11/10/2025
The 6th Annual The Big Rhetorical Podcast Carnival , (Un)Tethering Surveillance: Power Dynamic, Emerging Technologies, Social Control is less than one month away. We are trying something new for our 2025 Carnival by hosting a Kick-Off Event on the first day of the Carnival. You'll get to hear from Daniel Ernst, Stephen J. Neville, and Sarah Young about surveillance in rhetoric and writing, their research agendas, and why this matters now as we navigate emerging technologies like AI, ML, and quantum. More information about The Big Rhetorical Podcast Carnival is below. It's not too late to join the line-up!
The theme of the 2025 TBR Podcast Carnival is Untethering Surveillance: Power Dynamics, Emerging Technologies, Social Control. The theme is designed to include a primary subject and topics. It’s intentionally broad so podcasters can produce with the theme in mind in their own unique way, with their own voice, and for their own audience. As you begin brainstorming, consider the theme from a variety of dimensions that are unique to your podcast format and audience.
Here’s How It Works: carnival episodes from podcasts will be released daily from November 30-December 4, 2025, culminating in a keynote podcast episode on The Big Rhetorical Podcast on December 4. The carnival begins on November 30 to mark the 3 year anniversary of ChatGPT’s public release.
Continuing in 2025
We began this in 2024 and it was successful, so we are doing it again in 2025. Don’t have a podcast? No problem! TBR Podcast welcomes completed original short- and long-form audio productions (capped around 1 hour). TBR Podcast will fold your production into their RSS feed with the other podcasts, but give you full credit. You could perform an interview, recite a monologue, host a roundtable, or create a voice production around the carnival theme. This is a great way to learn the basics of podcasting, to raise your public profile and digital footprint as a scholar, or to engage your students with podcasting projects that can then go out and reach an audience in the world.
Important Information
The 2025 TBR Podcast Carnival is slated to take place November 30-December 4, with final productions due on November 30. More communication concerning specific publication dates during that week, file-sharing information, approaching the theme, and general logistical support will be provided if you accept our invitation to participate.
If you are interested in taking part in the 2025 TBR Podcast Carnival, please reach out via email with your contact information: name of host(s), name of podcast, podcast description, website, email, short host bio.