Soapboxers

By Newton's Dark Room

A fly-on-the-wall podcast about community college speech and debate teams featuring conversations, interpretations, and in-depth looks into the world of speech and debate tournaments and the ideas tha... more

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How many episodes does Soapboxers have?

The podcast currently has 12 episodes available.

Soapboxers episodes:

December 21, 2021 S1E11 - Fall Champs
The Orange Coast College team competes in the largest and most important tournament of the semester: Fall champs.
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Credits:
Produced by Talon Stradley
Mixing by Chris Moore
Theme Music by Breakmaster Cylinder
Other Music by MusicVine.com
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30min
December 14, 2021 S1E10 - Judges Can Be Anybody
We go behind the scenes and discover what it's like to plan, host, and judge a tournament.
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Credits:
Produced by Talon Stradley
Mixing by Chris Moore
Theme Music by Breakmaster Cylinder
Other Music by MusicVine.com
...more
22min
November 30, 2021 S1E9 - The Day Tournaments Stopped
We take a look at how the speech and debate community handled the transition to online tournaments and the impact it has had on the activity going forward.
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Transcripts: soapboxerspod.com/transcripts
Support the show: Soapboxerspod.com/support
Credits:
Produced by Talon Stradley
Mixing by Chris Moore
Theme Music by Breakmaster Cylinder
Other Music by MusicVine.com
...more
22min
November 16, 2021 S1E8 - Teachers, Cheerleaders, Mentors
We take a look at the act of coaching, the impact it has on students, and how to achieve that impact. Plus, Talon sees if he's got what it takes to coach forensics.
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Transcripts: soapboxerspod.com/transcripts
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Credits:
Produced by Talon Stradley
Mixing by Chris Moore
Theme Music by Breakmaster Cylinder
Other Music by MusicVine.com
...more
28min
November 02, 2021 S1E7 - The First Tournament
The OCC team competes in their first in person tournament since the start of the Covid-19 Pandemic.
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Credits:
Produced by Talon Stradley
Mixing by Chris Moore
Theme Music by Breakmaster Cylinder
Other Music by MusicVine.com
...more
31min
October 26, 2021 S1E6 - What Do You Debate About?
Finally, the answer to the age old question: What do you debate about?
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Credits:
Produced by Talon Stradley
Mixing by Chris Moore
Theme Music by Breakmaster Cylinder
Other Music by MusicVine.com
...more
30min
October 19, 2021 S1E5 - Two Minutes
Coach Hannah Haghighat guides us through the world of limited preparation events, where competitors write a speech in as little as two minutes. Plus, host Talon Stradley dusts off his speaking skills to demonstrate Impromptu for the team.
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Transcripts: soapboxerspod.com/transcripts
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Credits:
Produced by Talon Stradley
Mixing by Chris Moore
Theme Music by Breakmaster Cylinder
Other Music by MusicVine.com
...more
32min
October 12, 2021 S1E4 - How To Write A Speech
Coach Sean Connor walks us through the process of creating a competitive platform speech.
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Transcripts: soapboxerspod.com/transcripts
Support the show: Soapboxerspod.com/support
Credits:
Produced by Talon Stradley
Mixing by Chris Moore
Theme Music by Breakmaster Cylinder
Other Music by MusicVine.com
...more
25min
October 05, 2021 S1E3 - Acting With Advocacy
In our first event deep dive, we learn about Oral Interpretation and the value of using performance as a form of advocacy. Then, we speak to former OCC speech and debate competitor and poet Jinno Vicencio about his newly released poetry album, Flowers For Brown Boys.
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Transcripts: soapboxerspod.com/transcripts
Support the show: Soapboxerspod.com/support
Credits:
Produced by Talon Stradley
Mixing by Chris Moore
Theme Music by Breakmaster Cylinder
Other Music by MusicVine.com
...more
24min
September 28, 2021 S1E2 - The Squad Room
It's the first team meeting of the year! Find out what it takes to turn an empty new building into a Squad Room!
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Transcripts: soapboxerspod.com/transcripts
Support the show: Soapboxerspod.com/support
Credits:
Produced by Talon Stradley
Mixing by Chris Moore
Theme Music by Breakmaster Cylinder
Other Music by MusicVine.com
...more
27min

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How many episodes does Soapboxers have?

The podcast currently has 12 episodes available.

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