412 Episodes

  1. #142 - Should College Athletes Be Paid?

    Published: 11/1/2017
  2. #141 - Is Western Democracy In Danger?

    Published: 10/11/2017
  3. #140 - Is the U.S. Healthcare System Terminally Broken?

    Published: 10/4/2017
  4. #139 - Face-Off with China: Foreign Policy in the Trump Era

    Published: 9/20/2017
  5. How to Debate... Yourself.

    Published: 8/30/2017
  6. A Summer Challenge: Radical Rethinking

    Published: 8/9/2017
  7. The State of Debate on Capitol Hill: The American Health Care Act

    Published: 6/27/2017
  8. #138 - Your Private Data: Can Tech Companies Keep it from the Law?

    Published: 6/14/2017
  9. #137 - Will Video Games Make Us Smarter?

    Published: 5/17/2017
  10. #136 - Unresolved: Trump's First 100 Days

    Published: 5/1/2017
  11. #135 - Has Walmart Been Good For America?

    Published: 4/12/2017
  12. #134 - Is Universal Basic Income the Safety Net of the Future?

    Published: 3/29/2017
  13. #133 - Are Charter Schools Overrated?

    Published: 3/8/2017
  14. #132 - Has the U.S.-Saudi "Special Relationship" Outlived its Usefulness?

    Published: 2/15/2017
  15. #131 - Should We Give Trump a Chance?

    Published: 2/7/2017
  16. #130 - Is Policing Racially Biased?

    Published: 1/18/2017
  17. #129 - Should States Call a Convention to Amend the Constitution?

    Published: 12/14/2016
  18. #128 - Is Obama's Foreign Policy a Failure?

    Published: 12/7/2016
  19. #127 - Has Gerrymandering Destroyed the Political Center?

    Published: 11/23/2016
  20. #126 - Should We Give Undocumented Immigrants a Path to Citizenship?

    Published: 11/2/2016

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