Rhetorical Analysis Of A Podcast

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This podcast assignment was a fun one. I loved the fact that it got us away from what we normally would do in class. It made me think about a lot and just made an end of the semester project more bearable than a paper. The best part about this assignment is that it got us thinking about all the work that we have done in both 1300 and 1305 classes. It made us kind of reflect on all the things that both classes have covered but it also helped us solidify our knowledge on rhetorical analysis. Making a podcast is kind of hard but fun. When it comes to the timing of the podcast, or the karios, I think that it depends on the topic and on how it can possibly be. Aidan and I’s podcast is fairly relevant because of how much the gender gap is being

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