Soapboxers
A fly-on-the-wall podcast about community college speech and debate teams featuring conversations, interpretations, and in-depth looks into the world of speech and debate tournaments and the ideas that drive them.
- Update frequency
- every 9 days
- Average duration
- 23 minutes
- Episodes
- 12
- Years Active
- 2021
S1E11 - Fall Champs
The Orange Coast College team competes in the largest and most important tournament of the semester: Fall champs.
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S1E10 - Judges Can Be Anybody
We go behind the scenes and discover what it's like to plan, host, and judge a tournament.
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S1E8 - Teachers, Cheerleaders, Mentors
We take a look at the act of coaching, the impact it has on students, and how to achieve that impact. Plus, Talon sees if he's got what it takes to coach forensics.
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S1E7 - The First Tournament
The OCC team competes in their first in person tournament since the start of the Covid-19 Pandemic.
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S1E6 - What Do You Debate About?
Finally, the answer to the age old question: What do you debate about?
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S1E5 - Two Minutes
Coach Hannah Haghighat guides us through the world of limited preparation events, where competitors write a speech in as little as two minutes. Plus, host Talon Stradley dusts off his speaking skills…
S1E4 - How To Write A Speech
Coach Sean Connor walks us through the process of creating a competitive platform speech.
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S1E3 - Acting With Advocacy
In our first event deep dive, we learn about Oral Interpretation and the value of using performance as a form of advocacy. Then, we speak to former OCC speech and debate competitor and poet Jinno Vic…
S1E2 - The Squad Room
It's the first team meeting of the year! Find out what it takes to turn an empty new building into a Squad Room!
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S1E1 - The Context of Trophies
Orange Coast College Director of Forensics Shauhin Davari gives us an overview of speech and debate, OCC's legacy, and the context that surrounds trophies.
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Soapboxers Trailer
Welcome to Soapboxers! A fly-on-the-wall podcast featuring conversations, interpretations, and in-depth looks at speech and debate tournaments and the ideas that drive them.
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