Contemporary Communication

Dr. Jones

Through this podcast, we will dive into the important, obscure, challenging, and rewarding aspects of contemporary communication in both personal and professional life.

  1. 07/03/2020

    Traveling

    Just a quick note that I'll be traveling for a little while,but I'll be back with new content soon!

    28 sec

  2. 06/19/2020

    Dissoi Logoi

    In today's episode, we look at how Plato uses a sophistic rhetorical trope in making his arguments about the nature of love, and explore what Socrates' critique of his first speech could teach us about the anxiety we feel when we blunder by saying something horrible and borderline impious.

    21 min

  3. 06/12/2020

    The Sick Lover

    We have a longer episode today as I shift to a weekly format. :-) Today we look at Socrates's first speech, his revision of Lysias's speech, and how he frames the argument that the lover is not to be preferred--but there are a few tricks of framing that Socrates will use here, which we will explore later. One main idea to ponder here, how does all of this talk of love apply to technology?

    21 min

  4. 06/03/2020

    To love or not to love?

    In Lysias's speech, read by Phaedrus, we hear that one should prefer the advances of the sober-minded non-lover, and in today's episode, we will explore why Socrates initially praises the speech before rejecting its argument. I hope you enjoy!

    17 min

  5. 05/29/2020

    Before you jump in, know this

    Taking another walk in the forest, today we will explore Socrates' reasons for declining to explain a myth to his companion.  Using the rhetorical device of "Apophasis," and introducing an explanation for a myth by denying that one should spend time explaining myths, Socrates also explains the relationship between self-knowledge and common knowledge. Join me for a too-brief exploration of this topic.

    10 min

  6. 05/27/2020

    A walk with Plato

    Today's episode is a little bit different. Not only is it proof positive that I am not an audio engineer, but it is also a chance to think about Plato's dialogue on writing in the proper context--outside. Join me as we begin to ask about the relationship between writing and wisdom through Plato's Phaedrus.

    12 min

  7. 05/25/2020

    Reading Plato

    In this episode we explore how you might read an ancient text like Plato, beginning with some questions to help frame your experience with the text, we then explore how Socrates invites us to know ourselves before ending with some implications for the dynamics of faith. Don't forget to leave feedback if you enjoy the episode, or if you have more questions and suggestions for future episodes.

    13 min

  8. 05/22/2020

    On not talking about theology

    This was a fun little bit that was eventually cut from the media culture course, but I wanted to revisit with you here today. It is an attempt to understand how artificial languages impose themselves on the structure of our shared reality, so we wander into some dense weeds, but feel free to send me your thoughts and questions as you listen along!

    17 min
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