January 26, 2024
The Slobbering Slandering Rhetoric Monster

So, an awful big percentage of the current political persuasion game is actually as old as politics -- heck, as […]

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January 9, 2024
Why Do Americans Listen to Propaganda?

People look back on Nazi Germany and think, “How could they not see through all those waves of bullshit? They […]

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December 28, 2023
Converting Relatives During the Holidays

In honor of the holidays, here are some of the top things to remember when trying to convert a conservative […]

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December 18, 2023
Starter Rhetoric Bibliography

I get pinged fairly regularly for book recommendations from people who get intrigued by my Rhetoric degree -- places they […]

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December 17, 2023
Ghostwriting Samples: Jimmy Shubert Standup

People ask who I’ve written monologues for, and the list is long and sometimes impressively distinguished. (Letterman is on there. […]

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December 14, 2023
THE BLAST w Dr. DAN, Ep4  -- w Bengt Washburn & Robert Baril

Welcome back to The Blast. It’s December, the most capitalist of all the months, and we’re back to turn up […]

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December 11, 2023
Writing for David Letterman

As a free-range writer, I work across lots of genres, both the big and the little, the serious/intellectual and the […]

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December 9, 2023
RWP 145 - BUILDING IDENTITIES- w DR. CHRISTINE KIESINGER

My guest today is a force of nature in the speaking, consulting, training, healing, educating, and all around good person […]

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December 7, 2023
RWP 144 -- The Screenwriting Life Coach -- w Brooks Elms 

My guest today is a life coach for screenwriters! LA-based, NYU educated, and with his own scripts out there making […]

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December 1, 2023
RWP 143 - “The Rhetoric of Identity” - w Dr. Dave Payne

Everywhere you turn, there you are. Identity issues dominate both our private and public lives in so many, many ways. […]

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