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From the Radiolab podcast: Can a queer, Black, first-generation college student change what counts as rigorous academic argument? Well, that’s still up for debate.
In competitive debate future presidents, Supreme Court justices and titans of industry pummel each other with logic and rhetoric.
Looking back on an episode originally aired in 2016, we take a good long look at the world of competitive college debate, so unclasp your briefcase because it’s time for a showdown.
This is Ryan Wash's story. He's a queer, Black, first-generation college student from Kansas City, Missouri, who joined the debate team at Emporia State University on a whim. When he started going up against fast-talking, well-funded, “name-brand” teams, from places like Northwestern and Harvard, it was clear he wasn’t in Kansas anymore. So Ryan became the vanguard of a movement that made everything about debate debatable. In the end, he made himself a home in a strange and hostile land. Whether he was able to change what counts as rigorous academic argument … well, that’s still up for debate.
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From the Radiolab podcast: Can a queer, Black, first-generation college student change what counts as rigorous academic argument? Well, that’s still up for debate.
In competitive debate future presidents, Supreme Court justices and titans of industry pummel each other with logic and rhetoric.
Looking back on an episode originally aired in 2016, we take a good long look at the world of competitive college debate, so unclasp your briefcase because it’s time for a showdown.
This is Ryan Wash's story. He's a queer, Black, first-generation college student from Kansas City, Missouri, who joined the debate team at Emporia State University on a whim. When he started going up against fast-talking, well-funded, “name-brand” teams, from places like Northwestern and Harvard, it was clear he wasn’t in Kansas anymore. So Ryan became the vanguard of a movement that made everything about debate debatable. In the end, he made himself a home in a strange and hostile land. Whether he was able to change what counts as rigorous academic argument … well, that’s still up for debate.
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