Tonight: Michel Foucault vs. Noam Chomsky

You can see a video of Chomsky and Foucault debating. Click here for the video.

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VB-DVDs Now in Production

LOS ANGELES, CA - Today, I had a chance to personally supervise the recordings of one of the VB-DVDs, a fantastic teaching tool introduced several years ago by Victory Briefs. Stephen Babb is coordinating this year’s DVD program. Three debates have occurred so far.

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A Note on the Videos & The 2006 TOC Final Round

SANTA MONICA, CA - Alas, you will find no conspiracy here. For those of you who love conspiracy theories, I would recommend going to the Conspiracy Museum in Dallas.

The truth is that we are reluctant to put up the final round video because Mr. Hess’ microphone is not on in the final round. And, according to Min, the octafinal round (Weeks v. Shields) is completely messed up. Here is the final round video.

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We hope you have enjoyed this free service. If you have the ability, please consider donating so we can continue this service. Also, we hope you will please stop hijacking every other thread. We will be putting up videos from Blake, the Skyway Round Robin, VBT@Archer, and the Victory Briefs Round Robin shortly.

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TOC 2006 Video #3: Quarterfinals - Jeffers v. Motgi

SANTA MONICA, CA - The following video, recorded by Min Zhang for Victory Briefs Daily, features an quarterfinal round debate between Douglas Jeffers from Dulles High School on the affirmative and Anjali Motgi of Hockaday on the negative. The round was adjudicated by David McGinnis, Chetan Hertzig and Ryan Lawrence. The decision was a 3-0 for the affirmative.

(Please note that we ran into technical difficulties throughout the tapings. If you don’t hear sound at some points, it’s probably not your computer’s fault.)

Here is the stream:

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TOC 2006 Video #2: Semifinals - Rai v. Weeks

SANTA MONICA, CA - The following video, recorded by Min Zhang for Victory Briefs Daily, features an semifinal round debate between Prashant Rai from Mountain View High School on the affirmative and David Weeks of Highland Park High School on the negative. The round was adjudicated by Anjan Choudhury, Stacy Thomas, Tommy Clancy, Paul Schiano, and Larry McGrath. The decision was a 3-2 for the negative with Thomas and Clancy dissenting.

(Please note that we ran into technical difficulties throughout the tapings. If you don’t hear sound at some points, it’s probably not your computer’s fault.)

Here is the stream:

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TOC 2006 Video #1: Run-off - Jeffers v. Dudley

SANTA MONICA, CA - The following video, recorded by Min Zhang for Victory Briefs Daily, features a run-off round debate between Douglas Jeffers of Dulles High School on the affirmative and Jeremy Dudley of Mayde Creek High School on the negative. The round was adjudicated by Wesley Craven, Beena Koshy, and Tara McLellan. On a 3-0 decision, the panel voted for the affirmative.

(Please note that we ran into technical difficulties throughout the tapings. If you don’t hear sound at some points, it’s probably not your computer’s fault.)

Here is the stream:

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VBD Video Coverage: TOC Final Round

SANTA MONICA, CA - The following video, recorded by Ryan Hamilton for Victory Briefs Daily at the TOC, features the final round debate between affirmative Hirsh Jain of Mission San Jose High School and negative David Wolfish of the Greenhill School. The round was adjudicated by Tim Averill, Mike Bietz, Nick Coburn-Palo, Cherian Koshy, and Jenn Larson. The panel voted unanimously for the negative. The round was a rematch of the Glenbrooks finalists (David that tournament on a 2-1 decision) and brought their overall record against each other to a 2-2. Its outcome established David as the first Texan ever to win the Tournament of Champions.

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