Debatable

For Pride Month 2021, we're happy to announce that all our episodes will feature the insights of members of the LGBT community, through the writing and through interviews!

 

We start with our conversation with Miko Bombeo, President of the Philippine Debate Union and the self-proclaimed "gay b*tch from everywhere"! We talk about regional representation, team codes, online debating, gender representation, the importance of pronouns, and more!

 

This episode is sponsored by... us! Debatable Intervarsity is on its last days of Phase 2. It ends on June 5! If you haven't registered for Debatable Intervarsity yet, don't miss your chance to do so at

bit.ly/DebatableIVPhase2

You can also register to be an independent judge or apply to be one of our invited adjudicators, who we'll pay to judge our tournament at bit.ly/DebatableIVJudgeRegistration

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In this episode we talk about redtagging with Atty. Ross Tugade. We spend a lot of time discussing redtagging from the point of view of international humanitarian law (also known by its sexier name-- the law on armed conflicts) and why it's important to view the issue from that lens.

DISCLAIMER: None of what was discussed in the episode should be understood to be legal advice.

Taylor Swift's experiences with Scooter Braun and Big Machine Records revived a much older question: must artists always own their work? In this episode, we look at a brief history of Taylor Swift's problem with her masters, the different sides of the issue (we tried to be as fair as we could!) and why that matters not just to swifties, but for many other content creators and artists that try to navigate a world where bigger entities tend to put them in potentially disadvantageous long-run positions. (PS: We mentioned copyright a few times and noted how complicated that field of law could be. We recommend Tom Scott's video on the subject- https://youtu.be/1Jwo5qc78QU)

May 1 is celebrated in the Philippines as labor day! In this episode of Debatable, we discuss some of the problems that our laborers have been facing. Hopefully, we shed some light on the hurdles we need to overcome in order to achieve wage justice and legal protections for all workers.

For this episode of Debatable, we talk about the issues surrounding the ban on mass gatherings during the Holy Week. We talk about the separation of church and state, the reasons behind the church's defiance, as well as the inconsistencies of some of our state's laws and mandates.

A recent Pulse Asia poll revealed that 61% of Filipinos do not want to get any COVID-19 vaccine. In contrast, only 16% of Filipinos want to get vaccinated. What could be the cause of this hesitancy, and what can we do about it?

Unless you've been living under a rock, you'd know just how big k-pop has gotten. There have been so many debates recently about k-pop, but we don't personally know much about any of them. That's why for this episode, we invited Najwa, one of the most dedicated stans we know, to discuss critically some issues she finds in the industry.

 

PS: We really wanted to use k-pop tracks to go with this episode but we got scared of copyright issues LOL

 

EDIT: This episode has been re-uploaded to correct for some misleading information about certain groups.

For this episode of Debatable, we discuss the recently reinstated curfew here in the Philippines. We talk about the benefits and harms of curfew, what they mean for people, and how these policies shape our approach to COVID-19. (We also rant a lot about the way our government is handling things.)

In this episode, we celebrate (belatedly) this year's International Women's Day by discussing how feminism has evolved as a movement and the issues facing the movement today.