The Third Substantive

Episode 21: Shaun can't get up

Welcome to Season 3! The first half of this season features Shaun and Sher May (WUDC 2021 Quarterfinalists), who join me in discussing the Singapore Debate Circuit at length, in two marathon recordings that we will release across several episodes. This first episode features their debate experiences in NUS, takeaways from university debating, and the differences between pre-tertiary and university debating. Next up: Listener questions and coaching philosophies! Have a question? Email deonkiew@gmail.com under the heading "Listener Question: TTS" and we may answer it in a subsequent episode! --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/deon-kiew/message

20-- Suneeti Sreekumar: "Breaking was a bonus, but it was never the final objective..."

The finale of Season 2 is very much a "lost" episode-- it was supposed to be released in September of 2021, but it stayed in the vault for a good 9 months beyond that due to my other commitments. I spoke to Suneeti Sreekumar, ex-President of NJC Debate and current Oxford Law undergraduate, back in August to talk about her experiences in NJC Debate across 6 years. She talked about the challenges of keeping afloat a debate club with little access to resources, the surprises and turmoils along her journey, and what current batches of NJC-ians and other debaters can take away about how to run a debate society at the pre-university level. (P.S Many apologies to Suneeti, who had to wait many months for this episode to be released!) Also coming up-- Season 3! The first episode of the new format (a serialized conversation with two stalwarts of the SG circuit across multiple episodes) will be released in only a matter of weeks. Till then, stay tuned! --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/deon-kiew/message

19-- Balachander Prashanthi: "We play too many board games... after training at NTU"

The outgoing President of NTU Debates, Bala, joins Deon on the podcast to talk about her time at NTU, her best memories, and how NTU has changed across 4 years. --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/deon-kiew/message

18-- Ariel Lim: "Debating has been one of the biggest things to help me speak up"

Ariel Lim pops by the podcast to talk about her (as-yet-unfinished) journey in Debate! She talks to Deon about debating for over a decade, the joys she has had on the journey, and how to sustain an interest and passion in debate. --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/deon-kiew/message

17-- Wisha Jamal: "When our coaches said the WSDC lineup might change, we thought they were joking..."

Wisha Jamal, an incredible debater from Yale-NUS, stops by to recount her experiences in debating, including as a member of the Pakistani WSDC team in 2017 and 2018. She talks about how it was like being thrown into the WSDC squad last minute, the difficulties of travelling to debates, and her experiences in the Singapore circuit. --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/deon-kiew/message