In this episode I'm joined by Josh Clark, coach at MBA, and Whitney Bradley Whitford Whitmore III,  We had a large agenda planned but most of the podcast got sucked up by the first question: how do you get the

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HSI Podcast 102

Topics covered include-immigration topic recap- the bad, the ugly, that's it-why the takeaway from this topic is you should stop the nonsense affs and read a good one-how to approach improvement before camp- focus on big

HSI Podcast 101

On this episode I'm joined by the Kansas City Kid Malcolm Gordon and because we had already completed 9 adventures it was his chance to pick and he wanted to talk about topicality. So in this episode we go through topica

HSI Podcast 100 T from T to B

This episode is a few pieces strung together from the archives of failed podcasts Malcolm and I have tried to record. It mainly breaks down into two sectionsSection 1: A recent FB discussion about "no perms in a method d

HSI podcast 99

In this episode I'm joined by John Turner the director of debate at Dartmouth College and we talk about how to research non framework strategies vs K affirmatives. We do this by discussing a specific argument, the Romanc

HSI Podcast 98-Romance V Tragedy

In this episode I'm once again joined by the president of the John Cena fan club president Malcolm Gordon. The general theme of this episode is we revisit a few issues we have "ranted" about in the past and try and trans

HSI Podcast 97: Practical Rants

After some difficulties with the hosting site the podcast is back and better than ever (low bar).  We got quite a few reader questions about where the topic is heading, how to have a successful second semester, a

hsi Podcast 96: Evidence ethics?

We had a long agenda of topics to discuss but ended up getting sucked into an extended politics discussion. Topics covered include -the lame duck disad- what items are on the agenda, how do the links work, how sho

Post politics

On this episode I am joined by Jasmine Stidham, debate coach at Harvard Westlake and Dartmouth College, and Joshua Michael, a coach and graduate student at Baylor University.  -Josh begins by breaking down the theory

Settler Colonialism

in this episode I'm joined by Kevin Hirn, debate coach at the University of Michigan, and we talk about all the questions Clark never wants to talk about.  -Cruel optimism- we start off talking about the pro/con

HSI Podcast 93- Cruel Optimism

On this podcast I'm joined by Malcolm Gordon, coach at the Meadows School, and we talk judging. Students love to complain about judging and it turns out they aren't entirely wrong. That being said, there are still more o

HSI Podcast 92-Judging

In this episode I'm joined by John Turner, Director of debate at Dartmouth College, and Brian "Carter Burke" Klarman and James Herndon who's couples name is either Klerndon or Hernman (vote in comments) who coach debate

HSI Podcast 91: Dartmouth V Emory

On this episode I'm joined by Josh Clark, coach at MBA, and Malcolm Gordon, coach at The Meadows.  We start off by discussing this article which takes the position that the neg is in serious trouble on the immig

HSI Podcast 90

99% of the questions we get every week are about framework, so we have recorded a special all framework all the time refresher course that we will now just refer people to when they ask framework questions. On this bonus

HSI Framework Refresher

In this episode of the podcast I am joined by James Fitzjames Herndon the 33rd, director of debate at Emory University. The topics we cover include -novice debate- how do you attract students, how do you start you

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