Nina and Kyle are best friends and ex-teammates who argue and talk too much. They created Debatable as a way to take advantage of their conversations to help debaters understand issues, create arguments, as well as learn more about the world along the way! Follow us on Twitter @podcastdbtbl.
Episodes
Thursday Jan 27, 2022
101. Human Rights 101
Thursday Jan 27, 2022
Thursday Jan 27, 2022
We know that we have human rights, but where do they come from and how are they enforced? In this episode, Nina talks to Kyle's group in his Human Rights Theory and Practice class. We discuss the philosophical basis for human rights, how they're enforced, how to tell if there are violations of human rights, and a lot more!
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Friday Jan 14, 2022
Episode 100: Meet the Debatabeans!
Friday Jan 14, 2022
Friday Jan 14, 2022
We celebrate our 100th episode by talking about the people behind your hosts-- our team, the Debatabeans! You can learn a lot about people by learning about the things they love, and in this episode, we learn a lot. Listen to us talk about Debate movies, how sports are like the Marvel Cinematic Universe, capitalist escapism, and more!
Friday Dec 31, 2021
Episode 99: Our Favorite 2021 Debate Motions
Friday Dec 31, 2021
Friday Dec 31, 2021
2021 was... A year— not quite normal, but also not as not-normal as 2020. One of the changes we saw was the continued rise of online tournaments. With this rise was a variety of debate topics we haven't seen in our community in a while. In this episode, we look at our favorite motions from 2021.
Saturday Dec 25, 2021
Episode 98: The Invention of Consumerist Christmas
Saturday Dec 25, 2021
Saturday Dec 25, 2021
We're back with another Holiday Special! This time, we talk about the origins of Christmas, and how it has evolved into the event we love (or hate) today.
Sunday Dec 19, 2021
Episode 97: Are you the Main Character of Your Life?
Sunday Dec 19, 2021
Sunday Dec 19, 2021
For this episode of Debatable, we explore the Finals motion of Mindanao Intervarsity 2021 which is about the Main Character Syndrome! In popular culture, the main character syndrome refers to the trend where people, mostly the youth, imagine themselves in a romanticized, fictional version of their lives. This manifests in the way people present themselves online, or even in the way people view themselves in relation to others.
Motion: This House would embrace the narrative that individuals are the main characters of their lives.
Tuesday Sep 14, 2021
Episode 96: Solastalgia (Climate change + Mental Health)
Tuesday Sep 14, 2021
Tuesday Sep 14, 2021
Solastalgia describes psychological trauma brought about by climate change. In this episode, we talk about how the climate crisis impacts mental health and what that could mean for environmentalist movements.
Friday Sep 03, 2021
Friday Sep 03, 2021
This week, we talk about a startup CEO facing trial for fraud, new developments on the Afghan refugee crisis, the "resetting" of US-Israel relations, the Pharmally Pharmaceuticals scandal, Texas' abortion ban, and a recall election in California,
Thursday Sep 02, 2021
Episode 94: The Philosophy of Climate Change Denial
Thursday Sep 02, 2021
Thursday Sep 02, 2021
Climate change skeptics have accumulated a lot of different arguments over the years with the common goal of making people doubt the role of man in the destruction of the environment. For this episode, we take a look at some of those arguments. We debunk these ideas and discuss why these arguments come about in the first place.
Friday Aug 20, 2021
Episode 93: Taliban's Rise, Fall, and Resurgence
Friday Aug 20, 2021
Friday Aug 20, 2021
For this matterloading session, we discuss the top stories of the week. We focus heavily on the situation unfolding in Afghanistan. Join us as we unravel the events that led to the takeover of Kabul, and the role played by major political actors all around the world.
Wednesday Aug 18, 2021
Episode 92: COVID-19 Variants
Wednesday Aug 18, 2021
Wednesday Aug 18, 2021
For this episode, we discuss the mutations of the COVID-19 virus, and what that means for all of us now and in the future.