Soapboxers Newton’s Dark Room
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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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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.
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Credits:
Produced by Talon Stradley
Mixing by Chris Moore
Theme Music by Breakmaster Cylinder
Other Music by MusicVine.com -
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!
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Credits:
Produced by Talon Stradley
Mixing by Chris Moore
Theme Music by Breakmaster Cylinder
Other Music by MusicVine.com -
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 -
How To Write A Speech
Coach Sean Connor walks us through the process of creating a competitive platform speech.
Research on Crime Statistics: https://www.pewresearch.org/fact-tank/2020/11/20/facts-about-crime-in-the-u-s/
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 -
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.
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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 -
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
Customer Reviews
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.
Huge fan, big time
Something I did not see myself listening to. Give yourself a moment, change your algorithm, and give this a listen!