The Parlor

General Summary: In this podcast, Dr. Wendy Anderson discusses her deep dive on the digital rhetoric of white, nationalist women within America. Undergraduates Bridget Barragy and Alexa Peña unpack the topics of contained agency, intersectionality, and the utilization of digital architecture and anonymity to grow the white nationalist movement. Our podcast sheds light on the chosen identity of white nationalist women and how it enables them to reconcile the inherent dissonance between their political views and societal position.

Detailed Summary: Anderson’s scholarly career to her undergraduate degree in speech communication to her PhD in rhetoric and media, as well as addressing gap years (00.00-03.23); Anderson’s summary of the argument of “Classifying Whiteness: Unmasking White Nationalist Women’s Digital Design through an Intersectional Analysis of Contained Agency,” and the effects it was trying to achieve (03.23- 05:23); Anderson’s explanation of intersectionality and how it applies to white women (05.23-07.14); Anderson’s response to how the categories of mothers and warriors intersect and how they affect non-white women who do not fit within these classifications (07.14-9.34); Anderson responding to her comments that “contained agency” occurs when an individual's oppression is localized to their particular situation, rather than recognizing the larger, frameworks that contribute to oppression(9.34-14.10); Anderson explaining how white nationalists can choose between an oppressed identity and a non-oppressed identity (14.10-17:01); Anderson’s elaboration on white nationalist women globally embracing feminism (17.01-19.16); Anderson addressing comments on technology being past the point of no return when iit comes to gating people with others who share similar ideas (19.16-22.13); Anderson’s thoughts on User Interface and UX design (22.13-25.17); Anderson's thoughts on TikTok and the opportunity for anonymity in the webspace through cloaking (25.17-29.51).

Scholarly Article Informing Production: Anderson, Wendy K. Z. “Classifying Whiteness: Unmasking White Nationalist Women’s Digital Design through an Intersectional Analysis of Contained Agency.” Communication, Culture and Critique, vol. 11, no. 1, Mar. 2018, pp. 116–32. DOI.org (Crossref), https://doi.org/10.1093/ccc/tcy002.

Credits: This podcast was produced by Esmeralda Hernandez, Dewayne Benson, and Noah Rivera. It features the voices of Bridget Barragy, Alexa Pena, Dr. Wendy Anderson, and Esmeralda Hernandez. This podcast was made possible by the use of resources from the Digital Writing and Research Lab at the University of Texas at Austin. Music featured in this podcast, titled “commonGround,” was created by airtone and has been repurposed here, utilized under the Creative Commons Attribution Noncommercial License 3.0. Additionally, the sound effect titled “conversation.wav” was also incorporated into the final production under Creative Commons 1.0

General Summary: Professor Michael Lee discusses a chapter from his book We Are Not One People, co-authored by Professor Robert Atchison, entitled “Secession All the Way Down.” Professor Lee explores the relationship between libertarians and their relationship to America’s tradition of secession. A team of undergraduates explore this relationship and reflect on Professor Lee's findings.

Detailed Summary: Lee’s interest in conservative politics and educational background (0:00-2:00); Lee explains the basic argument of Libertarians as well as a brief overview of their history of secession (2:00-6:25); Lee dissects the effect John C. Calhoun had on libertarian ideology as well as their interpretation of his arguments (6:25-9:13); Lee explains the specifics of the libertarian ideology in reference to secession and clarifies seeming contradictions found within (9:13-14:51); Lee translates what secession would look like and provides insight into where libertarian ideology draws a line (14:51-16:17); Lee reflects on the difference between libertarians and the Libertarian Party (16:17-19:06); Lee provides an in-depth analysis of the libertarian ideology and its relationship with race and racism (19:06-28:49); The hosts and Lee make their concluding statements and reflect on the interview (28:49-29:40).

Scholarly Article Informing this Production: Atchison, Robert, and Michael Lee. “Secession All The Way Down.” We Are Not One People, 2022, pp. 47-74.

