Now THIS is What We Call a Debate!
The Michele Tafoya Podcast
Salem Podcast Network
2.4 • 590 Ratings
🗓️ 11 April 2024
⏱️ 28 minutes
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Summary
There is nothing more fruitful than the vigorous competition of opposing viewpoints. But as high school debate organizations have become inundated by progressive ideologies, actual debate is being crushed. There is hope, however. Vivek Ramaswamy and Bill DeBlasio recently appeared on the same stage with the same mission: to help revive authentic debate.
2024 Incubate Debate National Champion Briana Whatley joins Michele, along with the competition's founder, James Fishback.
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| 0:00.0 | Welcome to another episode of the Michelle Tofoya podcast. Please subscribe. We'd love to have you as a follower. Whatever platform you're listening on, whether it's Spotify or YouTube, Rumble, Apple podcast, wherever, hit subscribe so you never miss an episode. Today's should inspire you and it should give you hope. As Barry Weiss said, there's a lot of bad happening in |
| 0:23.1 | the world. So when you get a spark of hope that we're going to show you in a minute, she said it |
| 0:28.7 | it makes your day. So debate in America, whether it's at the high school level, the presidential |
| 0:36.0 | level, the college level, wherever it is, |
| 0:39.3 | have you noticed how much has changed? Either people avoid it, they don't do it, or when they do it |
| 0:44.6 | at the high school level, there's an organization, the judges are incredibly biased. You will hear |
| 0:51.9 | a story of that in our next conversation that's coming up in a matter of moments |
| 0:56.2 | about how young lady walked into a debate hall and was told if she mentioned a certain name, |
| 1:04.2 | she'd be, she'd lose the debate, she'd be disqualified. She was not allowed to mention it. |
| 1:09.6 | This isn't free speech, folks. This is not free speech. And it's a scary |
| 1:17.2 | trend. And yes, it's a trend. But there are always those who are willing to buck the trend |
| 1:24.3 | and start something new. And I love those people. And one of them is James |
| 1:28.7 | Fishback. He has started, he is a former debate champion who has started his own debate |
| 1:34.6 | organization called incubate debate.org. And I'll tell you two names that were there to support |
| 1:42.5 | him at the nationals recently, Vivek Ramoswamy, |
| 1:47.0 | and former New York Mayor Bill de Blasio. You're going to get all the details next. |
| 1:54.4 | Welcome to the Michelle Tofoya podcast. |
| 2:02.9 | Well, this is right on theme. |
| 2:09.1 | At the heart of our democracy lies a principle that we absolutely hold sacred, and that is free speech. |
| 2:13.6 | It is the cornerstone that supports every other freedom that we love. |
| 2:19.0 | Yet in today's digital age, discussions about our wealth, our rights, and our future are being silenced or overshadowed in mainstream narratives, leaving a lot of you feeling voiceless |
| 2:24.2 | in conversations crucial to your financial independence and security. And this is where |
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