{"id":3252307,"date":"2018-09-14T21:33:52","date_gmt":"2018-09-15T00:33:52","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/chsrfm.ca\/blog\/?p=3252307"},"modified":"2018-09-14T21:33:52","modified_gmt":"2018-09-15T00:33:52","slug":"the-lunchbox-interview-alexandre-silberman-stu-debate-society","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/chsrfm.ca\/blog\/specialty\/lunchbox\/the-lunchbox-interview-alexandre-silberman-stu-debate-society","title":{"rendered":"The Lunchbox Interview: Alexandre Silberman (STU Debate Society)"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><em><a href=\"http:\/\/chsrfm.ca\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/LunchBox-2018STUDebateSociety-1.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"3252309\" data-permalink=\"http:\/\/chsrfm.ca\/blog\/specialty\/lunchbox\/the-lunchbox-interview-alexandre-silberman-stu-debate-society\/attachment\/lunchbox-2018studebatesociety-2\" data-orig-file=\"http:\/\/chsrfm.ca\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/LunchBox-2018STUDebateSociety-1.jpg\" data-orig-size=\"1400,1400\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;0&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"LunchBox-2018STUDebateSociety\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-large-file=\"http:\/\/chsrfm.ca\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/LunchBox-2018STUDebateSociety-1-800x800.jpg\" class=\"alignright size-medium wp-image-3252309\" src=\"http:\/\/chsrfm.ca\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/LunchBox-2018STUDebateSociety-1-300x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"http:\/\/chsrfm.ca\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/LunchBox-2018STUDebateSociety-1-300x300.jpg 300w, http:\/\/chsrfm.ca\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/LunchBox-2018STUDebateSociety-1-100x100.jpg 100w, http:\/\/chsrfm.ca\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/LunchBox-2018STUDebateSociety-1-768x768.jpg 768w, http:\/\/chsrfm.ca\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/LunchBox-2018STUDebateSociety-1-800x800.jpg 800w, http:\/\/chsrfm.ca\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/LunchBox-2018STUDebateSociety-1.jpg 1400w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a>The art of structured argument is sincerely needed in our current society, so it&#8217;s always encouraging to hear people are interested in exploring the tradition or reasoned debate.<\/em><\/p>\n<p>My guest today is <strong>Alexandre Silberman<\/strong>, the president of the <a href=\"http:\/\/www.stusu.ca\/clubs-societies\/\"><strong>St Thomas University Debate Society<\/strong><\/a>. 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