rhetorical Genius of Donald Trump. The book is out this week from Texas A&M University Press.It aims to study the rhetorical styles of President Trump as used throughout his 2015-2016 presidential campaign, distilling six different techniques used by Trump to win support for his campaign, galvanize existing supporters, and attack opponents.Subscribe in your favorite podcast app, like our page on Facebook, and subscribe on YouTube!

Texas A&M scholar Jennifer Mercieca discusses her new book “Demagogue for President: The Rhetorical Genius of Donald Trump.”