Argumentation and Debate Class Podcasts: Recent Episodes

Benjamin Martin

Weekly podcast for Argumentation and Debate class.

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I'm giving my personal thoughts on the apology that Omar made on twitter.

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Redo for week 5. I'm talking about how people make everything a political statement and I think it's irrational to do so.

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Clarifying definitions with examples.

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This week I will be using a video I picked to represent argumentations and the topic has to do with internet trolls. I argue that internet trolls are not in the public sphere or outside the public sphere as they are not making valid arguments or responses to people who are in or outside the spheres. Video I chose: https://youtu.be/iJk9a4Zyx3I

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I think Ekdale perceives the Kenyan music video industry as a unique situation when other countries do the same if not similar things.  

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I am discussing why Meredith's march photo is iconic to the civil rights era, and I'm comparing it to another iconic photograph we saw in class.

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I argue that Jasper's theory of sensuality ignores how irrational emotions are mostly negative in social movements.

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I'm discussing Goodnight's 3 types of spheres presented in this week's reading.

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Using Johnson's article to better understand the power of visual argumentation. 

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I am comparing Levy's ad campaign with another ad campaign to explain why I think Levy's was successful to widen their audience. 

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I'm critiquing Brockriede's use of metaphors to describe the relations between arguers.

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Zarefsky article on Argumentative Culture