Building the Discourse of Tomorrow
Reshaping competitive debate through open source rigor.
Debate 101 is an unincorporated non-profit collective bridging the gap between novice learners and elite competition through tools, community, and strategy.
Architect Community
Join 100+ debaters in our live analysis and strategy hub.
Universal Knowledge Base
The World's Largest
Debate Resource Hub.
Debate 101 is cataloging every essential tool, lecture, camp, and research asset in the international circuit. From specialized software like Verbatim to niche critical theory scholarly databases, our Global Hub provides debaters with an ecosystem of strategic advantages.
Open Source Collaboration
Become a Known Collaborator.
Join the collective of debaters helping scale competitive discourse. Known collaborators gain recognition on our platform and direct influence over our resource pipeline.
Onboarding Protocol
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Audit our platform and analyze the currently indexed strategic assets.
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Submit 3 resource suggestions via the
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Follow our official analysis channel on Instagram at instagram.debate101.org.
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Submit your name and a brief biography in the
#known_collabrator_requestchannel.
Strategic Assets
Ecosystem Hub
Precision tournament timer for LD, Policy, and PF. Integrated speech sequences and prep-tracking.
Statistically project outround break points and "bubble" probabilities based on field entries.
Real-time strategic synthesis engine for resolution analysis and follow-up support.
Instantly convert Verbatim cases into Excel flow templates with pure tag extraction.
The Collective
Who we are.
Debate 101 is driven by a quartet of dedicated debaters and developers committed to scaling high-level discourse. We are architecting a sustainable learning ecosystem for the next generation.
Vivaan Shahani
Co-Founder
Max Feinstein
Co-Founder
Max McBride
Co-Founder
Arjun Gupta
Co-Founder
Elite Instruction
The Lecture Lab.
Master the mechanics of high-level debate through our digital archive of instruction. From technical drilling to complex critical theory breakdowns, we host the circuit's most advanced conceptual analysis.