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- 64: Obama's Famous Speech on Race: Part 1, with Special Guest Tracy Denean Sharpley-Whiting
Don't miss one of our best episodes yet! We break down one of Obama's most pivotal and influential speeches of all time with our guest, Tracy Denean Sharpley-Whiting, the author of The Speech: Race and Barack Obama's "A More Perfect Union."
In this episode learn:
- The words of Rev. Jeremiah Wright and what Obama had to contend with if he was to win his first term
- What is the tradition of the Jeremiah, and how does Obama's speech structure differ?
- Was Obama effectively communicating to both white and black voters seperately and simultaniously?
- How candidate Obama's advisors set up the stage in order to make him look more patriotic
- Creating a sense of fate and kismet through rhetoric
- Was Obama just trying to appease white voters by appealing to their feelings?
- Was this Obama's "speech on race" or something else?
- And more!
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Special Guest: Tracy Denean Sharpley-Whiting.
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52 min - 63: Commander Cuomo's Spin: The NY Presser
Have you ever seen a politician confuse the reporters so much they can't even remember what question they wanted to ask? Listen to Gov. Cuomo as he artfully spins away from questions that the reporters ask him, leading you to see why he has been so popular in recent weeks.
In this episode:
- A super confusing language game that Cuomo plays with reporters, hypnotically confusing them and making them forget what they thought they were saying
- Why Cuomo believes the "1918" Spanish Flu pandemic can't tell us much about what we should do today
- Changing the scope of a reporter's question in order to use the tactical device of outframing
- Why are we rolling back regulations when that is a republican priority, not a democratic one?
- Analogies being used in everyday conversation and how imagery can make an idea seem more fleshed out
- "I swear it to you" and why this type of appeal seems to bolster claims of fair play
- And more!
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36 min - 62: The Administration's Failure: Biden Goes on the Attack
What happens when Donald Trump's great economy starts to dive? Joe Biden goes on the attack to point out the President's shortcomings and what they should do instead.
Listen to this episode as we break down his response, including:
- How Joe addresses his inability to hold campaign rallys in the near term
- Why the Coronavirus is a big equalizer in society
- How Americans can meet this moment and harness ingenuity
- How nominalizations are at play in creating political distance from what can be a very personal problem
- A very nice content (meaning) reframe that Joe does in order to slam Trump and force his hand
- And more!
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28 min - 61: The Virus Won't Have a Chance: Trump's Evening Address
What happens when motivation fails to quell deep fears and when people are losing their minds? Trump's evening address gives us a persuasive example of why big picture thinking doesn't always work.
Listen to this episode and you'll hear:
- Why we have had an "unprecendented response" and more importantly, what that actually means
- How the Coronavirus is being used to promote a nationalist and xenophobic agenda
- A break down of the different types of ambiguous phrasing and an example of one of Trump's punctuational ambiguities
- A "time shift" pattern that is oftentimes used in therapy to help people to heal, but here Trump does it in order to make himself appear more wise than he actually is
- How he leaves the door open on what specifically he will do to help
- And more!
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28 min - 60: Expunge the Records: Bernie Makes it Personal
How do you make politics personal? Have you ever known a politician that truly appealed directly to you? In this episode we listen to how Bernie Sanders captures strong rapport with his audience.
Listen to this episode for:
- Bernie's promise to his supporters to erase their criminal records
- How Bernie is implying he is already elected and why this is a smart tactic
- The "linkage statements" that tie ideas together; can you catch the more complex ones?
- Powerful pronouns and why which word you use when giving a political rally carries so much meaning
- The immigrant experience in America and why you should NOT argue with his math in this case
- And more!
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34 min - 59: Bernie's New Deal: The Nevada Speech
How do politicians give hope for their ideas but stay away from the specifics that might ensnare them? We listen to Bernie Sanders in his Nevada rally as he riles up the crowd, pumping them full of energy for the fight to come.
