On this In the Bin: Why do organizations create such bad debate models? Are the Presidential Debates going to happen in 2024? How do we define debate?And much more!The Bin Panel for this round is:Mischa! Dr. Joe Packer Director of De

NCA and Reddit get debate wrong; A new online tool gets debate right

19 days ago 1h 19m

Join Steve, Tim and Bentley from Canonical Debate Labs in a discussion about debate that involves:1. Why does the National Communication Association hate debate?2. Why is r/debate on Reddit so terrible?3. What is the cool new project Bentley

The Past, Present, and Future of Debate with Dr. Allan Louden

22 days ago 1h 7m

In this episode, Steve talks to Dr. Louden, Professor Emeritus of Communication at Wake Forest University about the past, present, and future of NDT and CEDA debate.Dr. Louden was Director of Debate at Wake Forest for 30 years and offers some

Emerging from the Debate Fog in 2024

27 days ago 58m 33s

ITB is back, and in this episode, we discuss IPDA, high school parli, NPDA, and some of the educational slack and lack in intercollegiate and high school tournament debate. Why does intercollegiate or tournament debate always wind up at the sam

In the Bin: Dr. Cate Morrison on Union arguments, NCA is Next Week in New Orleans! Also, what's wrong with Public Forum Debate?

Nov 10th, 2022 1h 50m

A nice chat with Cate about union arguments and how to make them stick. Also Steve shows his tepid excitement for NCA by complaining about his schedule. We'll have a live show from the bar as per usual at NCA in New Orleans!Public Forum debat

In the Bin Livestream from a Real Rhetoric Professor's Office [Nov 7 2022]

Nov 8th, 2022 2h 54m

We talk about teaching argument, the tests of evidence, and how to make the Toulmin model work for you--- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/inthebin/messageSupport this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.c

Epistemic Security with the Canonical Debate Lab

Nov 3rd, 2022 1h 33m

How do we make sure that fake, false, or mis-information doesn't take over our spaces for democratic deliberation? In this episode we are joined again by Canonical Debate Lab founder Timothy High and reasonpedia.com creator Bentley Davis. Both

In The Bin: Now with Video! AMA with Dr. Steve Llano

Oct 26th, 2022 1h 35m

In the Bin moving into the 2000s screeching in pain by adding video and live streaming to the show!Join us for live shows:twitch.tv/sophisticsteveyoutube.com/stevellano--- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/sho

May 15, 2022 But We May Be Misinformed

May 16th, 2022 1h 8m

We discuss Biden's Misinformation office, teaching debate and public speaking, and other debate and rhetoric topics. Join us!--- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/inthebin/messageSupport this podcast: https:

Misinformation in the Classroom and Society (Part of the Big Rhetorical Podcast Carnival 2021)

Aug 19th, 2021 1h 1m

In this episode, Cate, George, Steve and Will discuss misinformation and struggle really hard with the temptation not to misinform you about it. The struggle is real. Or are our sources bad?Let us know what you think of the episode! @inthebinp

The Canonical Debate Lab: Can Internet Debating Have Value?

May 5th, 2021 1h 10m

Steve chats with Bentley Davis and Timothy High, co-founders of the Canonical Debate Lab, a project that seeks to unify internet debates in one online place, and provide a collection of good arguments to use for better decision making.We talk

Rhetoric, Post-Structuralism, and Pedagogy with Dr. Lee Pierce

Apr 23rd, 2021 1h 19m

This episode is a conversation with Dr. Lee Pierce who is an Assistant Professor of Rhetoric at SUNY Geneseo and host of the podcasts Rhetoriclee Speaking and New Books Network. Dr. Dan and Steve join Lee in a conversation about graduate rhet

Lessons Learned from Taking Intercollegiate Debate Online

Mar 30th, 2021 1h 10m

In this episode Steve has a conversation with Will Silberman who tabs nearly every British Parliamentary (WUDC) format tournament in the United States about mistakes, missteps, and lessons learned from holding debate tournaments in the pandemic

