Brat McCay here and welcome to another edition of the Art of Manliness Podcast.

Whenever you get into an argument, whether you're discussing politics with a colleague,

or the distribution of chores with your spouse, you likely feel like you're floundering.

You feel worked up, but you don't feel like you're getting your point across, much less

convincing than the person of it, and the conversation simply goes in circles.

You can feel like a rink, amateur at arguing.

The only thing you need are some pro tips from someone who's spent his life arguing competitively.

Inter my guest, Bo So, Bo is a two time world champion debater, a former coach of the

Australian national debating team in the Harvard College debating union, and the author of

Good Arguments, how debate teaches us to listen and be heard.

Taylor Show, born and discussed why learning the art of rhetoric and debate was once an

integral part of education in the West, why the subject disappeared from schools, and the

loss this has represented for society.

We then turn the lessons Bo's taken from his debating career that you can apply to your

own everyday arguments, whether it's big or small.

Bo explains why it's important to establish what an argument is really about before you

start into it, and shares a rubric for homing in on which the three types of disagreements

may be at the core of a conflict.

He then explains two things a strong argument has to do, and four questions to ask yourself

to see if you've met these requirements.

Bo also impacts his three piece for creating persuasive rhetoric and how to effectively

rebut someone else's claims.

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