Bin Room Banter Podcast

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They are funny. They are equally powerful in debates. They banter each other. They hold hands while crossing the road. They are one of the most inspiring debate partnerships we see. This time, the Bin Room Banter sits down with Chester and Emmanuel, the Kenyan duo that clinched the inaugural Green Gold Cup, and did it in style by famously declaring their strategy in a pre-finals interview. This ep...

Every great debater has it: that dangerous mix of confidence, conviction, and mild delusion. In this very short but raw (unedited) episode, Shamiah talks about how manifestation, confidence, and selective delusion quietly decides rounds.

In this second installment of The Queen’s Gambit, we sit down with Michelle Adika, one of the boldest voices in global debating, to unpack what it means to be a Black woman holding space at the World Universities Debate Championship. From strategy secrets for anyone wanting to reach PAUDC Johannesburg finals, to honest takes on accessibility in global debating, to whether The Bin Room Banter shoul...

She’s witty, fierce, and unstoppable. Michelle Adika, the queen of African debating, joins us to talk all things WSDC, WUDC, and what it means to thrive as a Kenyan woman on the global debate stage. From athlete dreams to poetic musings (and a little tea on her love life 👀), this first episode is proof that power and grace can share a podium. Watch out for part 2

In this raw, unfiltered and unedited inaugural episode of the Bin Room Banter Yapper Series, we discuss the top 7 biases we encounter in BP Debate, Kenya. NB: The opinions shared don’t intend to target or maim anyone’s character - they are simply a reflection of Kimani & Shamiah’s experiences in the Kenyan university debating circuit. Hope you enjoy!

🎙️Ladies and gentlemen, welcome back to Bin Room Banter. Today is Part 2 of our highly unnecessary but culturally vital countdown: Kenya’s Top 5 Speakers. These are the legends that made Kenyan top rooms incredible. So grab your snacks and prepare for unsolicited hot takes. Because if debate is a sport, these five are the Messi, the Serena, and the occasional Dennis Rodman of Kenyan BP. Let’s roas...

This episode, we rank Kenya’s finest from positions 10 to 6: the ones who break your tab, steal your crush, and deliver speeches so clean you’re not sure if you should clap or retire. They didn’t quite make it to the mythical top 5, but they’ve made enough people cry in rooms to earn their spot in the hall of fame. Also, we welcome Kim Jong UON on studio. Join us for hot takes, behind-the-scenes t...

They told us that real men don’t cry. So we didn’t. Instead, we laughed too loud. We stayed silent when everything inside us was falling apart. Because somewhere along the way, we learned that tears make you weak, and breaking makes you less of a man. But what if that’s the lie that’s killing us? In this episode of Bin Room Banter, we strip away the debate banter, just for a moment and sit in the...

After 14 years of debating, and 2 false ‘retirement’ claims, Mathew Kiragu is finally leaving the stage. But the real question is, “Is he really retiring?”👀 Mathew takes us through his journey as a hopefully-successful debate retiree. From being called out by novices, to how he suffered under the undisputed Kenyan GOAT, Macharia Njuguna (in the famous Ali-Macharia chronicles) 😂 to naming his bes...

You ever make it to a top room and instantly feel like you don’t belong? Yeah, same. In our very first episode, Kimani (a certified toproomer) and Shamiah (a binroom philosopher) unpack the great lie: that top rooms are the promised land. Spoiler alert: They are not. We are talking about: * Judging, * The unspoken politics of “owning space”, * And why the bin room is where the real ones heal, goss...