Tyler Barron joins me to discuss his extemp process and how he separates himself from the competition. We delve into topics such as being more personable, extemp prep routines, and speaking well.

Tyler has qualified for nationals every year he has competed and has, thus far this season, won the Online Open for Extemp and has placed 3rd or higher in every tournament he's participated in Extemp.

Emma Lo joins me today to discuss how to effectively strategize, craft, and utilize TP rebuttals to make the most of your round. We dive into topic areas from the theoretical to the practical. Examining various issues like time management, organization, and proper impacting.

Emma has pre-qualed to Nationals in TP for the past 3 years, and has been awarded numerous debate achievements. Most notably, Emma and her partner Nathan Chen have gone to finals 4 times this season alone, and have won 3 out of those 4 finals rounds.

Gabe Zylstra, one of the most consistent LD debaters this year in terms of performance and placing, joins me today to discuss how to approach this resolution in order to communicate clearly and effectively. We also explore the process behind consistency in rounds and in terms of performance.

This year in LD alone, Gabe won an online mixer, a qualifier, and placed second at the NC National Open. He also placed 12th in TP at the most recent regional qualifier ;)