Credits: This podcast was produced by Mark Longaker, with resources and assistance provided by the Digital Writing and Research Lab at the University of Texas at Austin. It features the voices of Gregory Flores, Andrew Valdez, and Michael Lee. The music featured in this podcast, titled “commonGround,” was created by airtone and has been repurposed here under Creative Commons Attribution Noncommercial license 3.0. Additionally, conversation.wav to an external site. was adapted and incorporated under Creative Commons 1.0 license.

General Summary: Professor Casey Kelly from the University of Nebraska-Lincoln discusses his article, “White Pain,” which describes how Donald Trump’s electoral victory in 2016 reproduced historical-racial schema since the pain of the white voters in the Rust belt was considered especially worthy of sympathy, in comparison to the pain of the black working class. Two undergraduate students at the University of Texas at Austin enquired about the concept of racialized pain in politics as well as the rhetorical construction of pain.

Detailed Summary: Podcast introduction & our personal introductions (00.00-01.43); Kelly’s summary of his article & main argument in “White Pain” (01.43-05.02); Kelly’s discussion of his audience- scholarly and general, and the impact he wanted his discussion to have (05.02-09.52); Kelly’s background, family, and upbringing and how this influenced his interest in conservative rhetoric and his perspective on this topic (09.52-12.37); Kelly’s discussion of his background in Women & Gender studies and how this influenced his interest and conclusions, specifically how masculinity is used in right wing politics to advance their agenda (12.37-15.52); Clip of Trump’s inaugural address that exemplifies Trumpism and white pain rhetoric (15.52-16.48); Kelly’s discussion of the white working class as a ‘signifier or figural placeholder’ and how this contributed to his arguments and findings (16.48-20.53); Kelly’s discussion of Franz Fanon’s historical racial schema as a ‘sliding scale’ and how we view humanness and what counts as a life (20.53-22.31); Kelly’s discussion of the ‘socializing of pain’ by Trump and how this played into right wing rhetoric surrounding the BLM movement and COVID (22.31-27.17); Kelly’s discussion of the upcoming (2024) election and trump’s indictment as a dilemma because of his appeal to victimhood vs. holding politicians accountable (27.17-29.24); Kelly discusses moving the discussion away from the ‘white’ working class, and how thinking of the working class as a whole will help Americans in this sector of the economy more than a racialized discussion would (29.24-31.51); Closing remarks, conclusion, and credits (31.51-33.27).

Scholarly Article Informing this Production: Kelly, Casey Ryan. “White Pain.” Quarterly Journal of Speech, 15 Apr. 2021, https://doi.org/10.1080/00335630.2021.1903537.

Credits: Under the guidance of Mark Longaker, this podcast was produced by Sydney Patterson, with the help of Hannah Garza, Nicholas Pao, Gracie Stark, and Arya Anagol. It features the voices of Casey Kelly, Sydney Patterson, and Hannah Garza. Additionally, music entitled “commonGround” by airtone and “conversation” by wolfrfe was adapted and incorporated into the podcast. It also features an audio clip from former President Trump’s inaugural address, which was pulled from a video posted by CNN in January of 2017 at: https://www.cnn.com/2017/01/20/politics/trump-inaugural-address/index.html

General Summary: Paul Johnson talks about his work, “Walter White(ness) lashes out: Breaking Bad and male victimage,” and his journey into uncovering ideas within conservative politics. Two undergraduate students at UT ask Johnson a series of questions about his work, allowing Johnson to expand on the ideas of white masculinity and neoliberalism.

