Kyle spent 6 months in pro-BBM tiktok and would like to talk to you about how they weaponize nostalgia!

In this episode of Debatable, we talk about how to run arguments about giving reparations for historical wrongs, taking an interest in Black History Month as a form of symbolic reparations and remembrance. 

We know that we have human rights, but where do they come from and how are they enforced? In this episode, Nina talks to Kyle's group in his Human Rights Theory and Practice class. We discuss the philosophical basis for human rights, how they're enforced, how to tell if there are violations of human rights, and a lot more!   TWITTER: https://www.twitter.com/podcastdbtbl FACEBOOK: https://www.facebook.com/podcastdbtbl Sign up for Debatable Open! Phase 1 of registration is open until...

We celebrate our 100th episode by talking about the people behind your hosts-- our team, the Debatabeans! You can learn a lot about people by learning about the things they love, and in this episode, we learn a lot. Listen to us talk about Debate movies, how sports are like the Marvel Cinematic Universe, capitalist escapism, and more!

2021 was... A year— not quite normal, but also not as not-normal as 2020. One of the changes we saw was the continued rise of online tournaments. With this rise was a variety of debate topics we haven't seen in our community in a while. In this episode, we look at our favorite motions from 2021.

We're back with another Holiday Special! This time, we talk about the origins of Christmas, and how it has evolved into the event we love (or hate) today.

For this episode of Debatable, we explore the Finals motion of Mindanao Intervarsity 2021 which is about the Main Character Syndrome! In popular culture, the main character syndrome refers to the trend where people, mostly the youth, imagine themselves in a romanticized, fictional version of their lives. This manifests in the way people present themselves online, or even in the way people view themselves in relation to others. Motion: This House would embrace the narrative that individuals...

Solastalgia describes psychological trauma brought about by climate change. In this episode, we talk about how the climate crisis impacts mental health and what that could mean for environmentalist movements.

This week, we talk about a startup CEO facing trial for fraud, new developments on the Afghan refugee crisis, the "resetting" of US-Israel relations, the Pharmally Pharmaceuticals scandal, Texas' abortion ban, and a recall election in California,

Climate change skeptics have accumulated a lot of different arguments over the years with the common goal of making people doubt the role of man in the destruction of the environment. For this episode, we take a look at some of those arguments. We debunk these ideas and discuss why these arguments come about in the first place.

For this matterloading session, we discuss the top stories of the week. We focus heavily on the situation unfolding in Afghanistan. Join us as we unravel the events that led to the takeover of Kabul, and the role played by major political actors all around the world.

For this episode, we discuss the mutations of the COVID-19 virus, and what that means for all of us now and in the future.

For this matterloading session, we tackle the recent Belo Ad scandal, the misused 67 billion pesos, the new leadership in Iran, as well as Sudan’s handing over of Omal Al-Bashir to the ICC. We also talked heavily about a lot of environmental news that hit the internet this week!

Debatable issues in the pro-wrestling industry and John Cena have at least two things in common: one, you can't see them; two, you actually can, you just pretend not to.

We have a lot to cover this week! We tried our best to make the stories featured this week reflect a bunch of different fields. We have stories about COVID. About international relations and international law. We even talk about why Rihanna's being a billionaire status matters to what the feminist movement should strive to be!   But we spend a lot of time discussing things that hit close to home--  about the surprisingly layered issue that is Nas Academy allegedly exploiting National...

We interview Venti about why competition policy matters and how firms can abuse their dominance at the expense of consumer welfare!

In this matterloading session, we recap the week by looking at all the important events that caught all our attentions! We discuss the South Korean vaccine rollouts, China's relationship with the Taliban, Saddiq's Case, Hidilyn Diaz, the SONA, #TruthsfromTheBible, Simone Biles, and Britney Spears!

In this episode, we talk about how we can set priorities in a debate! Learn about the art of framing as well as different frames you can use.   Phase 1 of our FREE tournament Magiting Open is ONGOING! Don't forget to check us out at facebook.com/MagitingCup

This week, we talk about the Indian COVID Crisis and the politics of blame, how climate change caused flash flooding in Europe, why Rodrigo Duterte can't invoke immunity if they get elected as VP, the #Tumindig movement, cardboard beds in the Olympics, and more!!

Idris Elba was in the news recently for proposing that everyone should verify their identities before using social media to prevent people from using anonymity as a means to be racist or bigoted. Is this a good idea, or would it do more harm than good?   Phase 1 of Magiting Cup is OPEN NOW! Check out our page at facebook.com/MagitingCup and stay tuned this week for the first episode of Matterloading with Nina and Kyle!

The theme for the grand finals of this year's Debatable Intervarsity is Arts and Culture!  This motion deals with cynicism, an attitude characterized by a general distrust of others and their motives. We see more and more cynicism in various areas of life, from people refusing to believe in governments,  in vaccines, and even in the very idea that people can be altruistic. Cynicism has been around for a long time, but never before has it been this prevalent in our culture as a society. The...

The theme for the open semi-final of this year's Debatable IV is international relations. On April 21, 2021, the New York Times published an article that illustrates a key dilemma facing the Biden administration-- can it really work with Beijing on issues like climate change while effectively challenging Beijing on human rights issues? The transition into greener energy through solar panels is one of the ways the world can combat climate change. Currently, China controls the majority of the...

The theme for Debatable IV's novice and junior finals is philosophy! The nature vs nurture debate is a classic one in psychology and philosophy. The question of what makes us who we are gives us profound insight on the nature of humanity and the human condition. One recent contribution to this debate is a concept called the "collective unconscious," defined by psychoanalyst Carl Jung.  The collective unconscious is a body of knowledge containing all of human experience that all human beings...

The quarterfinals motion for this year's Debatable IV is about gender! Many trans people find their appearance a point of scrutiny in the public. All many of them want is to be treated like any other cis-person and to blend into everyone instead of being stared at. Some people "pass" for being cisgender, but most do not. The term "passing" might be problematic, implying that trans women are not really women and that trans men are not really men. Nevertheless, there is now a concept of...

TW: Mentions of murder and rape; The theme for Debatable IV's open octofinals is Sociolegal! It is said that due process is nothing more, and nothing less, than the concept of fair play. In most jurisdictions, the right of a person to due process is protected with procedural rules. One of these rules is that a criminal case may only be filed by a prosecutor who finds probable cause that the accused actually committed the crime charged. Supposedly, the probable cause standard makes it so...