Author: Steve
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Rhetoric Itself
Teaching rhetoric is a lot more like teaching art or creative writing than it is some sort of job skill. But you wouldn’t know that to look at what passes for a public speaking class these days. Farewell creativity, hello corporate conformity. Strangely, departments that are dedicated to inquiry against ideological systems and the exposure…
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SSRU Podcast #3: Consumption
This is the Sophistic Steve Rhetorical Universe podcast, my attempt at voice-blogging in the micro-podcast format.
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Building an Argumentation Podcast in Public
Winning Arguments Podcast – starting before it starts!
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The Hottest New Voting Trend
The last time I went to vote I went with my friend David the Poet Who Lives Next Door. This time now I live in his house with him so he’s the Poet Who Lives Upstairs. We take these opportunities to go vote to chat a bit about our view of politics, voting, and other…
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SSRU Podcast Episode 2: Facebook and Civic Discourse
In this second episode of my experimentation with orality, I consider the relationship between social media and public discourse. Facebook could do one easy thing in terms of standards that might go a long way toward stopping the infection that is spreading pretty quickly into public discourse. Let me know what you think of this…
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When we call for "National Debate," What is it We Want?
Whenever there’s a controversy – gun violence, racism, sexism, or any of the things that occur in the United States with frightening regularity – there is always the call for vibrant national debate on the issues. I have always wondered what journalists mean when they call for “national debate” on a particular issue. Very much…
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Playing With Substack
I set up a substack which I think will become this blog, or a copy of this blog over time. I think keeping this space alive is important and good for my practices, but probably not the easiest or best way for audiences to do so. It might be a bit easier to get the…
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