Welcome back to Episode 2 of Debate 101 S2! In this episode, Hannah and Sherry introduces and breaks down the pillars of argumentation: argument, analysis, and example, and a number of strategies following the core fundamentals of argumentation.

About the series: Debate 101 dive into the basics of debate in short 15-20 minute episodes with co-hosts Hannah and Sherry: featuring strategies, skills, and the occasional guest, this series is informational yet casual. 

Credits:
Hosts: Hannah Zhao, Sherry Shu
Editor: Alex Zhu
Cover Art: @onlyooh_

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SEAzone has a certain ring to it doesn't it? It might be a thing of the future should the collaboration of SEA nations bring forth a new economic agreement to adopt a common currency. We know that our debate friends in the SEA region will be very knowledgeable on this topic, and so we implore you, our audience, to think and debate this very much future-facing topic of: THW adopt a common currency for ASEAN.

Credits:
Hosts: Noah Pinno, Heather Yuan, Eric Jiang
Editor: Eric Jiang
Cover Art: @onlyooh_

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Credits:
Hosts: Noah Pinno, Heather Yuan, Eric Jiang
Editor: Eric Jiang
Cover Art: @onlyooh_

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We heard you loud and clear. Debate 101 is back with more debate coaches, more guests, and more information. In this episode, we introduce our season 2 hosts: Hannah Zhao and Sherry Shu, and they give us their introduction to the fundamentals of parliamentary debate. We're excited to have them on and even more so to continue helping young debaters learn debate and to think like a debater.

About the series: Debate 101 dive into the basics of debate in short 15-20 minute episodes with co-hosts Hannah and Sherry: featuring strategies, skills, and the occasional guest, this series is informational yet casual. 

Credits:
Hosts: Hannah Zhao, Sherry Shu
Editor: Alex Zhu
Cover Art: @onlyooh_

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Here at THW, we try to stay neutral. We don't slam holidays for being infiltrated by capitalist greed (we do). We don't kill the festive mood of other people with logic and reason (we do). So it's not a surprise that in this special Valentine's Day extended episode, we look at what is really the value of love? Our motion today is: This house would raise our daughters to devalue romance. Listen in to join the wild ride that is our Valentine's Day romantic thriller, or what we usually call, a debate round.

Credits:
Hosts: Noah Pinno, Heather Yuan, Eric Jiang
Editor: Eric Jiang
Cover Art: @onlyooh_

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Imagine being a Harvard admissions officer - do you accept a white female from a poorer background or an African-American/Canadian female from a privileged background? What about if you were hiring for a major bank and needed good publicity? What inherent trait is more important - race, gender, or financial status? This thought experiment highlights the debate in this episode as we talk about: This house believes that the world would be a better place if women from privileged backgrounds turned down benefits arising from affirmative action programs.

Credits:
Hosts: Noah Pinno, Heather Yuan, Eric Jiang
Editor: Eric Jiang
Cover Art: @onlyooh_

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Many of us grapple with confidence and self-esteem insecurities when growing up. But wait, why is that? In the first episode of our current month's topic of feminism, we judge the value of beauty as a trait, either to be discarded or accepted, in this WUDC motion: This house believes that the feminist movement should push the narrative of "beauty doesn't matter" over "all bodies are beautiful".

Credits:
Hosts: Noah Pinno, Heather Yuan, Eric Jiang
Editor: Eric Jiang
Cover Art: @onlyooh_

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As K-Pop exploded over the world, we ask ourselves, has its cultural dominance been good, or harmful, to Asians, both in Asia and in the west? This week, our special guest, Cristine, joins us to talk about the motion: This house, as East Asians, regrets the rising popularity of K-Pop. We hope you enjoy this special end to our winter series on popular culture, media, and deep-dive on K-Pop.

Credits:
Hosts: Heather Yuan, Cristine Cai
Editor: Eric Jiang
Cover Art: @onlyooh_

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Just kidding, THW is not leaving the podcast game into the film industry, but we're sure that we'd be good at it. This week, we talk about all the nuances of selecting and casting actors for major film roles, and how that can be changed by various modes of casting. Someone switched around our University majors this week as our hosts come up with some wild points for the motion: This house, as a socially conscious film studio, would only use non-traditional forms of film casting over traditional forms of casting.

Credits:
Hosts: Noah Pinno, Heather Yuan, Eric Jiang
Editor: Eric Jiang
Cover Art: @onlyooh_

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As Hollywood and other movie industries begin to embrace depictions of strong women in movies, does this actually empower women, or simply function as a vehicle for profiting off the male gaze? In this episode, we reveal just how much film content we watch (or don't watch) and discuss female retributive violence and what that does to feminism in pop culture.
Motion: This house opposes the portrayal of female retributive violence

Credits:
Hosts: Noah Pinno, Heather Yuan, Eric Jiang
Editor: Eric Jiang
Cover Art: @onlyooh_

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