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“Next Off” is a podcast discussing circuit Lincoln-Douglas debate. "Next off" is presented by Victory Briefs and hosted by Lawrence Zhou, Chris Theis, and Jacob Nails.
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Chris Theis, Jacob Nails, and Lawrence Zhou discuss the 2021 NSDA Nationals topic, Resolved: A public health emergency justifies limiting civil liberties. They discuss some thoughts about how to improve the topic voting system before talking about their general thoughts on the topic, not particularly positive in nature; background information and interpretational issues, such as definitions, examples, and thoughts about burdens; and common affirmative and negative arguments and strategies, such as quarantines, libertarianism, the trust disadvantage, and democratic backsliding. They also discuss some tips and tricks for succeeding at NSDA Nationals. They conclude with some recommendations for content and fun facts about Nails’ hometown.
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Episode Links: The Victory Briefs for this topic: https://classroom.victorybriefs.com/briefs Topic voting statistic: https://www.speechanddebate.org/topics/ Public health definition: https://www.who.int/hac/about/definitions/en/ NYTimes op-ed: https://www.nytimes.com/2021/03/07/opinion/racism-public-health-emergency.html Justify definition: https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/justify “Reconciling civil liberties and public health in the response to COVID-19”: https://www.facetsjournal.com/doi/10.1139/facets-2020-0070 “When libertarianism goes bad”: https://www.nytimes.com/2020/10/22/opinion/coronavirus-masks.html China censorship of COVID: https://www.nytimes.com/2020/12/19/technology/china-coronavirus-censorship.html Singapore robot dog: https://www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/singapore-using-robotic-dog-enforce-proper-social-distancing-during-covid-19-180974912/ Israel anti terror technology and COVID: https://www.reuters.com/article/us-health-coronavirus-israel/israel-to-use-anti-terror-tech-to-counter-coronavirus-invisible-enemy-idUSKBN21113V China facial recognition with masks: https://www.bbc.com/news/technology-55573802 Debating traditionally by Lawrence Zhou: https://youtu.be/dhLK7zbhi7U Last year’s Next Off NSDA Nationals episode: https://soundcloud.com/user-86431574/episode-4-nsda-nationals-with-jake-nebel Only Connect with Tom Scott: https://youtu.be/c_Fa_fucl1o Tom Scott golf carts video: https://youtu.be/pcVGqtmd2wM
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Chris Theis, Jacob Nails, Lawrence Zhou and guest Quentin Clark discuss the 2021 TOC and how the lethal autonomous weapons topic played out. They talk about general trends in the topic, the best and worst affs including China and emerging tech, the best and worst neg strategies including circumvention and politics, and talk about ways the topic could have been improved. They conclude with some thoughts about intrinsicness.
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Episode Links: The Victory Briefs: https://classroom.victorybriefs.com/briefs Police robot bomb: https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2016/jul/08/police-bomb-robot-explosive-killed-suspect-dallas Hypocritical theory: https://www.vbriefly.com/2019/04/23/on-hypocritical-theory-by-jake-nebel/ The case for regulating fully autonomous weapons: https://papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers.cfm?abstract_id=2528370 Intrinsicness article: https://www.debatemusings.org/home/rehabilitating-intrinsicness-redux?fbclid=IwAR2CDRa3ywduEzyX-ncTRvs6FEfpWWl5HYWOJ2ToDH-hSKKyJJfOOgJrngI
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Chris Theis, Jacob Nails, and Lawrence Zhou discuss the 2021 March/April LD topic, Resolved: The United States ought to guarantee universal childcare. They talk about their opinions on the topic, what childcare is, what it means for something to be universal, common pitfalls for affirmative economy based arguments, different ethical frameworks, the best negative strategies and counterplans especially at more traditional tournaments, and some thoughts about the topic selection process.
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Episode Links: The Victory Briefs: https://classroom.victorybriefs.com/briefs The problem of childcare: https://www.vox.com/the-weeds True cost of childcare: https://www.americanprogress.org/issues/early-childhood/reports/2018/11/15/460970/understanding-true-cost-child-care-infants-toddlers/ Erickson article: https://ifstudies.org/blog/measuring-the-long-term-effects-of-early-extensive-day-care Lanham Act: https://www.theatlantic.com/business/archive/2015/11/daycare-world-war-rosie-riveter/415650/ Pogchamps 3: https://www.dexerto.com/entertainment/rainn-wilson-channels-dwight-schrute-in-hilarious-pogchamps-chess-roast-after-final-loss-1524591/ Wandavision trailer: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sj9J2ecsSpo
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Chris Theis, Jacob Nails, and Lawrence Zhou discuss the 2021 January/February LD topic, Resolved: States ought to ban lethal autonomous weapons, as it has played out so far at the CPS and Blake tournaments. They discuss misconceptions about fiat, if “bans” for single country affs make sense, some of the common plans including the nuclear and landmines affs, thoughts about the regulation counte rplan, and more. They conclude with predictions about the following months for the topic as well as an assessment of the truth of the topic.
