Rhetoricity
Rhetoricity is a quasi-academic podcast that draws on rhetoric, theory, weird sound effects, and the insights of a lot of other people. It's something that's a little strange and, with luck, a little interesting. The podcast's description will evolve along with it. So far, most episodes feature interviews with rhetoric and writing scholars.
The podcast is a project of Eric Detweiler, an assistant professor in the Department of English at Middle Tennessee State University. For more on Rhetoricity and his other work, visit http://RhetEric.org.
- Update frequency
- every 35 days
- Average duration
- 35 minutes
- Episodes
- 55
- Years Active
- 2015 - 2025
Libraries, Videos, Bodies: An Interview with Virginia Kuhn
This episode of Rhetoricity comes to you from the 2016 Modern Language Association Convention in Austin, Texas.
At the convention, I spoke with the University of Southern California's Virginia Kuhn. …
Subalternity and Transnational Literacy: An Interview with Raka Shome
At the 2015 Rhetoric Society of America Summer Institute in Madison, Wisconsin, Raka Shome led a three-day workshop entitled "'Subalternity' and 'Transnational Literacy': The Significance of Gayatri …
Rhetoric's Algorithms: Jim Brown and Annette Vee
This episode of Rhetoricity features not one but two interviewees: Drs. Annette Vee and Jim Brown, who together led a workshop called "Rhetoric's Algorithms" at the 2015 Rhetoric Society of America S…
Glitching Out with Casey Boyle
This episode of Rhetoricity features an interview with Casey Boyle, an assistant professor in the Department of Rhetoric and Writing at The University of Texas at Austin. Dr. Boyle’s work has appeare…
Transnational Writing and Global Citizenship: An Interview with Shyam Sharma
In this episode of Rhetoricity, I talk with Shyam Sharma about global citizenship, transnational writing, and the globalization of writing classrooms.
Dr. Sharma is an assistant professor of writing …
Digital Scholarship, Digital Pedagogy: An Interview with Justin Hodgson
This episode of Rhetoricity, recorded at the 2015 Conference on College Composition and Communication, features an interview with Dr. Justin Hodgson. Hodgson is an assistant professor at Indiana Univ…
Unsound Theory and Sonic Practices
This installment of Rhetoricity zags away from the interview format of the last few episodes. Instead, I'm bringing you a response to a question I've started getting from a handful of rhetoric and co…
Radio Free Vitanza: Number Two
This is the second half of a two-part interview with Victor Vitanza, the Jean-Francois Lyotard Chair at the European Graduate School and a Professor of English and Rhetoric at Clemson University. You…
Radio Free Vitanza: Number One
This episode of Rhetoricity features an interview with Victor Vitanza, the Jean-Francois Lyotard Chair at the European Graduate School and a Professor of English and Rhetoric at Clemson University. T…
A Discourse on Entropy with Collin Brooke
This episode of Rhetoricity finds me interviewing Collin Brooke. In March 2015, Dr. Brooke was the featured speaker at The University of Texas at Austin's Digital Writing and Research Lab's annual Sp…
The Outer Limits of Psychoanalysis: An Interview with Laurence Rickels
In February, Laurence Rickels stopped by Austin, Texas. Dr. Rickels, who is the Sigmund Freud Professor of Psychoanalysis at the European Graduate School as well as Professor of Art and Theory at the…
On Awfulness: An Interview with Jenny Rice
In this episode of Rhetoricity, I interview Dr. Jenny Rice, an associate professor in the Department of Writing, Rhetoric, and Digital Studies at the University of Kentucky. In addition to appearing …
The Exemplary Sharon Crowley
This episode features an interview with Dr. Sharon Crowley, an accomplished rhetoric scholar and winner of the Conference on College Composition and Communication's 2015 Exemplar Award. Dr. Crowley i…
Small Talk: The Final Frontier
Small talk: it's both part of the lifeblood and part of the awkwardness of academic conferences. "Is your hometown treating you well?" "How about this weather?" "When did you get in?" The questions a…
What Isn't Rhetoricity?
In this episode, I explore the concept from which this podcast derives its title and part of its inspiration: rhetoricity. In keeping with a spirit of weirdness, I pursue this by asking a few rhetori…