Kairoticast

Kairoticast

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Kairoticast episodes

  • K017 - Opening Arguments: What to do About Schools
    This episode considers the arguments for opening schools (K-university) and argues that the main arguments for re-opening fall flat. Learn more about Kairoticast at https://kairoticast.com. Music in this episode is "Fearless First" by Kevin MacLeod at https://incompetech.filmmusic.io/song/3742-fearless-first licensed under CC-BY.
    26 min
  • K016 - Ruptured Communities,AOC, and Misogyny
    In this episode we analyze Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez's recent speech in response to Rep. Yoho's vulgar attack against her. We explore the history of the feminist movement and what it means to be in community. Learn more about Kairoticast at https://kairoticast.com. Music in this episode is "Fearless First" by Kevin MacLeod at https://incompetech.filmmusic.io/song/3742-fearless-first licensed under CC-BY.
    30 min
  • K015 - Free Speech and #Cancelled
    In this episode we give an overview of free speech and its history in the United States and discuss just how free our speech really is. We explore the difference between government and communal responsibilities in monitoring speech and what that means for "cancel culture." Learn more about Kairoticast at https://kairoticast.com. Music in this episode is "Fearless First" by Kevin MacLeod at https://incompetech.filmmusic.io/song/3742-fearless-first licensed under CC-BY.
    31 min
  • K014 - Education, Propaganda, and the Right
    In this episode we explore the propagandistic nature of education. If education is propaganda, then the Right's problem with higher learning isn't that it indoctrinates students, but that it DOESN'T indoctrinate them. We discuss what an education is for and the legal and historical role of education in America. Learn more about Kairoticast at https://kairoticast.com. Music in this episode is "Fearless First" by Kevin MacLeod at https://incompetech.filmmusic.io/song/3742-fearless-first licensed under CC-BY.
    31 min
  • K013 - Patriotism in the 21st Century

    In this very personal episode we discuss what it means for us to be patriotic in the 21st century and whether we can love a very flawed and problematic country. Learn more about Kairoticast at https://kairoticast.com. Music in this episode is "Fearless First" by Kevin MacLeod at https://incompetech.filmmusic.io/song/3742-fearless-first licensed under CC-BY.

    32 min
  • K012 - Law & Order, the Southern Strategy, and the Electoral College

    In this episode we further explore "law & order" rhetoric. We discuss the history and impact of the Southern Strategy and how that relates to the electoral college. Learn more about Kairoticast at https://kairoticast.com. Music in this episode is "Fearless First" by Kevin MacLeod at https://incompetech.filmmusic.io/song/3742-fearless-first licensed under CC-BY.

    29 min
  • K011 - Trump, Rallies, and Masculinity

    In this episode we discuss Trump's June 20th rally and analyze his speech in terms of his lack of argument and tendency to simply list claims. We look at two sections of his speech that were extended narratives and argue they were defenses of his masculinity. Learn more about Kairoticast at https://kairoticast.com. Music in this episode is "Fearless First" by Kevin MacLeod at https://incompetech.filmmusic.io/song/3742-fearless-first licensed under CC-BY.

    22 min
  • K010 - Textualism and Civil Rights

    In this episode we look at the recent Supreme Court decision concerning gay and transgender rights (Bostock v. Clayton County). We discuss the importance of textualism, a legal interpretation theory, in understanding this case. Learn more about Kairoticast at https://kairoticast.com. Music in this episode is "Fearless First" by Kevin MacLeod at https://incompetech.filmmusic.io/song/3742-fearless-first licensed under CC-BY.

    25 min
  • K009 - What is History? A Confederate Story

    In this episode we explore the controversy surrounding Confederate statues and memorials. We do so by interrogating the concepts of public memory and history as a rhetorical construct. What history is being memorialized by these statues, parks, and forts and what does that say about us? What are we trying to remember? Learn more about Kairoticast at https://kairoticast.com. Music in this episode is "Fearless First" by Kevin MacLeod at https://incompetech.filmmusic.io/song/3742-fearless-first licensed under CC-BY.

    25 min

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A podcast about rhetoric and current events hosted by M. Elizabeth Thorpe, PhD. In this podcast we explore the way big ideas from the world of rhetoric apply to every day life. We focus on major…