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In The Bin: The Rhetoric, Argumentation, and Debate Podcast

In The Bin: The Rhetoric, Argumentation, and Debate Podcast

Written by: Steve Llano
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 The Number One or Two podcast worldwide on the art of debate, argumentation, and rhetoric. Lively, ridiculous, and intelligent conversation on matters of oratory, debate, argumentation, and rhetoric. Support the podcast! https://www.buymeacoffee.com/inthebinpodcast Thanks for any donation you'd like to make; it all goes back into making more episodes! Cover Photo by Siarhei Plashchynski on Unsplash https://unsplash.com/@s_plashchynski

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Episodes
  • ALTA is back! Yes! But What Happens Next?

    ALTA is back! Yes! But What Happens Next?
    Aug 14 2025

    In the rhetoric, debate, and argumentation community, we are very happy to have the ALTA conference back.

    But where does it go from here?

    Let's look at the central issues and importance of ALTA in this episode.



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    21 mins
  • The National Speech & Debate Association

    The National Speech & Debate Association
    Jun 25 2025

    In this episode we will take a look at the NSDA national tournament through the CBS Morning Show story about it and the tragic and traumatic incident that happened during the national final round. Both are deeply rhetorical; both are part of the larger force operating speech & debate which is, of course, discourse itself.

    Comments welcome!



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    1 hr and 4 mins
  • Three Examples of Debate Scholarship (feat. Lacan)

    Three Examples of Debate Scholarship (feat. Lacan)
    Jun 18 2025

    In this week's episode we look at the Alta Argumentation conference schedule, the recent Argumentation Network of the America's call for papers on debate, and a recent publication about a CEDA final round from 2016.

    All three are fascinating but are made more so by thinking about them through the terms of the four discourses, a theory of human meaning making offered by Jacques Lacan.



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    58 mins
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