The Big Rhetorical Podcast

Charles Woods

The Big Rhetorical Podcast (TBR) was conceptualized in the spring of 2018 at Illinois State University. This podcast is a digital platform for scholars of rhetoric and composition, as well as other disciplines, to talk about relevant scholarship within the field while engaging in a lively, academic dialogue. The Big Rhetorical Podcast is hosted by Charles Woods.

  1. 17 Jun

    201: Live from Computers & Writing Conference 2026

    Keywords: Computers, Writing, Conference, Academics, Interviews. For more information visit www.thebigrhetoricalpodcast.weebly.com and follow @thebigrhet.

    13 min

  2. 26 May

    200: Dr. Dustin Edwards

    Keywords: Digital Rhetoric, Environmental Rhetoric, Infrastructure, Sustainability, Storytelling. Dr. Dustin Edwards is associate professor of rhetoric and writing studies at San Diego State University. His work has been published in journals such as Computers and Composition, Enculturation, Rhetoric Review, and Present Tense, and his book, Enduring Digital Damage: Rhetorical Reckonings and Planetary Survival, is available now from the University of Alabama Press. For more information visit thebigrhetoricalpodcast.weebly.com and follow @thebigrhet.

    59 min

  3. 18 May

    199: Dr. Nathan R. Johnson

    Keywords: Information Technologies, Memory, Infrastructure, Labor, Library. Dr. Nathan R. Johnson is an Associate Professor of Rhetoric at the University of South Florida who studies the history of information technologies, focusing on how infrastructure and labor shape large technical systems. He earned his PhD from the University of Wisconsin-Madison’s Information School, developing an interdisciplinary approach that integrates science and technology studies (STS), critical information theory, and media studies. For more information visit thebigrhetoricalpodcast.weebly.com and follow @thebigrhet.

    51 min

  4. 11 May

    198: Drs. Kirsti Cole & Sarah Henderson Lee

    Keywords: Graduate Education, Writing Studies, Program Administration, Sustainability, Equitable. Kirsti Cole is Professor of English and Co-Director of the Campus Writing and Speaking Program at North Carolina State University. Sarah Henderson Lee is a Professor and Chair of the Department of English at Minnesota State University, Mankato. Their book, Reimagining Graduate Education in Writing Studies, explores the development of sustainable, equitable, and interdisciplinary graduate programs within Writing Studies. For more information visit thebigrhetorical.weebly.com and follow @thebigrhet.

    48 min

  5. 4 May

    197: Dr. Tiffani Tijerina

    Keywords: Technical Communication, Open Pedagogy, Open Access, Digital Publishing, Writing. Dr. Tiffani Tijerina is an Assistant Professor of Rhetoric and Writing at the University of Arkansas at Little Rock. Her teaching and research focus on open educational resources, open pedagogy, instructional design, alternative grading, social justice, design justice, emerging technology, AI writing, and the intersections of all. For more information visit thebigrhetoricalpodcast.weebly.com and follow @thebigrhet.

    53 min

  6. 27 Apr

    196: FYCA Archive

    Keywords: Teaching, Composition, Course Design, Pedagogy, Archives. The First-Year Composition Archive serves as a resource for scholars and teachers who seek to learn more about trends in first-year writing, the history of the discipline, teaching resources, pedagogical developments, and much more. To extend the research mission of this archive, we hope to receive syllabi, assignments, and course materials from your earliest years in the profession to your current courses. For more information visit thebigrhetoricalpodcast.weebly.com and follow @thebigrhet.

    51 min

  7. 20 Apr

    195: Dr. Noor Ghazal Aswad

    Keywords: Solidarity, Syria, Social Movements, Political Rhetoric, Cultural Studies. Dr. Noor Ghazal Aswad is an Assistant Professor in the Department of Communication Studies at the University of Alabama. Her research bridges political communication, cultural studies, decolonial studies, and transnational liberation movements, with a focus on grassroots activism in the Middle East. Her research has appeared in Quarterly Journal of Speech, Rhetoric and Public Affairs, Critical Studies in Media Communication, Environmental Communication, and Presidential Studies Quarterly. Her book, Searching for Solidarity: Revolutionary Dreams and Radical Social Movements, is available now from The Ohio State University Press. For more information visit thebigrhetoricalpodast.weebly.com and follow @thebigrhet.

    53 min

  8. 13 Apr

    194: Dr. Atilla Hallsby

    Keywords: Secrets, Surveillance, Political Rhetoric, Materiality, US Government. is an Assistant Professor of Rhetoric and Communication Studies at the University of Minnesota, Twin Cities. His new book, Sovereign, Settler, Leaker, Lie: Forms of the Secret in US Political Rhetoric, is available now from The Ohio State University Press. For more information visit thebigrhetoricalpodcast. weebly.com and follow @thebigrhet.

    47 min
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About

The Big Rhetorical Podcast (TBR) was conceptualized in the spring of 2018 at Illinois State University. This podcast is a digital platform for scholars of rhetoric and composition, as well as other disciplines, to talk about relevant scholarship within the field while engaging in a lively, academic dialogue. The Big Rhetorical Podcast is hosted by Charles Woods.

Information

  • Creator
    Charles Woods
  • Years Active
    2019 - 2026
  • Episodes
    249
  • Rating
    Explicit
  • Copyright
    © Charles Woods
  • Show Website
    The Big Rhetorical Podcast

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