The course I most often teach at Appalachian State University… So what’s my sister Anne got to do with anything? Anne works in an architectural design firm in Los Angles. In the courses I teach at App State, I ask students to chose a Discourse to study and as a part of that work students […]

Erica and Jordan, creators of the website and YouTube channel The Hawaii Vacation Guide, are my guests on this Sunday, January 29, 2023 edition of the Torg Stories Podcast. We talk about getting started on planning a vacation to Hawaii with an emphasis on Maui, starting a business such as their travel website, and hearing […]

Affiliate marketing, selling products or services, working with a sponsor, crowdfunding, live events, and teaching courses are all topics in Dave Jackson’s book Profit from Your Podcast and are topics up for discussion in this week’s Sunday, January 22, 2023 edition of the Torg Stories Podcast. You can listen to the episode by clicking the […]

What was your first home like? Who did you live with? What did the people you lived with believe? How did they spend their time? What do you think you inherited from those you lived with? Those questions and more, inspired by linguist James Paul Gee and his notion of primary Discourse, on this Sunday, […]

With a star-studded cast including Kate Hudson, Daniel Craig, and Edward Norton, the film Glass Onion: A Knives Out Mystery is our topic for the Sunday, January 8, 2023 edition of the Torg Stories Podcast. We’d love to hear your responses to some of our discussion questions below. Add comments to this page or drop […]

David Halberstam’s book The Breaks of the Game is the main topic for conversation on this New Year’s Day 2023 edition of the Torg Stories podcast. I also bring some of my writer and teacher self to workshopping this show’s content in the second half of the episode. Scroll down for the audio podcast and […]

We discuss Anne’s Christmas Vegas trip and go over the list of NBA and NFL bets she made on this Dec. 25, 2022 edition of the Torg Stories Podcast. Tweets of the Week Kathryn Van Arendonk writes for Vulture, and you can click here to reach her Twitter profile. J Kidd complimented LeBron’s Christmas shoes. […]

White Lotus Season 2 Finale, Saturday Night Live, An Argument for Commercials, and North Carolina Women’s Basketball Report on the Sunday Dec 18, 2022 edition of the Torg Stories Podcast. Tweets of the Week To connect with Katie White’s Twitter profile, click here. To connect with John Downs Twitter profile, click here. Here are some […]

Deon Sanders, Top Gun, Scoring at the End of a Blowout, and White Lotus topics on the December 11, 2022 edition of the Torg Stories Podcast. Tweets of the week discussed on the episode: WorldWideWob and Pat_Benson_Jr @WrBolen stands with everyone pro Zion Dunk AP reports on Top Gun and @LindaHolmes wonders about artichoke liqueur. […]

Battle of Top Ranked Women’s Teams, White Lotus Episode 5, and Tweets of the Week are this week’s topics on the December 5, 2022 edition of the Torg Stories Podcast. Segment One: Tweets of the Week Joanna Robinson is a writer and podcaster at The Ringer. Click here for Twitter bio. Nick Stevens is managing […]