Anti-Propaganda: How Speech Can Save Europe | Dr. Stefan Wachtel

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Original Video in German here: https://youtu.be/zhx-xLwi9m4?si=x5TGQcq6E2z5VWc2 Fighting warmongers through language alone? Yes, that's possible, says my guest today, linguist and speech coach Dr. Stefan Wachtel. The new oral culture of the 21st century, which goes hand in hand with the rise of online podcasts on social media, is a ray of hope against the one-way street of Europe’s culture of war. German language book of Dr. Wachtel: https://www.herder.de/geschichte-politik/shop/p4/94438-die-neue-muendlichkeit-gebundene-ausgabe/ Dr. Wachtel's Homepage: https://www.stefan-wachtel.de Support us: Substack: https://pascallottaz.substack.com Shop: https://neutralitystudies-shop.fourthwall.com 00:00 The Return of Spoken Thinking 03:00 The Rise of the New Orality 08:00 How Media Have Changed Human Communication 12:00 Why Books and AI Still Matter 14:00 Rhetoric Beyond “Body Language” 20:00 Presence, Authenticity, and Public Speaking 25:00 The Age of the Soundbite 35:00 Propaganda, Politics, and the Language of War 49:00 Freedom of Speech Under Extreme Scrutiny