Contention 1

Coach Durkee and Coach Josh talk about overcoming fear of others watching you debate. Plus they cover the latest controversy in the gene editing world how it will affect your debates.

C1 welcomes Coach Jordan Blumenthal to the show to talk about recent tournaments, the gene editing topic and the future of debate in China. Plus they address an interesting phrase from the ballots also known as 論理を調べる.

Coaches Durkee and Josh have some advice for all the novices attending this weekend’s Shanghai Novice Tournament. They also tackle some more advanced topics like inherency and share their true feelings about Public Forum.

Don’t call it a comeback! Coaches Durkee and Josh are talking about the new topic: gene editing. Josh gives some first impressions on the topic and muses about GATTACA while Durkee straightens out some misconceptions and gives you his number 1 Con case.

Coaches Durkee and Josh face-off in a demo debate on the immigration topic. Get the evidence from this episode at: contention1.com/evidence Or download the evidence here: