In 2024 I had the pleasure of interviewing Dr. Louden of Wake Forest and California debate fame about the NDT, CEDA, his recent book on the history of Wake Forest Debate, Inheritance, and much more. We talk about current trends in debating, changes in practices, and what debate needs to stay healthy.

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the bin welcomes back Matt Stannard to discuss his new project, and his new essay all about the power and potential of non-adversarial debate alternatives.

Matt is a co-founder of Colab Debate an Oregon-based nonprofit learning center for debate and collaborative leadership. It's a very cool, stimulating, and ambitious project to offer debate education that goes beyond the tournament.

Matt wrote a post on the Colab Debate website, titled Shouldn't Everyone Debate? that I found fascinating and asked him a bunch of questions about as well!

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We should be praising the Senate's designation of National Speech & Debate day, right?

There are some serious reservations we should consider here. Exactly what is being praised? Is this the model of debate and oratory we want to forward in the world?

I critique "Speech & Debate" as well as the NSDA model, and discuss some of the issues I have with the recent Dallas Morning News Editorial praising debate as part of the future school curriculum.

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