This was the second year I traveled to Montana to teach debating. I love it. It’s always a great trip. I’ve been posting some of the videos I created while there.  This year it was in Helena at Carroll College, next year it will again be in Billings at Rocky Mountain College. The first night,…

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speaking at CPAC in Washington D.C. on February 10, 2011. (Photo credit: Wikipedia) It is no surprise that the media have dug deep into Ted Cruz’s life and discovered he was a college debater. Many articles, such as this one and also this are out there. There’s no shortage. Most of them mention that Cruz was a debater and speech…

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For the past two years I’ve journeyed out to Montana as a part of BP debate’s westward expansion across the US. Here’s the first video from my workshop this year, where I cover the basics of British Parliamentary debating. Since most of the audience had high school experience in a variety of American formats, I…

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Not everything I do is related to debating, and I’m very thankful for that. I like diversity and I like the flow of things to change up. But everything I do is informed by debating and my relationship to debating. It’s unavoidable. Just as my work in debate is informed by my experiences as a…

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The rear LCD display on a Flip Video camrea (Photo credit: Wikipedia) Often times at debating competitions you will see me carrying around a video camera trying to record a few debates here and there. Most of the time people are fine with being recorded. Sometimes they are not, but this number is shrinking every…

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Lincoln at a debate with Stephen Douglas. This is a photo of the original work, part of a private collection temporarily on display at the Lincoln Boyhood Memorial in August of 2008. (Photo credit: Wikipedia) Here’s my second reason why this season will be one to remember in debate history. And it’s not more praise…

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Vienna Debate Workshop-Finale (Photo credit: Wikipedia) This upcoming season of competitive debating is going to be one to remember. And we won’t even have to try. I haven’t posted here in quite a long time. I’ve had a lot of stuff going on in my life and really didn’t have much time for writing. Hopefully…

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Hey folks, In the Bin number 5 is now available here for your listening pleasure.

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Today, Achte Minute posted a great interview with the most recent convener of WUDC. This interview is something that many will not read carefully, but I believe everyone interested in the future of the World Championships should read carefully.  The reason is that the interview clearly shows the tension that exists between a World Championship…

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Lecture: The Arguing Mind from Steve Llano on Vimeo. This is a lecture I gave recently in Budapest as a part of Austro-Hungarian debating week. In this talk, I try to share some of my thoughts about expanding the purpose and goals of debate to something a bit more existential, or a bit more critical…

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