The Speech Prof
@thespeechprof.bsky.social
Professor and Content Creator with 2M+ followers across my platforms.
Host of the “Mr. Pick Me & The Manhater” podcast.
Brendan Fraser owes me a cheeseball.
Host of the “Mr. Pick Me & The Manhater” podcast.
Brendan Fraser owes me a cheeseball.
Wait, I’m doing what? I mean, I’m not opposed to joining a DND campaign.
January 29, 2026 at 6:08 PM
Wait, I’m doing what? I mean, I’m not opposed to joining a DND campaign.
I partnered with the ACLU to talk about tactical frivolity (basically explaining why we are seeing so many people in blow up animal costumes and the historical significance of it).
Inflatable Frogs vs. Federal Agents: The Genius Strategy Explained
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Inflatable Frogs vs. Federal Agents: The Genius Strategy Explained
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Inflatable Frogs vs. Federal Agents: The Genius Strategy Explained
YouTube video by The Speech Prof
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November 4, 2025 at 3:22 AM
I partnered with the ACLU to talk about tactical frivolity (basically explaining why we are seeing so many people in blow up animal costumes and the historical significance of it).
Inflatable Frogs vs. Federal Agents: The Genius Strategy Explained
youtu.be/FX0NLzq6bhc
Inflatable Frogs vs. Federal Agents: The Genius Strategy Explained
youtu.be/FX0NLzq6bhc
How the X-Men Movie Caused the Housing Crisis (No Really)
youtu.be/02npnTU-SoA
youtu.be/02npnTU-SoA
How the X-Men Movie Caused the Housing Crisis (No Really)
YouTube video by The Speech Prof
youtu.be
October 3, 2025 at 5:19 PM
How the X-Men Movie Caused the Housing Crisis (No Really)
youtu.be/02npnTU-SoA
youtu.be/02npnTU-SoA
In my experience, people don’t typically hit the streets protesting en masse in defense of people they need to be “liberated” from.
June 9, 2025 at 4:34 AM
In my experience, people don’t typically hit the streets protesting en masse in defense of people they need to be “liberated” from.
He’s fucking terrible. He markets himself as an alternative to the Andrew Tate’s of the world, but he literally pushes the same problematic talking points. He inserted himself as a thought leader in this space without ever actually doing the work necessary to be that voice.
May 29, 2025 at 4:29 PM
He’s fucking terrible. He markets himself as an alternative to the Andrew Tate’s of the world, but he literally pushes the same problematic talking points. He inserted himself as a thought leader in this space without ever actually doing the work necessary to be that voice.
Today is superhero day at my kid’s school and my daughter decided to dress up as the school’s social worker 🥹
April 24, 2025 at 2:40 PM
Today is superhero day at my kid’s school and my daughter decided to dress up as the school’s social worker 🥹
In response to me making a video making fun of the word Alpha male, a guy responded that based on my body shape, I look like more of an “eating too much Pi male.”
And I know it was meant to be a burn, but I love that so much.
And I know it was meant to be a burn, but I love that so much.
April 16, 2025 at 4:47 PM
In response to me making a video making fun of the word Alpha male, a guy responded that based on my body shape, I look like more of an “eating too much Pi male.”
And I know it was meant to be a burn, but I love that so much.
And I know it was meant to be a burn, but I love that so much.
For those of you in a longterm relationship, how did you meet your signficant other?
April 15, 2025 at 4:29 PM
For those of you in a longterm relationship, how did you meet your signficant other?
I took my son on opening night and he had an absolute blast (and so did I). It’s hard not to enjoy a movie when you can see the literal joy emanating from the target audience in attendance with you.
April 12, 2025 at 6:10 AM
I took my son on opening night and he had an absolute blast (and so did I). It’s hard not to enjoy a movie when you can see the literal joy emanating from the target audience in attendance with you.
Note: it almost never works and so my most common phrase overall is “I’m sorry.”
April 10, 2025 at 7:35 PM
Note: it almost never works and so my most common phrase overall is “I’m sorry.”
Words I am just now realizing I use CONSTANTLY as an autistic adult to try and avoid people from thinking I have some sort of hidden meaning behind what I’m saying: genuinely, literally, absolutely, absurdly, truly, and legitimately.
April 10, 2025 at 7:35 PM
Words I am just now realizing I use CONSTANTLY as an autistic adult to try and avoid people from thinking I have some sort of hidden meaning behind what I’m saying: genuinely, literally, absolutely, absurdly, truly, and legitimately.
Can you imagine the narcissism involved to continually think you are the arbiter of what identities are valid? This is what happens when you empower bigots. They slowly but surely start confidently expanding their hate and spreading misinformation.
