Join us today to listen to an overview of our producer's undergraduate senior thesis about Soccer in the Former Yugoslavia.

On today's episode the crew performs a rhetorical analysis of "The Menu" (2022). In this they discuss the various themes, as well as social commentaries, present in the film. Listener discretion is advised. Spoilers for the movie are present in this episode.

The gang tries to guess the plots of different classic novels!

On today's episode the producer Garrett and Writing Center Director Dr. Bill De Herder nerd out in a discussion of the effectiveness of the True Crime Podcast genre.

Garrett interviews Dr. Julie Commerford, a faculty member in the Geography department at Saginaw Valley State University

Garrett interviews Dr. William Williamson, faculty member of the Saginaw Valley State University Professional and Technical Writing department.

Garrett interviews Dr. Travis Pashak, member of Saginaw Valley State University's Psychology department.

Today the team analyzes the effectiveness of Michigan's website dedicated to proposal 3.

We are joined by our boss, Dr. Bill DeHerder, on the podcast today. The team gives an intro to the genre of rhetorical analysis.

This episode is part of a series called "The Pencil Cactus." The pencil cactus is a flexible and tenacious plant that grows through difficult conditions. This series of episodes are about growing communication awareness through all kinds of writing situations. In this series, you will hear from experts and experienced communicators on a range of communication-related topics.

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