Futures in the Present Tense

Today's episode was originally broadcast as part of The Big Rhetorical Podcast Carnival 2020, but is finding its way to the Rhetoricity feed in full for the first time. Focus on the carnival's theme of "The Digital Future of Rhetoric and Composition," the episode draws on shows like Adventure Time and Lovecraft Country as well as the present and future realities of the COVID pandemic, racism, and climate change to consider what our disciplinary futures might hold.

This episode includes clips and quotations from the following:

• “Come Along With Me” – Adventure Time
• The Fire Next Time – James Baldwin
• “Future Peace” – Uuriter
• “Future You” – Chad Crouch
• “Future’s Entry” – Lately Kind of Yeah
• “How Long ‘til Black Future Month” – N. K. Jemisin
• “Our Future” – Sergey Cheremisinov
• “Simon & Marcy” – Adventure Time
• “Sundown” – Lovecraft Country

Episode Transcript