Speaking Well

Speaking Well


Latest Episodes

Origins, Challenges, and a way forward with Dr. Greg Dickinson
May 10, 2021

Greg Dickinson talks about surviving pandemic upheaval, getting comfortable with uncertainty and how rhetoric offers a way forward.

Let's be serious: Comedy is Communication with Dr. Nick Marx
April 26, 2021

Department of Communication Studies Associate Professor Nick Marx talks with Speaking Well host Greg Dickinson about comedy’s communicative role (it’s a crucial aspect of who we are as humans), the ri

Tension and Temporality: Lessons from High Reliability Organizations with Dr. Elizabeth Williams
April 12, 2021

Dr. Elizabeth Williams discusses her research on High Reliability Organizations – or businesses/organizations where failure to act or respond could be catastrophic (think of fighting fire) – how the f

Community, Conversation & Difference with Dr. Eric Aoki
March 22, 2021

Eric Aoki talks about how communication defines community, forces that reshape our understanding of it and how to explore difference.

The rise and role of workplace media with Dr. Kit Hughes
March 08, 2021

Film and media studies scholar from Colorado State University Kit Hughes connects virtually with host of Speaking Well, Greg Dickinson as they both explore the rise and role of corporate TV and other

Exigence, Biden’s Inauguration, and the Test of Time with Dr. Carl Burgchardt
February 15, 2021

Speaking Well host Greg Dickinson talks with Carl Burgchardt, leading expert on American public address, about the role presidential inaugurations have played in U.S. American democracy, the particula

Social Support with Dr. Meara Faw
September 14, 2020

In this first episode of Speaking Well, host Greg Dickinson talks with Meara Faw about social support - what it means, what it looks like, and how we can use it to better our everyday lives.