Kenneth Burke's "Terministic Screens"

Mar 25th, 2021 1h 16m

Dr. Dan O'Neil, Dr. Tim Barr and Dr. Steve Llano discuss Burke's idea of the Terministic Screen as well as chat about the Burkean Parlor. Leave a comment or a message! We'd love to hear what you think.--- Send in a voice message: https://

Kenneth Burke's "The Virtues and Limitations of Debunking"

Mar 20th, 2021 1h 9m

Dan and Steve discuss Kenneth Burke's essay "The Virtues and Limitations of Debunking" where Burke is highly critical of a form of argumentative practice that was as popular then as it is now: Totally taking out the other side so thoroughly the

The Rhetoric of Free Expression

Mar 18th, 2021 1h 12m

Steve talks to Dr. Joe Sery, Assistant Professor of Communication at Christopher Newport University who is an expert in First Amendment and Free Speech rhetoric, teaching and studying social movement discourse, rhetorical theory, and the rhetor

The Teaching of Rhetoric and the Fallacies

Mar 9th, 2021 1h 4m

In this episode, Dr. Dan O'Neill and Dr. Steve Llano discuss how the fallacies, and rhetoric, have been taught and perhaps provide some hints as to how speaking, writing, debating, and arguing should be taught. Books mentioned in the episode:

The Toulmin Model of Argument and its Influence

Feb 26th, 2021 1h 1m

Steve welcomes Dr. Dan O'Neill to the Bin for a conversation about the influence of Stephen Toulmin's ideas on contemporary notions of debate, argumentation and rhetoric. Please leave a voice comment or question and we'll take it up in a futur

French University Islamo-Leftism; Do Universities Really Restrict Debate? And the Manhattan DA Race Metric for Debate Participation

Feb 21st, 2021 1h 11m

In this episode, Cate, Tim, and Steve discuss the recent French controversy on Islamoleftist thought in Universities, what the data says about the restriction of free and open debate at UK universities, and the 5 Boro Defenders recent qualifica

When Should We Not Debate? A Not-Debate about Debate's Limits

Feb 13th, 2021 1h 6m

Join Drs. Cate Morrison, Timothy Barr and Steve Llano as they talk about when and why it might be appropriate to choose not to debate. We talk about Team USA's refusal to debate a motion last November in a WSDC format tournament, as well as Het

Debate, Advocacy, The University, and Community with Matt Lavery

Feb 13th, 2021 1h 24m

Matt Lavery and Steve talk about the role of debate at the university in pedagogy writ large and also in the popular idea of the advocacy or outreach speech and rhetoric center. We discuss the tradition of debating and the needs of the univers

Music and Argument

Jan 15th, 2021 1h 14m

Can songs make arguments? What if you ignore the lyrics? And what about arguing about music - what's "good" and what's "bad" when it comes to the songs we like?We discuss that, and a lot more!Joining Dr. Llano are Dr. Cate Morrison, Directo

Dealing with the Last Presidential Debate of 2020

Oct 23rd, 2020 1h 4m

Our fantastic panel reviews, chats, and discusses the low-lights and lower-lights of the final Presidential debate between Donald Trump and Joe Biden.--- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/inthebin/messageSupp

Reaction and Response to the 2020 Vice Presidential Debate

Oct 8th, 2020 1h 3m

Recorded immediately after the 2020 Vice Presidential debate, join a panel of debate teachers, rhetorical scholars, and one political consultant as we talk about the very sterile, boring, and perhaps too stale debate between the Vice Presidenti

Discussing and Disgusting: The First Presidential Debate of 2020 in Review

Sep 30th, 2020 1h 40m

Join us for an in-depth discussion of a depth-free debate! We cover all aspects of it from top to the endless bottom. Was this good? Tolerable? What mattered about it for us? What does it say, or can it say, about debate?On the Panel:Steven D