When top speech and debate competitors want to hone their craft, they practice by talking to a wall… or into a podcast mic. These kids spend their weekends and evenings wrestling with some of the world’s most complicated topics all in a bid to make it to the National Championships. Every episode we’ll be exploring this journey and following along as dedicated kids from the ModernBrain program work to be the best competitors they can be.
Can I do Speech & Debate if I'm involved in sports? In this episode, we discuss the intersection between academic and physical activities, their differences, their similarities, and how each one can …
What does it mean when you switch events or even switch countries? Every competitor has a different journey and this episode we talk to four ModernBrain students who tell us a little about where they…
We all know Speech and Debate helps you grow as a person, but how exactly does that happen? In this episode, we explore the various ways Speech and Debate helps people of all ages take that next step…
This is a speech and debate podcast, so let's hear a debate! At the elementary tournament we visited in an earlier episode, the kids decided to put on a spontaneous debate while waiting for the final…
This episode we are introducing you to one of the ModernBrain coaches: Trig. Trig is a coach for the national team helping students to compete at the highest level. But did you know that he also has …
Austin and Graham are two debaters who are competing at a national championship... in an event they've never done before. As they learn the ins and outs of Duo, Austin and Graham reflect on the exper…
It's part two of our elementary tournament adventure taking us all the way to the award's ceremony. Who takes home the gold? How do competitors handle the long day? Plus, what happens when we let the…
What happens when the youngest competitors venture out to their first tournament? In this episode, we venture out to an elementary school speech and debate tournament to talk to competitors about the…
Its day two of the Peninsula Invitational and we have a grab bag of interviews to take you through the day! We'll learn about warmups, impromptu, what it means to break, and which students made it pa…
Visit the Peninsula Invitational tournament as we meet a couple of middle school competitors going up against high school students for their shot at a national tournament bid. Plus, we'll learn a abo…