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Episode Links: The Victory Briefs: https://classroom.victorybriefs.com/briefs The Queen’s Gambit’s effect on chess: https://www.theguardian.com/sport/2020/nov/29/chess-world-hails-queens-gambit-fuelled-boom
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Chris Theis, Jacob Nails, and Lawrence Zhou discuss the 2020 November/December LD topic, Resolved: The United States ought to provide a federal jobs guarantee. They cover a wide range of arguments and strategic considerations such as basic economic concepts to be familiar with, misconceptions about the FJG and econ impacts in LD, how COVID affects the topic, to what extent affirmative specification is legitimate, which aff advantages are best poised against most counterplans, and which neg counterplans are the most strategic. They end the episode with a discussion of why you should attend an international debate tournament.
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Episode Links: The Victory Briefs: https://classroom.victorybriefs.com/briefs Levy Proposal: http://www.levyinstitute.org/pubs/wp_902.pdf CBPP: https://www.cbpp.org/research/full-employment/the-federal-job-guarantee-a-policy-to-achieve-permanent-full-employment MMT: https://www.vox.com/future-perfect/2019/4/16/18251646/modern-monetary-theory-new-moment-explained Effective Altruism Debating Championship: https://www.facebook.com/EADebateChampionship
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Chris Theis, Jacob Nails, and Lawrence Zhou talk about their thoughts on the Compulsory Voting topic as it has played out so far, including their thoughts on strategy, theory, and plans.
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Episode Links: 80,000 Hours Podcast Episode: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/global-issues-beyond-80-000-hours-current-priorities/id1245002988?i=1000489422170 Game Theory Among Us: https://youtu.be/Ck604TT4hEg
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Chris Theis, Jacob Nails, and Lawrence Zhou are joined by guest Marshall Thompson to discuss the 2020 September/October LD topic, Resolved: In a democracy, voting ought to be compulsory. They cover a wide range of arguments and strategic considerations such as which aff philosophical position is most strategic, which negative argument about liberty should debaters defend, which counterplans neutralize which affirmative advantages, and what theoretical considerations debaters should be aware of when debating this topic.
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Episode Links: Compulsory Voting: For and Against https://www.amazon.com/dp/B00IO0E91Y/ref=dp-kindle-redirect?_encoding=UTF8&btkr=1 Radical Markets https://www.amazon.com/dp/B07TP5HLWQ/ref=dp-kindle-redirect?_encoding=UTF8&btkr=1
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Chris Theis, Jacob Nails, and Lawrence Zhou discuss the 3 potential topics for the 2020 September/October slot which are compulsory voting, proportional representation, and social media. They cover the background of each topic as well as thoughts on which topic they like the best. Regardless of whether you agree or disagree with them, please go vote!
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Episode Links: Topic List: https://www.vbriefly.com/2020/06/22/lincoln-douglas-debate-2020-2021-potential-topics/ Cracking the Cryptic: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCC-UOdK8-mIjxBQm_ot1T-Q
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Chris Theis, Jacob Nails, and Lawrence Zhou discuss the new topic voting process and their thoughts on what makes a good LD resolution, including a survey of previous topics, thoughts about relatively unexplored topic areas, and advice on submitting resolutions to maximize their potential for selection. No matter whether you agree or disagree with our particular thoughts about what constitutes a good topic, please submit and vote for topics!
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Episode Links: Submit topic suggestions here: https://www.speechanddebate.org/ld-topic-suggestions/ Dominion article: https://www.vox.com/2020/4/3/21197399/dominion-online-board-games
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Chris Theis, Jacob Nails, and Lawrence Zhou give some advice on debating at NSDA Nationals, including general adaptation advice as well as advice for debating traditionally online, before they are joined by VBI Executive Director and Professor of Philosophy at USC Jake Nebel to discuss the NSDA Nationals topic, where they talk about interpretational issues, what democracy is, and various arguments for and against the intergenerational accumulation of wealth.
