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— On the Record

Arguments tested in front of expert audiences

A growing archive of conference presentations spanning venues and topics. Each talk is recorded, public, and linked here.

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/ Video Archive

Recorded talks, by venue

2023 · Chicago
2022 · Boston
2021 · Seattle
2020 · New York

Distributed Authority in Academic Publishing

Platform Fragmentation and the Long-Form Essay

Rigor Without Gatekeeping

Writing for Audiences You Cannot See

Keynote at the Pacific Research Symposium. Addresses how independent scholars maintain methodological standards outside traditional institutional review.

Delivered at the Northeast Writers Conference. Argues that dispersed publication strengthens rather than dilutes a writer's intellectual presence.

Presented at the Midwest Academic Forum. Examines how cross-platform publication reshapes scholarly credibility and citation patterns.

Presented at the Annual Media and Culture Forum. Explores the relationship between public writing and the invisible, distributed readership it accumulates.

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• Venues and Topics

A record spanning multiple disciplines

Each appearance on this page was recorded and made public. The topics range from scholarly publishing to media theory, addressed at academic symposia and professional forums.

Talks are listed chronologically. Earlier recordings remain available and represent the development of arguments still active in the published work.

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