Author: Steve

  • 2013-2014 Will Be A Pivotal Debate Year, Part 1 of 3

    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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  • New Podcast Episode Available

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

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  • Is WUDC still relevant?

    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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  • Herding the Ox: Debate and the Mind

    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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  • In the Bin Podcast Episode 3

    Here is the link to the latest In the Bin podcast! Enjoy.

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  • In The Bin Episode 2 is live

    Here’s the link, enjoy!

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  • #firstworldjudgeproblems

    Tabbing the Adelphi tournament here in lovely Garden City, NY For the first time ever in my life, I think, there are more judges than there are debaters. So in round 2 we have 7 judge panels. Problem is that there are many same-institution conflicts all over the place. But many alums and other friends…

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  • New podcast – In the Bin Episode 1

    English: Podcast or podcasting icon Français : Icône pour les podcasts ou la baladodiffusion (Photo credit: Wikipedia) Happy to announce that I’ve finally started making the podcast I’ve been thinking about for a while now. In the Bin episode 1 is available for you here. Better downloading options to come as well as perhaps some intro…

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  • King’s College Tournament starts Tomorrow

    I will be tabbing the King’s College Empire Debates 2013, starting tomorrow so keep refreshing this blog for updates from the tournament. Looks like around 50 teams in the tab, but that number can change based on tomorrow morning’s registration. one of the experiments I hope to try at the tournament is collecting a cross-section…

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  • Guest Post: Lossy Formats

    Photograph of Sound Recording Equipment from the Division of Motion Pictures, 1941 (Photo credit: The U.S. National Archives) From the pen of +Timothy Barr comes an excellent piece on formats in debate and sound recording. Enjoy! If you want to post a thoughtful piece, contact me and we can work something out! – Steve ________________________ Debate Formats:…

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