The Policy Debate Podcast: Recent Episodes
Samuel Shafiro
On this episode of the Policy Debate Podcast I'm joined by Mr. Bill Batterman. We start by talking a little bit about his experience debating in Wisconsin. Then we move on to the main focus of this episode; the Politics Disadvantage. We talk about the history of the DA, some of the various forms it takes, and where it might be headed in the future. We close by talking about best practices for researching and writing the Politics DA.
Read Mr. Batterman's blog post on the Politics DA here: https://the3nr.com/2021/02/10/resources-for-learning-the-politics-da/
On today's show I talk with Dr. Brett Bricker about his start debating in Kansas, understanding how to approach Topicality coming into a new debate season, and plan vagueness/positional competition.
This is the article that Dr. Bricker wrote in 2013 about positional competition: https://drive.google.com/file/d/1W-6dVafG5D3vf_kw7sEIvRbn6oN7ImxQ/view.
On this premiere episode of the Policy Debate Podcast, I talk with Margaret Hecht, Tony Miklovis, Azi Hormozdiari, Gabe Chang-Deutsch, and Surya Midha to figure out what worked and what didn't on the Criminal Justice Reform topic. We review takes about T-Enact, the Abolition K, the Process CP, Vague Plans, and more to determine which arguments worked and which didn't - and what teams can learn from that for the future. Stay tuned until the end to hear Gabe introduce his new model for TOC team selection!