12 episodes

A fly-on-the-wall podcast about community college speech and debate teams featuring conversations, interpretations, and in-depth looks into the world of speech and debate tournaments and the ideas that drive them.

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    • Arts
    • 4.8 • 16 Ratings

A fly-on-the-wall podcast about community college speech and debate teams featuring conversations, interpretations, and in-depth looks into the world of speech and debate tournaments and the ideas that drive them.

    The Context of Trophies

    The Context of Trophies

    Orange Coast College Director of Forensics Shauhin Davari gives us an overview of speech and debate, OCC's legacy, and the context that surrounds trophies.

    Website: Soapboxerspod.com
    Transcripts: soapboxerspod.com/transcripts
    Support the show: Soapboxerspod.com/support

    Credits:
    Produced by Talon Stradley
    Mixing by Chris Moore
    Theme Music by Breakmaster Cylinder
    Other Music by MusicVine.com

    • 16 min
    The Squad Room

    The Squad Room

    It's the first team meeting of the year! Find out what it takes to turn an empty new building into a Squad Room!

    Website: Soapboxerspod.com
    Transcripts: soapboxerspod.com/transcripts
    Support the show: Soapboxerspod.com/support

    Credits:
    Produced by Talon Stradley
    Mixing by Chris Moore
    Theme Music by Breakmaster Cylinder
    Other Music by MusicVine.com

    Acting With Advocacy

    Acting With Advocacy

    In our first event deep dive, we learn about Oral Interpretation and the value of using performance as a form of advocacy. Then, we speak to former OCC speech and debate competitor and poet Jinno Vicencio about his newly released poetry album, Flowers For Brown Boys.

    Listen to Flowers For Brown Boys HERE or wherever you get your music.

    Website: Soapboxerspod.com
    Transcripts: soapboxerspod.com/transcripts
    Support the show: Soapboxerspod.com/support

    Credits:
    Produced by Talon Stradley
    Mixing by Chris Moore
    Theme Music by Breakmaster Cylinder
    Other Music by MusicVine.com

    • 23 min
    How To Write A Speech

    How To Write A Speech

    Coach Sean Connor walks us through the process of creating a competitive platform speech.

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    Website: Soapboxerspod.com
    Transcripts: soapboxerspod.com/transcripts
    Support the show: Soapboxerspod.com/support

    Credits:
    Produced by Talon Stradley
    Mixing by Chris Moore
    Theme Music by Breakmaster Cylinder
    Other Music by MusicVine.com

    • 24 min
    Two Minutes

    Two Minutes

    Coach Hannah Haghighat guides us through the world of limited preparation events, where competitors write a speech in as little as two minutes. Plus, host Talon Stradley dusts off his speaking skills to demonstrate Impromptu for the team.

    Website: Soapboxerspod.com
    Transcripts: soapboxerspod.com/transcripts
    Support the show: Soapboxerspod.com/support

    Credits:
    Produced by Talon Stradley
    Mixing by Chris Moore
    Theme Music by Breakmaster Cylinder
    Other Music by MusicVine.com

    • 31 min
    What Do You Debate About?

    What Do You Debate About?

    Finally, the answer to the age old question: What do you debate about?

    Website: Soapboxerspod.com
    Transcripts: soapboxerspod.com/transcripts
    Support the show: Soapboxerspod.com/support

    Credits:
    Produced by Talon Stradley
    Mixing by Chris Moore
    Theme Music by Breakmaster Cylinder
    Other Music by MusicVine.com

    • 29 min

Customer Reviews

4.8 out of 5
16 Ratings

16 Ratings

Fish1085 ,

I’m Interested!

Well produced and awesomely nerdy charming host. Excited to see where this goes, and also, the Halloween candy dude from the Internet is the professor in this?! Loved that video.

Davattck ,

Huge fan, big time

Something I did not see myself listening to. Give yourself a moment, change your algorithm, and give this a listen!

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