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The Christmas season is upon us, and inevitably, you knew this episode was coming. This time, we go all-in pointing fingers and critiquing capitalism in our holidays' motion: This house regrets the commercialization of holidays. As more and more holidays are tied to the idea of purchasing and giving gifts for both yourself and others, we really want to know, is the dilution of tradition and rise of consumerism good?

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

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This week, we tackle the very topical issue of the rise in fan culture, both healthy and obsessive. The motion we discuss is: This house supports laws that limit fan culture. Do you think fan culture needs regulatory oversight? Listen in to find our points on either side of the debate!

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

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In this stirring episode leading into this month's topic of media and pop culture, we go all-in discussing our thoughts on how the life of a K-Pop idol compares to an average South Korean citizen. This motion was run at the South Korea Worlds earlier this year in the Open Semi-Finals, and we explore a few points that can be run by the government and opposition teams.

[Trigger Warning] Mental health is touched on during this episode. The timestamp range is 31:40 to 32:12

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

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In this episode, Noah poses a question to our audience and our hosts:  What are political parties for? This motion was prepared at the  Canadian Nationals Debate Championship last year, and we explore a few points that can be run by the government and opposition teams. At THW, we aim to reach every tier of debating and this episode sheds some light on the thought processes that go into a voting-related motion prep from non-debate, competitive secondary and university-level debate perspectives.

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

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In this fun hour-long debate over whether referendums are beneficial or detrimental to democracy, we look into how different levels of debaters think and take turns prepping the motion. At THW, we aim to reach every tier of debating and this episode sheds some light on the thought processes that go into a voting-related motion prep from non-debate, competitive secondary and university-level debate perspectives.

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

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This house would make voting mandatory? In the first week of this month's series on voting and electoral politics, we tackle one of the most common motions we've seen and taught. Here, we discuss civil responsibilities and rights, and frame very broad principles into an applicable debate motion prep.

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

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In this new format here at THW, Noah, Heather, and Eric sit down on a Saturday morning to talk about a variety of debate topics. This month, we prepare and discuss motions on the Olympics, Olympic athletes, and their relations to common problems in today's world. Today, for the last episode of this series, we dive into the lesser talked about part of the Olympics - the welfare of athletes before and after participating in the Games and the differences between athlete training programs across the world.

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

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In this new format here at THW, Noah, Heather, and Eric sit down on a Saturday morning to talk about a variety of debate topics. For this month's episodes, we prepare and discuss motions on the Olympics, Olympic athletes, and their relations to common problems in today's world. Today, we bring the conversation towards how the Olympics should navigate through the human rights differences between countries and the IOC's power to negotiate for a better world.

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

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Do you have a suggestion for a topic you would like to hear about? Feedback on how we can improve? Let us know by emailing us at [email protected]

In this new format here at THW, Noah, Heather, and Eric sit down on a Saturday morning to talk about a variety of debate topics. For this month's episodes, we prepare and discuss motions on the Olympics, Olympic athletes, and their relations to common problems in today's world.

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

Follow us on Instagram and Facebook @thwdebatepodcast

Do you have a suggestion for a topic you would like to hear about? Feedback on how we can improve? Let us know by emailing us at [email protected]

In this new format here at THW, Noah, Heather, and Eric sit down on a Saturday morning to talk about a variety of debate topics. For the next few episodes, we prepare and discuss motions on the Olympics, Olympic athletes, and their relations to common problems in today's world.

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

Follow us on Instagram and Facebook @thwdebatepodcast

Do you have a suggestion for a topic you would like to hear about? Feedback on how we can improve? Let us know by emailing us at [email protected]