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Hosted by Michael Hepburn · education · EN-US
This podcast discusses all things related to schools debating: setting up debate clubs, coaching, competitions, formats and more. Hosted by Michael Hepburn, a former competitive debater with 15 years coaching experience who is currently director of Debate Hub.
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Signup to Generate a PitchThis podcast discusses all things related to schools debating: setting up debate clubs, coaching, competitions, formats and more. Hosted by Michael Hepburn, a former competitive debater with 15 years coaching experience who is currently director of Debate Hub.
Debate Hub is hosted by Michael Hepburn. The show has published 57 episodes to date.
Recent episodes include "The state of oracy part 1- education & politics" (18 May 2026, 39 minutes), "The state of oracy part 1- education & politics" (18 May 2026, 39 minutes), and "SEND & Oracy" (27 February 2026, 26 minutes).
Debate Hub publishes roughly monthly, with episodes averaging 45 minutes across 57 episodes.
Booking probability for Debate Hub is 32%, and the host is rated Selective on guests. Debate Hub requires a Pod Score of 80 or higher. Debate Hub's contact route on record: verified email.
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Michael Hepburn hosts Debate Hub, an education podcast with 57 episodes published.
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In this episode Kate & Michael talk about oracy education as it stands in the UK in 2026, as well as discussing how it affects our political understanding. In the second part we move on to talk about the confluence of...
Episode #10
In this episode Kate & Michael talk about oracy education as it stands in the UK in 2026, as well as discussing how it affects our political understanding. In the second part we move on to talk about the confluence of...
Episode #9
To celebrate the release of the oracy white paper, Kate & Michael discuss how Debate Hub's way of doing oracy endeavors to be inclusive for SEND students.
Episode #8
In this episode Kate & Michael discuss two recent Debate Hub events: a large Oxford Union style show debate and our inaugural mooting competition. We discuss what worked, what we would change and how partner schools can...
Episode #7
To celebrate our upcoming AI in Education show debate (link below) Kate and Michael sit down for a bumper episode to discuss AI in debating, speech writing and education more generally...
Episode #6
In this episode, Kate and Michael reflect the last year in debating and look at some things we hope improve, some things we appreciate and our favourite motion set of 2025.
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In this pod, Michael sits down with Amanda Moorghan, Director of Learning, Impact and Influence at Voice 21. Former colleagues who debated against each other many many years ago, Amanda and Michael discuss oracy...
Episode #4
In this episode Kate & Michael discuss MUN and the perceived hatred between debating and MUN. If you want to take part in our competitions details can be found here: All Events - Debatehub
Episode #3
Schools often talk about empowering student voice, but do we really want to hear what they have to say? Kate and Michael discuss.
Episode #2
Every year, several of our sixth formers run clubs and teach lessons in local state primaries. In this episode Michael talks with two of his students who were teaching debating last year, what they learned, what they...
Episode #1
Inspired by Dave Ramsey, Kate and Michael discuss the seven steps to making your school a thriving hub of oracy.
Episode #9
Kate obtained a congratulatory first, a masters and a PhD at Oxford. During her time as a postgrad she was an interviewer for her college. In this episode, Michael picks her brain about Oxbridge interviews, how debating...
Episode #8
In this episode, Michael & Kate discuss 'framing' which can also be thought of as 'context setting'.
Episode #7
Kate & Michael discuss opening lines. First looking at great opening lines in literature, we then discuss how to have a great opening line for public speaking and how to use opening lines in competitive debating.
Episode #6
In this episode, Kate & Michael discuss POIs, the short interjections that you are allowed to offer in almost all forms of debating. How to give them, take them, their importance and their applications in real life.
Episode #5
In this episode, Michael & Kate dive deep on responding to and defeating arguments in competitive debating. To attend our debating summer camp for ages 12-16 click here...
Episode #4
In this episode, Kate & Michael discuss the importance of 'why important' - more commonly called impacting. We also look at 'why more important' and 'why most important' commonly called weighing.
Episode #3
In a special episode, Michael sits down with Laura Coryton MBE to discuss how schools can have productive conversations around the themes raised in the smash hit show Adolescence. Laura is the founder and director of...
Episode #2
In the second episode of season 2 Kate & Michael discuss how to properly 'analyse' (explain/justify) points to make compelling and persuasive arguments. We cover chains, chunking, characterisation, analogy, intuition...
Episode #1
In this first episode of season 2, Kate & Michael discuss the tips and tricks of coming up with arguments, the most fundamentals and important skill in debating. Season 2 will focus on a different skill each episode.
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