person
also known as Ong
The American scholar of orality and literacy who coined secondary orality. In episode 01 he supplies the term that separates today's spoken media from Homer's. Episode 01, at about 13 minutes 45.
Across the episodes
01
Enters as the source of the term secondary orality
Ong is credited with the term that the episode uses to distinguish podcasting from a simple return to pre-literate speech.
"It's what Walter Ong calls secondary orality."Walter Ong, quoted by Chad Nantais, Syntopic, Episode 1 (11 Oct 2026), 13:45
Connections
coinedSecondary Orality
Ong's term.