The Only Writing Podcast You Will Ever Need

Join us today to listen to an overview of our producer's undergraduate senior thesis about Soccer in the Former Yugoslavia.

On today's episode the crew performs a rhetorical analysis of "The Menu" (2022). In this they discuss the various themes, as well as social commentaries, present in the film. Listener discretion is advised. Spoilers for the movie are present in this episode.

The gang tries to guess the plots of different classic novels!

On today's episode the producer Garrett and Writing Center Director Dr. Bill De Herder nerd out in a discussion of the effectiveness of the True Crime Podcast genre.

Garrett interviews Dr. Julie Commerford, a faculty member in the Geography department at Saginaw Valley State University

Garrett interviews Dr. William Williamson, faculty member of the Saginaw Valley State University Professional and Technical Writing department.

Garrett interviews Dr. Travis Pashak, member of Saginaw Valley State University's Psychology department.

Today the team analyzes the effectiveness of Michigan's website dedicated to proposal 3.

We are joined by our boss, Dr. Bill DeHerder, on the podcast today. The team gives an intro to the genre of rhetorical analysis.

This episode is part of a series called "The Pencil Cactus." The pencil cactus is a flexible and tenacious plant that grows through difficult conditions. This series of episodes are about growing communication awareness through all kinds of writing situations. In this series, you will hear from experts and experienced communicators on a range of communication-related topics.

You can book an appointment with an SVSU student consultant here:

https://www.svsu.edu/writingcenter/

We are bringing you three interviews with Saginaw Valley State University faculty members.

Interviews include:

Dr. Daniel Cook

Dr. Daniel Gates

Dr. Vincent Samarco

Hi everyone! The team is back for another academic year and they have expanded! In this episode you will meet those new team members and hear a little bit (maybe too much) about them!

This episode is part of a series called "The Pencil Cactus." The pencil cactus is a flexible and tenacious plant that grows through difficult conditions. This series of episodes are about growing communication awareness through all kinds of writing situations. In this series, you will hear from experts and experienced communicators on a range of communication-related topics.

In this episode, Dr. Bill De Herder, Director of the Saginaw Valley State University Writing Center, describes many of the social aspects and complexities of resume writing.

You can book an appointment with an SVSU student consultant here:

https://www.svsu.edu/writingcenter/

You can find the SVSU Writing Center's handout on resumes here:

https://www.svsu.edu/writingcenter/studentresources/

This episode is part of a series called "The Pencil Cactus." The pencil cactus is a flexible and tenacious plant that grows through difficult conditions. This series of episodes are about growing communication awareness through all kinds of writing situations. In this series, you will hear from experts and experienced communicators on a range of communication-related topics.

In this episode, Dr. Bill De Herder, Director of the Saginaw Valley State University Writing Center, will be offering advice on crafting your best cover letter. 

You can book an appointment with an SVSU student consultant here:

https://www.svsu.edu/writingcenter/

You can find the SVSU Writing Center's handout on cover letters here:

https://www.svsu.edu/writingcenter/studentresources/

This episode is part of a series called "The Pencil Cactus." The pencil cactus is a flexible and tenacious plant that grows through difficult conditions. This series of episodes are about growing communication awareness through all kinds of writing situations. In this series, you will hear from experts and experienced communicators on a range of communication-related topics.

In this episode, Dr. Bill De Herder, Director of the Saginaw Valley State University Writing Center, will be offering approaches for writing your best CV. You can download an annotated CV template containing a lot of his advice here: https://www.svsu.edu/media/writingcenter/CV%20Template.docx

This episode is part of a series called "The Pencil Cactus." The pencil cactus is a flexible and tenacious plant that grows through difficult conditions. This series of episodes are about growing communication awareness through all kinds of writing situations. In this series, you will hear from experts and experienced communicators on a range of communication-related topics.

In this episode, Dr. Bill De Herder, Director of the Saginaw Valley State University Writing Center, will be discussing how personal statements might best be constructed. He draws from an article titled “The Professional in the Personal: The Genre of Personal Statements in Residency Applications” by Ellen Barton, Jennie Ariail, and Tom Smith. A video version of this episode can be found here: https://youtu.be/PhJD-pFg3VI

We recently expanded the recording capabilities of our studio to support panel discussions. This episode is our first test of our new setup and a new episode format for next season's episodes. In this pilot, Bill, Emma, Gabby, and Taylor discuss the implications of Wee1 Tactical's marketing around their JR15 rifle.

Our hosts bring along a guest, Emma Koscielski, and discuss their service industry experiences. They all discuss how Emma found her way to the SVSU Writing Center.

In today's episode Bri and Garrett discuss their top five worst enemies.

On today's episode Garrett and Bri discuss their writing processes (or lack thereof), and for the first time we are including an SVSU faculty interview with Dr. M. Patricia Cavanaugh.

Bri and Garrett discuss fandoms and how they become toxic.

Garrett and Bri discuss reboots and draft an outline of a soft-reboot of Back to the Future.

Garrett and Bri play Wordle to open this episode and then they ramble on about Game of Thrones and The Witcher.

Garrett and Bri discuss tattoos, Squishmallows, and why Comic Sans might not be as bad as you thought.

Garrett and Bri make predictions for the new semester and outline essays about if employees should be fired for their social media posts.

Garrett and Bri create outlines for a five minute speech about if video games are sports.

In their pilot episode, Garrett and Bri talk about Thanksgiving break, interview their boss, and outline cover letters for the jobs they already have.

Welcome to The Only Writing Podcast You Will Ever Need brought to you by the Saginaw Valley State University Writing Center! We hope to keep you entertained with the valuable thoughts of our center's tutors and the Saginaw Valley State University teaching faculty.