April 6, 2025 at 11:38 PM
Can you imagine the narcissism involved to continually think you are the arbiter of what identities are valid? This is what happens when you empower bigots. They slowly but surely start confidently expanding their hate and spreading misinformation.
Genuinely wondering if this just another example of his overreach that we are ignoring because we like TikTok or if I'm off base and this is within his actual power to implement.
April 5, 2025 at 6:55 PM
Genuinely wondering if this just another example of his overreach that we are ignoring because we like TikTok or if I'm off base and this is within his actual power to implement.
I know "legal" has taken on a new meaning in the era of Trump, but is it legal for him to use an executive order to alter the bill for the TikTok ban? Wasn't there only a single extension written into it?
April 5, 2025 at 6:55 PM
I know "legal" has taken on a new meaning in the era of Trump, but is it legal for him to use an executive order to alter the bill for the TikTok ban? Wasn't there only a single extension written into it?
After hearing all the chatter online about Morgan Wallen storming off the set at SNL for it being “godless,” I immediately ran to Google and typed, “Who is Morgan Wallen?”
March 31, 2025 at 4:16 PM
After hearing all the chatter online about Morgan Wallen storming off the set at SNL for it being “godless,” I immediately ran to Google and typed, “Who is Morgan Wallen?”
5 years ago today and one week into Covid lockdown, my wife and I headed to the hospital unsure if I’d even be let into the delivery room with her.
Bringing home a newborn during the pandemic was…unique.
Bringing home a newborn during the pandemic was…unique.
March 31, 2025 at 3:21 AM
5 years ago today and one week into Covid lockdown, my wife and I headed to the hospital unsure if I’d even be let into the delivery room with her.
Bringing home a newborn during the pandemic was…unique.
Bringing home a newborn during the pandemic was…unique.
Part of my morning routine now is opening up my Signal app to see if Pete Hegseth messaged me any war plans.
He hasn’t yet, but I’m cautiously optimistic that it is only a matter of time.
He hasn’t yet, but I’m cautiously optimistic that it is only a matter of time.
March 25, 2025 at 4:18 PM
Part of my morning routine now is opening up my Signal app to see if Pete Hegseth messaged me any war plans.
He hasn’t yet, but I’m cautiously optimistic that it is only a matter of time.
He hasn’t yet, but I’m cautiously optimistic that it is only a matter of time.
I’m a tenured full professor of Communication Studies here in Los Angeles and former director of one of the top speech and debate teams in the country.
March 19, 2025 at 5:45 PM
I’m a tenured full professor of Communication Studies here in Los Angeles and former director of one of the top speech and debate teams in the country.
I feel like Substack is just LiveJournal, but we’re all grownups now so we have to make it feel professional…at least that’s how I’m going to be treating mine.
March 19, 2025 at 12:30 AM
I feel like Substack is just LiveJournal, but we’re all grownups now so we have to make it feel professional…at least that’s how I’m going to be treating mine.
For those of you that enjoy my work, I just posted my first "essay" on Substack. Similar to my video content, these are going to be unedited, free flowing, and probably a bit more unhinged. Think of it as a longform version of my posts on here.
My Favorite Spaceship
When I was an undergraduate taking a course in Gender and Communication, LONG before I knew I was autistic, I learned about the concept of "Performativity" from Judith Butler…and everything started to...
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March 18, 2025 at 6:16 PM
For those of you that enjoy my work, I just posted my first "essay" on Substack. Similar to my video content, these are going to be unedited, free flowing, and probably a bit more unhinged. Think of it as a longform version of my posts on here.
I had to turn that mess off 5-minutes in.
I did think it was funny seeing Melania sitting while everyone around her stood up though. 😆
I did think it was funny seeing Melania sitting while everyone around her stood up though. 😆
March 5, 2025 at 3:25 AM
I had to turn that mess off 5-minutes in.
I did think it was funny seeing Melania sitting while everyone around her stood up though. 😆
I did think it was funny seeing Melania sitting while everyone around her stood up though. 😆
But this is why I don’t believe anything will change. Voters didn’t learn last time or the time before that or the time before that or the two times before that and they won’t learn this time.
March 4, 2025 at 4:24 PM
But this is why I don’t believe anything will change. Voters didn’t learn last time or the time before that or the time before that or the two times before that and they won’t learn this time.
And so begins another likely recession under a Republican president. Literally every Republican president in my lifetime has inherited a strong economy and overseen a recession.
March 4, 2025 at 4:24 PM
And so begins another likely recession under a Republican president. Literally every Republican president in my lifetime has inherited a strong economy and overseen a recession.