Speaking Well

Origins, Challenges, and a way forward with Dr. Greg Dickinson

KCSU — Mon, 10 May 2021 08:00:00 -0600

In this final episode of the 2020-21 academic year, "Speaking Well" host Greg Dickinson talks about the origins of the "Speaking Well" project, his reflections on surviving with the massive upheaval COVID-19 cast on all our lives, getting comfortable with uncertainty and how rhetoric offers a framework for a way forward.

Let's be serious: Comedy is Communication with Dr. Nick Marx

KCSU — Mon, 26 Apr 2021 20:05:42 -0600

Serious topics are usually presented in serious mediums, but comedy can be a powerful influencing force. Comedy and satirical media are increasingly popular, especially in politics for young people. Marx challenges the idea that comedy is mainly used by liberal figures and suggests that conservative figures are using comedy talk shows and similar mediums to present their agenda and attack their adversaries. Why are right-wing news outlets adding political entertainment shows? Listen in for the answer and other insights about comedy's role in our society.

Tension and Temporality: Lessons from High Reliability Organizations with Dr. Elizabeth Williams

KCSU — Mon, 12 Apr 2021 08:00:00 -0600

In this episode of "Speaking Well," host Greg Dickinson sits down with Elizabeth Williams to chat about life as essential employees and what we can do to keep going during this pandemic.

Community, Conversation & Difference with Dr. Eric Aoki

KCSU — Mon, 22 Mar 2021 10:07:21 -0600

Communication studies professor Eric Aoki has explored the notion of community through ethnographic research in the small town of Biola, California, located in the heart of the Central Valley. He talks with "Speaking Well" host Greg Dickinson about the ways in which communication defines community, the forces that reshape our understanding of it and approaches to exploring difference that are not grounded in binary ways of thinking.

The rise and role of workplace media with Dr. Kit Hughes

KCSU — Mon, 08 Mar 2021 06:00:00 -0700

Film and media studies scholar from Colorado State University Kit Hughes connects virtually with host of Speaking Well, Greg Dickinson as they both explore the rise and role of corporate TV and other influencers that shape the way we consume and share information.

Exigence, Biden’s Inauguration, and the Test of Time with Dr. Carl Burgchardt

KCSU — Mon, 15 Feb 2021 08:00:00 -0700

Speaking Well host Greg Dickinson talks with Carl Burgchardt, leading expert on American public address, about the role presidential inaugurations have played in U.S. American democracy, the particular concerns President Joe Biden addressed in his inaugural address and lessons we can all learn from the study of historical speeches.

The ABCs of Listening with Dr. Elizabeth Parks

KCSU — Mon, 07 Dec 2020 07:00:00 -0700

Speaking Well host Dr. Greg Dickinson talks with listening and communication expert Dr. Elizabeth Parks about what constitutes listening, how we orient to listening, how listening changes brain patterns, and how to listen with empathy and intentionality as we approach the year-end and its many celebrations and remembrances.

Learning and Unlearning Race, Rhetoric, and Power with Dr. Morgan Johnson

KCSU — Mon, 16 Nov 2020 08:00:00 -0700

In Episode 6, Speaking Well host and Department of Communication Studies Chair Greg Dickinson talks with Assistant Professor of Communication Studies Morgan Johnson about her research on the discourses of racial in/justice in the U.S., particularly surrounding police violence, her work supporting graduate and undergraduate students of color at Penn State, and her top recommendations for how we engage with anti-racism in higher education.

Rhetoric as Civic Swiss Army Knife — Memory, Public Speaking and Free Speech with Dr. Tom Dunn

KCSU — Mon, 02 Nov 2020 06:00:00 -0700

In Episode 5, Speaking Well host Dr. Greg Dickinson talks with Dr. Tom Dunn about the intersection of traditional and nontraditional rhetoric, the weaponization of free speech, and the power of public speaking.

Deliberative Democracy with Dr. Katie Knobloch

KCSU — Mon, 19 Oct 2020 07:00:00 -0600

In episode 4, Speaking Well host Dr. Greg Dickinson talks with Communication Studies Associate Professor Katie Knobloch about her research on deliberative democracy. Knobloch, who calls voting a “collective act of love,” shares her insights on focusing conversations about politics on issues and the person you’re speaking with, not on politicians.

ACT Human Rights Film Festival

KCSU — Mon, 05 Oct 2020 08:00:00 -0600

On this episode, Dr. Kari Anderson sits down with Dr. Scott Diffrient and Beth Seymour about the ACT Human Rights Film Festival.

Political Communication in Contentious Times with Dr. Karrin Vasby Anderson

KCSU — Mon, 21 Sep 2020 06:00:00 -0600

In Episode 2, host Greg Dickinson talks with Professor Karrin Vasby Anderson about navigating political communication during these contentious times.

Social Support with Dr. Meara Faw

KCSU — Mon, 14 Sep 2020 06:00:00 -0600

In this first episode of Speaking Well, host Greg Dickinson talks with Meara Faw about social support - what it means, what it looks like, and how we can use it to better our everyday lives.