Prolific: A Podcast Journey Through Rhetoric, Composition, and Technical Communication

Wilfredo Flores

Welcome to Prolific: A Podcast Journey through Rhetoric, Composition, and Technical Communication. This podcast is meant for graduate students in these fields who feel a little overwhelmed by all of the names of people—not to mention their works—that we're supposed to know. In other words, this podcast is for students looking to learn more about the world they're entering. This is my first podcast, so the quality will increase as I familiarize myself with my voice, the material, and the software, (and my natural humor [ha!]). Feel free to comment and leave suggestions on the quality or future

  • 32 minutes 20 seconds
    Don't Get In a Knife Fight with Carolyn Miller (rebroadcast)
    Hello, Prolific listenters! This episode is a rebroadcast as I move the RSS feed over to a better, easier-to-manage podcast hosting platform. Feel free to disregard or give it a listen. This episode marked the move to a longer, more conversational model, and it covers some of the major ideas and works from Carolyn Miller, a scholar truly worthy of the adjective "prolific."
    15 March 2018, 11:29 pm
  • 49 minutes 22 seconds
    "This Is The Brillo Pad Space": Multimodality And Composition
    Hello and welcome to yet another episode of Prolific: A Podcast Journey Through Rhetoric, Composition, and Technical Communication. For this episode, we’re focusing on multimodal composition and multimodality. Now, unlike prior episodes, the bulk of the resources and concepts are discussed in the actual discussion part of the episode (if you’re new, the latter part of the episodes are sit-down, informal talks with other grad students). That said, the first part of this episodes is relatively shorter than before, though it’s still good (I promise!). As always, please feel free to reach out to me across any social media with suggestions, comments, or just to say, “Hi!” People to check out: - Jody Shipka - Kathleen Yancey - Jonathan Alexander - Jackie Rhodes - Angela Haas - Malea Powell - Cynthia Selfe - Andrea Lunsford - Cheryl Ball - Stacey Waite Resources: - Digital Rhetoric Collaborative: http://www.digitalrhetoriccollaborative.org - Cultural Rhetorics Theory Lab: https://crtheoryla
    15 December 2017, 3:37 am
  • 58 minutes
    "#MomDoNotListen: Feminism In Composition Studies"
    Welcome to another episode of Prolific! Continuing our series on different movements within composition studies, this time around, we’re focusing on feminism! As usual, the beginning of this episode runs through the history of feminism as it’s been implemented into composition, going over key articles and people within that scholarship. The latter part of the episode is a conversation I had with three other graduate students at Michigan State University. For now, here are a list of references in APA style! Also, I’ve noticed that the references in the show notes for some podcast players are formatting all weirdly. If you need to see them formatted correctly, feel free to stop by the Soundcloud page for the podcast at bit.ly/ProlificPodcast.
    22 November 2017, 12:21 am
  • 46 minutes 35 seconds
    "Drew Carey: Queer Icon": Composition Studies And Queer Theory
    Hello! After two years, Prolific: A Podcast Journey Through Rhetoric, Composition, and Technical Communication makes its triumphant return—and with a new format! This time, the episodes will cover a specific movement within the field, followed by a rundown of crucial texts in the field, key folks in that movement, and then a conversation about that movement with a bunch of other graduate students.
 This time around, we focus on queer theory and studies in the field of composition. First, we run through some of the major trends in the field, and I spotlight some great resources for learning more about what early, queer-focused scholarship looked like at that time. Then, I move us into a conversation I had with 4 other graduate students in the Writing, Rhetoric, and American Cultures program at Michigan State University. Sorry about the delay in episodes. If you’re wondering about that, I’ll catch you up on what my life has been like since the last episode!
    5 November 2017, 6:30 pm
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