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Interviews on global affairs and daily life
Monday thru Friday, 10 am to noon on WILL-AM 580
Interview Archives: Rhetoric/Debate
Wednesday November 18, 2009, 11:06 AM
The Need for Civility in Society
P.M. Forni, Ph.D., Professor of Italian Literature, Department of German and romance Languages and Literature, Johns Hopkins University and Co-founder of the Johns Hopkins Civility Project
Host: David Inge
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Categories: Communication • Community • Relationships • Rhetoric/Debate
Thursday March 05, 2009, 11:06 AM
How the Lyceum Influenced Lincoln’s Rhetoric
Angela G. Ray, Ph.D.,, Assistant Professor of Communication Studies, Northwestern University
Host: David Inge
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Categories: Abraham Lincoln • Education • Literature • Rhetoric/Debate
Tuesday February 03, 2009, 10:06 AM
Political Strategy and Public Opinion in the Words of Abraham Lincoln
David Zarefsky, Ph.D., Owen L. Coon Professor of Communication Studies, Northwestern University
Host: David Inge
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Categories: Abraham Lincoln • History • United States history • Politics • Rhetoric/Debate
Monday November 03, 2008, 11:06 AM
"Hearing Lincoln and the Making of Eloquence"
Robert A. Ferguson, J.D., Ph.D., George Edward Woodberry Professor in Law, Literature and Criticism, Columbia University
Host: David Inge
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- Professor Ferguson's bio
- The Lincoln Bicentennial Program from the Office of Public Engagement at the University of Illinois
Categories: Abraham Lincoln • History • United States history • Law • Literature • Rhetoric/Debate
Monday September 15, 2008, 11:06 AM
America’s Emancipation Moment: Memories of Lincoln and Slavery’s Demise
Kirt H. Wilson, Ph.D., Associate Professor of rhetorical criticism and theory in the Department of Communication Studies at the University of Minnesota, Twin Cities.
Host: David Inge
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Categories: Community • History • Language and Linguistics • Literature • Race/Ethnicity • African-American • Rhetoric/Debate
Friday April 15, 2005, 11:06 AM
Perilous Times Free Speech In Wartime: From The Sedition Act of 1798 to The War On Terrorism
Geoffrey R. Stone, Professor of Law at the University of Chicago
Host: David Inge
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Categories: History • United States history • Rhetoric/Debate