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Episode Links: Apply for the Scholarship here: https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSe2xMcwJWeu3300ipRpDTd1cmE8wZnLfpFD08lc6uJn1TpbTQ/viewform Interviews with National Champions: https://www.vbriefly.com/2018/06/07/preparing-for-nationals-an-interview-with-a-national-champion/, https://www.vbriefly.com/2017/05/24/preparing-for-nationals-an-interview-with-2-national-champions/ Traditional Debate Lecture: https://youtu.be/dhLK7zbhi7U Kolodny, Rule Over None: https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/abs/10.1111/papa.12035 Anderson, Relational Equality: https://www.newyorker.com/magazine/2019/01/07/the-philosopher-redefining-equality Christiano, Philosophy and Democracy: https://www.amazon.com/Philosophy-Democracy-Anthology-Thomas-Christiano/dp/0195136608 Democracy’s Value: A Conceptual Map: https://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/s10790-019-09717-1 SEP: https://plato.stanford.edu/entries/democracy/ Wealth and Democracy: https://www.amazon.com/Wealth-Democracy-Political-History-American/dp/0767905342 White, Democratic Wealth: https://www.opendemocracy.net/en/opendemocracyuk/democratic-wealth-exploring-ideas-for-citizens-economy/ White, The Civic Minimum: https://www.oxfordscholarship.com/view/10.1093/0198295057.001.0001/acprof-9780198295051 Piketty, Capital in the Twenty-First Century: https://www.amazon.com/Capital-Twenty-First-Century-Thomas-Piketty/dp/0674979850 Piketty, Capital and Ideology: https://www.amazon.com/dp/B082DKPPP1/ref=dp-kindle-redirect?_encoding=UTF8&btkr=1 How come you read bedtime stories to your children? https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/abs/10.1080/13698230.2010.518388 Politicians listen to rich people: https://www.vox.com/2014/4/18/5624310/martin-gilens-testing-theories-of-american-politics-explained Nozick’s Wilt Chamberlain argument: https://www.britannica.com/topic/Wilt-Chamberlain-argument Left and Right Libertarianism: https://www.oxfordhandbooks.com/view/10.1093/oxfordhb/9780199645121.001.0001/oxfordhb-9780199645121-e-3
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Chris Theis, Jacob Nails, and Lawrence Zhou discuss their thoughts following the eTOC including the online nature of the tournament, the potential benefits of shifting to a 4-day online tournament model, the benefits of adopting side- or flip-equalization, miscellaneous thoughts and rants about various theory arguments, the problems with theory paradigm issues, whether or not online tournaments are superior to offline tournaments, potential supervision issues with online tournaments and potential solutions to it, and the rampant speaks inflation at the TOC.
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Episode Links: Zoom Room Model: https://wyodebateroundup.weebly.com/blog/online-debate-guide TOC Speaker Points: https://www.tabroom.com/index/tourn/results/event_results.mhtml?tourn_id=13038&result_id=128277 Speaker Points Article: https://www.vbriefly.com/2015/01/12/opponent-adjusted-performance-score-a-proposed-alternative-to-speaker-points-as-the-first-tie-breaker/ Podcast with Yao Yao Chen: https://www.stitcher.com/podcast/its-happening-now-innovations-in-education-with-evan-margiotta/e/53727232
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Chris Theis, Jacob Nails, and Lawrence Zhou discuss their thoughts about the Jan/Feb Nuclear Arsenals topic including their views on fiat, what they consider cheating plans and counterplans, and some of their thoughts about the general meta before the TOC.
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Episode Links: Nails’ Fiat Article: https://www.vbriefly.com/2019/12/28/two-dogmas-of-fiat-by-jacob-nails/
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In the inaugural episode, Chris Theis, Jacob Nails, and Lawrence Zhou discuss COVID-19’s effect on debate, both the implications it has for the debate community and tournaments and how it relates to common arguments made in debate, and the role of judge kick as it relates to the permutation.
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Episode Links: - Strake All Star Invitational: https://www.tabroom.com/index/tourn/index.mhtml?tourn_id=15972 - Online TOC: https://www.tabroom.com/index/tourn/index.mhtml?tourn_id=13038 - Student Online Round Robin Report: https://docs.google.com/document/d/1jg4lcSkYoArYpFOoV3W99ndJyE8Ip73n10TDu3qV_Zk/edit?usp=sharing - Bid Statistics by Region: https://www.vbriefly.com/2018/03/06/2017-18-bid-statistics/ - Kenan’s Article: https://www.premierdebate.com/uncategorized/bid-tournaments-part-2-regions-kenan-anderson/ - Michigan Debate Tips for Debating Online: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tUSiftlfrOA - Debate Musings: https://www.debatemusings.org/home/the-space-topic-review-policy-aff - HS Impact Article: https://hsimpact.wordpress.com/2020/03/25/changing-our-approach-to-impacts/ - Judge Kick: https://www.facebook.com/photo.php?fbid=235688124499069&set=gm.641245023368324&type=3&theater&ifg=1
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This bonus episode contains the full debate between Chris Theis and Jacob Nails over whether or not judge kick makes sense in the world of the permutation.
If you listened to the full episode, skip ahead to 19:00.