In the Bin: The Debate, Rhetoric, and Argumentation Podcast

Join us for a fascinating conversation about the most challenging international debating format you’ve probably not heard of - the International Public Policy Forum, sponsored by the Brewer Foundation. This is a very unusual format, requiring multiple rounds of written and spoken debate, culminating in a free trip to New York City to debate other qualifiers in person before panels of incredible ju...

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End of an Era! The last debate assistant St. John’s ever had was Emilio, so it’s good to have him back on the show after such a long absence. Emilio is a doctoral candidate at University of North Carolina Chapel Hill where he is finishing his dissertation. He debated for Cal Poly as an undergraduate, and holds a Master’s degree in politics from St. John’s University. This is the first of two parts...

On this episode we explore another new-ish debate format, this one named for our quietest President, Calvin Coolidge. Silent Cal hardly said anything so the stories go. Sounds like the perfect foundation to a debate format to me! In this episode all of my assumptions are debunked after a very interesting conversation with Jonathan Peele, Director of Speech and Debate for Calvin Coolidge Debate, a...

Another format? We are called here at In the Bin to investigate any and all new formats as often we consider ourselves debate pest control. However, CARD seems like something different. Is it a format? A philosophy? A community? We spend the episode with CARD developer/founder/advocate Trond Jacobsen from the University of Oregon who answers all my questions and poses some very good ones of his ow...

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Wish I could be there at the 2026 RSA convention in Portland, Oregon with everyone, but unfortunately we live in an era where universities are choosing not to support research anymore. In solidarity with you all, we at In the Bin are introducing a special new feature, In the RECYCLE Bin! In The Bin podcast was founded in 2008 by Dr. Steve Llano and George Fitzpatrick so we have a very deep and wel...

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On this episode, I reflect on what makes the Irish Times debate tour so important to debate worldwide. I also interview the 66th champs over breakfast in New York City on their last full day in America. Support the podcast by clicking here or subscribing on Substack. Email us at inthebinpodcast@gmail.com if you have any questions or ideas for the show! Get full access to The Sophistic Take: Rhetor...

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What do olympic figure skating and debate tournaments have in common? Turns out, not a lot. But that really shouldn’t be that way. Both are complex events, but one has an international audience. or leave a tip here! Get full access to The Sophistic Take: Rhetoric, Debate, and Argument Today at sophisticsteve.substack.com/subscribe

This is an interview I conducted with Al in 2004. He’s amazing, and we are all looking forward to his next volume in his history of debate work, the follow up to Inheritance, which I hope to finish sometime. Not soon, but sometime. There’s a lot there! Or support the podcast with a tip ! Get full access to The Sophistic Take: Rhetoric, Debate, and Argument Today at sophisticsteve.substack.com/subs...

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...

I don’t normally share my actual class lectures publically, but I was pleased with this orientation to debating lecture I recently gave to my public speaking students as an introduction to what “comes next” after you become engaged with rhetoric at the base level of a speech course. In this lecture I try to orient the class to the idea of debate as a discourse, a part of rhetoric, and try to disso...