How Many Topics is Enough?

What we wanted to talk about last week, in the episode with Ryan and PJ that got lost in the ozone, was how many topics we should have in LD. In Episode 52, which hasn't gotten lost in the ozone, Cruz and Menick discuss this between themselves, seeing that Bietz and CP were recovering from Valentine's Day and couldn't get their vocal cords to work.

NDCA: They're back and they're mad

Well, they're back, anyhow, if you define they as Menick, Cruz and Palmer (although Palmer's feed sounds like he's got somebody standing behind him tap dancing). Don't know what happened to the Bietzer. Anyhow, there's been a lot of discussion over on the NDCA listserver about the purpose of the organization, and the nature of their tournament. NDCA has always been a bit of an odd forensic fish, trying to find its place in the great sea of...something or other. Anyhow, check out Episode 51.

Starting with Jan-Feb...

There's been a lot of discussion of the Jan-Feb topic, and Menick, Bietz and Cruz throw their oars in the water in Episode 50.

Meanwhile, we're looking for people who want to guest on the program, especially if you think we're full of what we will euphemistically refer to as hot air. That's one of the things we talk about on this program, the need to communicate opposing views in a civilized fashion. We're pretty civilized, I think. Anyhow, all you need is a Skype account and you're ready to go! Email one of us.

Link requested

The link to the article on overlearning the game.

This is well worth reading.

Modern Registration and the End of Debate as We Know it

Menick, Cruz and Palmer yammer about the ins and outs of registering online and why Menick is wooing PF in an episode without the man we call the James Franco of TVFT: Episode 49.

Disclosure, rankings and side distributions

Yeah, I know. The four Mouseketeers always talk about disclosure, rankings and side distributions, but this time it's different: this time the show is a real stinker, and Cruz succumbs to Big Bronxitis right in the middle of it. How can you skip that? Listen to Episode 48.

The Vegeterribles

The Four Traveling Salesman of Doom discuss Sept-Oct's animal rights resolution. Episode 47. (No animals were harmed in the making of this program, except for Bietz, a little bit.)