The 3NR Podcast
Like a post-round discussion that never ends...
Episodes
November 14, 2011
The third season of the 3NR Podcast gets off to a belated start with a special guest edition featuring James Herndon (of Emory University) and Whit Whitmore (of the University of Michigan) alongside Scott Phillips. Topics covered include international fiat, impact turning new block impacts after link turning in the 2AC, and research practices/qualifications. The [...]
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May 14, 2011
The 40th Tournament of Champions is in the books and this episode begins with a lengthy discussion of it: Could the schedule be improved? Was the “entourage rule” effective? How could the judging pool for late elimination rounds be strengthened? How does the class of 2011 stack up against its predecessors? Consider this the official [...]
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May 7, 2011
Recorded at the end of April (Apologies for the delay. – ed.), the latest episode of the podcast features the return of Malcolm Gordon (his previous appearances include s01e03, s01e12, and s01e13). Several topics are covered during this hour-long discussion: Topicality: after judging two T debates together at the National Debate Tournament (round eight between [...]
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April 21, 2011
Scott Phillips and James Herndon are back for part two of their discussion of TOC preparation. This time, the goal is to help students prepare to debate on the negative. How can you prepare topicality arguments to protect yourself against new cases? How does the politics disadvantage fit into your preparation? What counterplans should you [...]
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April 15, 2011
Preparing for the season-ending tournaments? Heading to Lexington in a few weeks for the TOC? In this episode of the podcast, Scott Phillips and James Herndon discuss affirmative preparation and strategy. When should you read a new case? What makes a new case strategic? How should you write your plan? These questions and more are [...]
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January 27, 2011
The first episode of the calendar year that features the whole 3NR crew, this episode of The 3NR Podcast focuses entirely on reader/listener-submitted questions. Topics covered include email evidence, the way that judges should (and do) balance explanation versus evidence, debating the case against COIN affirmatives, and more. We didn’t get to everything, so we [...]
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January 24, 2011
The 3NR Podcast returns with a midseason premier featuring special guests James Herndon (Director of Debate Programs and Debate Coach at Emory University) and John Turner (M.A. candidate in Communication and Assistant Debate Coach at the University of Georgia). Along with Scott Phillips, James and John discuss affirmative approaches to debating critiques. The discussion centers [...]
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December 1, 2010
As the first semester draws to a close, this episode of The 3NR Podcast assesses the evolution of this year’s topic and provides practical advice for students as they prepare for the rest of the season. The news is chock full of stories that are relevant to debates about U.S. military presence: the Lisbon NATO [...]
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November 5, 2010
Chock full of practical advice for debaters, this episode of the podcast covers backflowing, 1AR strategy, affirmative preparation, and paperless efficiency and includes a discussion of whether judges should access evidence during debates. Are you having trouble debating on the affirmative? Does the 1AR give you nightmares? Are you frustrated that your pre-tournament preparation isn’t [...]
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October 13, 2010
This special edition of The 3NR Podcast features a discussion between Scott Phillips, Maggie Berthiaume, and James Herndon, the Senior Program Associate and Debate Coach at Emory University in Atlanta. One of the judges of the final round of this past season’s Tournament of Champions, James was previously a highly-successful coach at Chattahoochee High School [...]
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October 13, 2010
This episode focuses on several topics of interest to debaters including preparation techniques, case debating, analytical arguments, and strategies for improvement. In particular, tips are provided to “striving” debaters—those that are making the transition to the varsity level or attempting to break through to the elimination rounds for the first time—to help them overcome the [...]
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September 30, 2010
The season two premiere features discussion of several topics including the Greenhill tournament (including reaction to the direction of the topic, affirmative case selection, topicality, and the deterrence disadvantage), impact assessment, paperless debate and flowing, and emerging paperless debating norms. In this episode: Bill Batterman, Maggie Berthiaume, Roy Levkovitz, Scott Phillips
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September 30, 2010
In another Special Edition of the podcast, Bill discusses paperless debating with Alex Gulakov of the University of Texas and Ellis Allen and Daniel Taylor of the Westminster Schools. In this episode: Ellis Allen, Bill Batterman, Alex Gulakov, Daniel Taylor.
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September 30, 2010
In a Special Edition of the podcast, Bill and Roy discuss preparation and strategy with Will Repko and Jonathan Paul. In this episode: Bill Batterman, Roy Levkovitz, Jonathan Paul, Will Repko.
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September 30, 2010
This episode centered around questions from readers and includes the following topics: Woodward Tournament Review: Disclosure Award, Division Eligibility, Scott’s Absence Announcement: Will Repko Podcast at the NDCA Next Year’s Topic: What generic counterplans will be popular? What generic critiques will be popular? Roy’s Topic Idea: Forcible regime change in Iran, Venezuela, North Korea, Cuba [...]
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September 30, 2010
In a follow-up to episode 12, Malcolm Gordon and Scott Phillips answer reader questions about the critique. Topics include how to impact turn a kritik effectively- dos and don’ts, he key to impact turn strategies like de-development, why is the Obama good DA so dominant and the Obama bad disad almost non-existent?, how you should [...]
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September 30, 2010
In the second Malgorcast, Malcolm Gordon and Scott Phillips discuss how to debate the critique (and whether to debate it like a disadvantage). Topics include “how we are in fact real Americans who fight for the rights of everyone,” “how debating the K like a DA is brilliant… only the exact opposite,” “why is everyone [...]
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September 30, 2010
Topics discussed include: The Spirit of Disclosure Award: Should analytical arguments be disclosed? What level of disclosure should be expected? What makes for an effective wiki page? Woodward PP: worst wiki page in the country? Flowing: A lost art? Should The 3NR create other awards recognizing effective research, innovative strategies, etc.? Speaker Points: Are they [...]
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September 30, 2010
Topics discussed include: A Judging Hypothetical (from Rajesh Jegadeesh), Do Dropped Advantages Need To Be Explicitly Extended in the 2AC/1AR?, Rounds We Judged Together At The Glenbrooks, Non-Sensical Plan Writing and Plan-Inclusive Counterplans, Disclosure Norms Regarding New Plan Texts, Research Techniques (in regard to the Crowd-Sourcing Threads), Specific vs. General Critique Responses, Impact Turns Alongside [...]
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September 30, 2010
Topics discussed include pre-tournament preparation, politics research, file/update organization, 2AC strategies versus the politics disadvantage, impact turning politics, 1AR preparation strategies, adapting to unfamiliar judges, and a few other topics. In this episode: Bill Batterman, Roy Levkovitz, Scott Phillips.
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