TC Talk opens its 2nd season with a special episode for the <a href="https://thebigrhetoricalpodcast.weebly.com/">Big Rhetorical Podcast Carnival 2022</a>. We took our own (very literal) spin on the Carnival theme "Rhetoric: Spaces and Places in and Beyond the Academy" and discuss the epic communication challenge of alien-to-human contact, as portrayed in film. From Arrival to Close Encounters of the Third Kind, sci-fi movies have a lot to teach us about technical communication, audiences, and empathy. Don't forget your towel!
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A chat with vaccine trial participants

Abi is a professor of technical communication and rhetoric; Benton... is not. Abi reads scholarly articles; Benton reads science fiction. And they are both connoisseurs of mixed drinks and bad puns. 

Listen in as they connect the academic to the everyday, spanning topics like misinformation, science communication, digital rhetoric, and health and medical writing.

Go to http://faculty.mnsu.edu/tctalk/ for transcripts and show notes.