Listen to this episode and find out:
- How Bernie's digital marketing specialists are changing up the on-screen content to drive more donations
- Calling out every race and group, and how he makes people feel like they are a part of his campaign even if they are just listening
- Bernie's unique spin on the classic unity messaging of liberal candidates
- How Bernie sees "you" as being one of the downtrodden who needs his help
- New Deal language and is Bernie going to be the next FDR?
- How he pulls off the impossible and makes increasing taxes a popular policy
- And more!
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33 min - 58: The State of Trump's Union
What makes even controversy-prone politicians sound regal and full of hope? We break down the techniques of speechwriters in Trump's latest State of the Union address in this episode.
Listen as we delve into:
- The opening nominalization and invented word that frames the entire speech
- The two-word sequence language pattern that is used again and again in order to capture imagination and yet not say much at all
- Political Theater and how Trump uses the State of the Union like a daytime TV show giveaway contest
- Using submodalities from NLP in order to give your speeches an extra spark
- How Trump uses "aversion language" of being trapped, being forced to pay for things, or having rights taken away from you
- Another American history lesson: What Wyatt Earp, Davy Crockett, and Annie Oakley have to do with who you should vote for in 2020.
- And more!
Beto O'Rourke's speech that was mentioned in the show is here: https://www.facebook.com/watch/?v=2422498247760393
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42 min - 57: You Belong: Pete's Moment in Iowa
Have you ever felt alienated by politics, or like you don't belong? Pete Buttigieg has a message for you. We cover his victory speech in Iowa in this fascinating look at how to frame liberal ideas.
Listen to this episode to find out:
- The hypnotic technique of conscious / unconscious dissociation and how Pete uses it here to contrast knowing with not knowing
- False choices set up through calls to action and cause and effect languaging
- How Pete empowers the listener; but is it truly them or what they've voted for?
- The politician that Pete has been watching at home while learning how to be more persuasive
- Evoking a feeling through artfully vague language and non-specified predicates--How Pete makes them think their feelings are about him.
- And more!
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47 min - 56: It's Just Business: How Republicans View Trump's Impeachment
Is impeachment going to destroy the institution of the presidency? We break down some listener questions along with a Republican news conference in his exciting episode.
Listen to this episode to learn:
- Why stacking numbers and quoting statistics is so persuasively valuable
- Whether the House of Representatives is trying to pick who the next president will be
- A Montana congressman's metaphorical regression back to his high school years
- Suggesting patterns in order to take advantage of the natural tendency to create meanings
- How listener questions reveal political campaign buys and why repeated phrases suggest inauthenticity in responses
- Is Donald Trump just a businessman? Find out what we really think!
- And more!
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34 min - 55: Trial or Error: Trump's Impeachment Begins
When it comes to the trial of the highest office of the land, will the American people get a fair trial? Listen as master persuaders use direction of attention to convince you of the right decision, or the wrong one.
Listen to this episode to discover:
- Why the Republicans are so intent as framing the debate as having the same rules as "the Clinton impeachment"
- The key maneuver of how politicians give the illusion of control and yet hold true power just outside arm's reach
- Examples of words that are used to expand, and limit, the scope of someone's attention, and how this is a common tactic used by magicians
- How one of the lawyers uses a core hypnotic device made famous by the renegade psychiatrist, Milton Erickson
- The perfect trifecta of high crimes and misdemeanors, and what the constitution has to say about it
- The fraudulent call that Adam Schiff described, and what really happened.
- And more!
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About Subliminally Correct
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Subliminally Correct is a bi-weekly podcast where two experts in subconscious messaging examine the intersection of politics, persuasion, and all the ways politicians and newsmakers are using psychological tactics to influence you every single day.
The show is hosted by Alex Dobranic, Political Consultant and Certified Consulting Hypnotist; and Taylor Sherman, Executive Coach and Certified Hypnosis Instructor – experts in politics and subliminally persuasive tactics.
Guests range from political staffers, consultants, journalists and academics, to experts in hypnosis, body-language, and Neuro-Linguistic Psychology; here to give you an inside look into what makes the persuasive politician.