Detailed Summary: Johnson’s academic career and transition to his current job and research on ideas such as conservatism, populism, and race scholarly transition from American poetics to classical rhetoric (00.00-02.19); Johnson’s starting interest in conservative politics and how he uncovered more variables within capitalism (02.30-6.12); Johnson discusses the meaning of whiteness and its correlation to what challenges white masculinity (06.40-12.33); Johnson talks about neoliberalism in relation to the series, “Breaking Bad” (12.57-17.12); Johnson expands on neoliberalism in relation to capitalism and its so-called “dark side” (17.29-20.52); Johnson talks about his reference to Obama’s remark in relation to Walter White (21.28-26.36); Johnson processes what “Breaking Bad” would have looked like if Obama was not president (26.59-28.58); Johnson talks about the continuation of “Breaking Bad” popularity and the present circumstance in the United States that challenged American ideology (29.19-34.35); Johnson discusses the character of Walter White and whether or not he was praised as a hero (34.38-37.03).

Scholarly Article Informing this Production: Johnson, Paul. “Walter White(ness)

lashes out: Breaking Bad and male victimage.” Critical Studies in Media

Communication, vol. 34, no. 1, 2017, pp. 14-28.

Credits: This podcast was produced by Travis Fatjo and Brooke Falk, with resources

and assistance provided by the Digital Writing and Research Lab at the University of Texas at Austin. It features the voices of Paul Johnson, Sophia Guild, and Lilly Anthony. Music featured in this podcast, titled “commonGround” was created by airtone and has been repurposed here under Creative Commons Attribution Noncommercial license 3.0.

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General Summary: Ryan Neville-Shepard, an associate professor at the University of Arkansas, discusses his article on a speech given by Rand Paul at Howard University and the rhetoric of the new Southern Strategy. Several undergraduate students at UT reflect on Neville-Shepard’s research and the connection between rhetoric and the southern strategy.

Detailed Summary: Neville-Shepard’s academic background and his interests that led to his work on examining conservative politics (00.42-02.19); Neville-Shepard provides context on the speech given by Rand Paul and discusses how the conservative movement and the Republican party has evolved over time (2.20 - 5.20); Neville-Shepard reviews the formation of the Southern Strategy and discusses differences between the old Southern Strategy and the modern Southern Strategy (5.33 - 10.32); Neville-Shepard analyzes the impact the Southern Strategy has on American politics and citizens (10.33- 11.34); Neville-Shepard highlights how the Republican Party shifts their messages in order to cater to conservative voters (11.35- 13.34); Neville-Shepard goes into depth on the three main rhetorical appeals that the new Southern Strategy relies on: post-racial society, neoliberalism, and selective amnesia (13.54 - 16:58); Neville- Shepard examines Rand Paul’s speech further along with how American legislature has created structural harm to people of color from the 1986 Anti-Drug Abuse act (16.59 -18.54); Neville- Shepard discusses the coded language and selective amnesia utilized by Rand Paul in his speech (18.55 - 19.33); Neville-Shepard evaluates present-day conservatives, specifically Donald Trump, and how they incorporate appeals from the new Southern Strategy today (19.42 - 21.12); Neville-Shepard emphasizes the ways Republicans rely on the Southern Strategy for votes (21.13 - 22.32); Neville-Shepard’s intentions with analyzing Rand Paul’s speech in relation to the Southern Strategy (22.44 - 24.10); Neville-Shepard discusses an intervention towards helping citizens be able to identify the Southern Strategy being used in politics which involves educating voters on structural racism and its place in politics (24.12 - 26.12).

Scholarly Article Informing this Production: Neville-Shepard, Ryan. “Rand Paul at Howard University and the Rhetoric of the New Southern Strategy.” Western Journal of Communication, vol. 82, no. 1, 2017, pp. 20–39., https://doi.org/10.1080/10570314.2017.1320809.

Credits: This podcast was produced by Matthew Bale, Patrick Domingo, Kamille Serrano, and Jasrit Mondair, with resources and assistance provided by the Digital Writing and Research Lab at the University of Texas at Austin. It features the voices of Ryan Neville-Shepard, Jasrit Mondair, and Patrick Domingo. Music featured in this podcast, titled “commonGround,” was created by airtone and has been repurposed here under Creative Commons Attribution Noncommercial license 3.0. Additionally, conversation.wav was adapted and incorporated under the Creative Commons 1.0 license.

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