Your Podcast Paper is a 3-5 page, double-spaced essay that makes an argument regarding the connections between the material covered in the required week and the podcast assigned. This paper aims to explore rhetoric more carefully and, in doing so, apply the information you are learning in class to a new situation (i.e., the podcast). Podcast papers should be turned in via Canvas and cannot be turned in late. If you cannot make a deadline, you should choose a different paper, since there are four options assigned during different weeks. I cannot read drafts of papers. I am happy, however, to chat during office hours if you would like to run your ideas by me before submitting your paper. Week 13 Poetry of Propaganda https://www.thisamericanlife.org/radio-archives/episode/575/poetry-of-propagandaLinks to an external site. Sure, there’s a crude message that propaganda is trying to get across. But like poetry, when you know how to read it, propaganda contains lots of more subtle messages that you might not see at first glance. This week: examples, big and small, from around the world. Course material to be connected to podcast (as written on the syllabus): Propaganda