Debatable

It's December aka "the most wonderful time of the year!" But for the debate community, it's also time for the National Debate Championship aka the most tiring time of the year. In this episode, we talk about some memories from our past nationals, and also how we got to survive this long.

On this episode of Debatable, we both prep the government case and opposition case for the motion: THW prefer to experience art knowing nothing of the artist. Here, we introduce some basic art concepts, art arguments, and give our own examples and demonstrations for how we would run these arguments in an actual debate.

During one of Nina's adjcoreships, there was a motion released that read: THR the fixation on winning debates. On this episode, we discuss this motion in detail by talking about our experiences, and how the fixation on winning has affected how we debate, how we judge, how we treat judges, how we treat each other, and how we treat ourselves.

For this episode, listen to us rant about the use and misuse of matter in rounds. We discuss the average reason person rule, the problems of lacking matter in rounds, as well as other issues we have personally encountered. This episode also features insights from debaters Tariq Maketab and Junta Park on a motion they recently released: THBT competitive debating should shift to being more evidence-based (including but not limited to. judges being allowed to intervene with expert knowledge, prepared motions, use of research during preparation).

In this episode, we discuss the stages that news outlets use in covering mass shootings in America. We talk about their problems, what they lead to, as well as what can be improved.

For this episode, we discuss the different ways you can matterload, as well as some tips and tricks to make sure you're always updated on the latest events to help you win your rounds (and be an average reasonable person). Music: https://purple-planet.com

This week we welcome the return of the season of the Superior Debate Format. Join us as we both rant about the differences of the BP Format and the Asians format in terms of motions, prep styles, debate strategies, and adjudication. Music: https://www.purple-planet.com/

To take a break from all the seriousness of debate, for this special hour long episode, we drink together as we prep strange motions. Join us as we do our best (and sometimes fail) to piece cases together.

For the final episode of the Elections series, we speculate possible changes to the Duterte administration given the new senators and legislators. We discuss the power dynamics of this new elections, as well as possible policies that might resurface as a result of the new shifts in power. Music: https://purple-planet.com

For this part of the series, we talk about what happened during Election day. We discuss vote-buying as a phenomenon, the technicalities of COMELEC, and the malfunctions that happened that day. Music: https://purple-planet.com