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The Debaters is the hit show where comedians go toe-to-toe in a battle of laughs and logic. Hosted by award-winning funnyman Steve Patterson, the program is a combustible combination of sharply crafted comedic rants and hilarious ad libs. The engaging format is part stand-up, part quiz show and part comedy competition, with the live audience picking the winners.
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We’ve got a brainy battle on whether museums are the secret to smarts. Then, are rules meant to be broken? Stay tuned for a criminally funny debate.Featuring: Isabel Zaw-Tun, Wassim El-Mounzer, Deborah Kimmett, and Don Kelly.
2We’ve got a meaty debate on whether shawarma is the best midnight meal, then, two comedians school each other on parent-teacher conferences.Featuring: Ali Hassan, Courtney Gilmour, Matt Falk, and Jenny Pue.
We’re bringing shear brilliance when mullets take on perms, then, be prepared to laugh when we discuss if everyone should become a doomsday prepper.Featuring: Dave Hemstad, Laurie Elliott, Martha Chaves, and Paul Myrehaug.
We’re waxing on about the pros and cons of candles, we feel the need for speed when we ask if Tom Cruise really is the Top Gun.Featuring: Jon Steinberg, Jan Caruana, Adam Cawley, and David Pryde.
We’re getting dialed in with a debate on landline phones. Then, we’re pitting two easily confused cities against each other - it’s Saint John, New Brunswick versus St. John’s, Newfoundland.Featuring: Matt Wright, Nikki Payne, James Mullinger, and Peter White.
We’re right on target with a debate on snowball fights, then, it’s an ageless discussion on whether 60 is the new 40. Note, for all you keen Debaters fans, this is one from our vaults!Featuring: Derek Edwards, Dave Hemstad, Mike Wilmot, and Deborah Kimmett.
It’s never too late for night owls to take on early birds, then, we decide if dogsledding is paws-itively thrilling.Featuring: Don Kelly, Yumi Nagashima, Graham Clark, and Jenny Hamilton.
Right on cue, we’re pitting pool against darts. Then, two Prince Edward Islanders go potatoe-to-toe on whether their home province is the best place to grow up.Featuring: Kelly Taylor, Clare Belford, Meg MacKay, and Patrick Ledwell.
We’re deciding if it’s better to plan ahead or play it by ear, and if we should all get on board with small airports.Featuring: Nour Hadidi, Graham Chittenden, Shawn Hogan, and James Mullinger.
We’re deciding if high school friendships are forever, then, it’s no time to be a fencesitter when we debate whether a nosy neighbour beats a noisy neighbour.Featuring: Charlie Demers, Heidi Brander, Lisa Baker, and Derek Seguin.
It's full stream ahead when we pit podcasts against music. Then, we go to town on whether date nights should be crucial to every couple.Featuring: Erica Sigurdson, Myles Anderson, Kyle Brownrigg, and Kate Davis.We value your input. Fill out our listener questionnaire here!
We’ve got a stone cold debate on whether curling should be Canada’s national sport. Then, who dishes out a better Thanksgiving, Canadians or Americans?Featuring: John Cullen, Elvira Kurt, Clifton Cremo, and Nathan Macintosh.Fill out our listener survey here. We appreciate your input!
We’re deciding if meeting the parents is a major milestone, and whether Victoria, BC has the cool factor.Featuring: Syd Bosel, Abdul Aziz, Ivan Decker, and Katie-Ellen Humphries.Fill out our listener survey here. We appreciate your input!
We have a fasten-ating debate on Velcro vs. laces, then, we get down to business when we discuss dress codes at work.Featuring: Lisa Baker, Sean Cullen, Chad Anderson, and Brittany Lyseng.
We’re deciding if Bluetooth just makes you blue, and if everyone should be driven to get a driver’s license.Featuring: Arthur Simeon, Matt Falk, Jackie Pirico, and Derek Edwards.
We’re deciding if it makes sense to say “I do” all over again, and whether we should give living in the North the cold shoulder.Featuring: Charlie Demers, Erica Sigurdson, Gavin Clarkson, and Quincy Thomas.
It’s the premiere of our 20th season! So we’re asking: Is 20 years a long time? Then, what’s in a name? We’re deciding if these signifiers need significance.Featuring: Derek Seguin, Lara Rae, Ola Dada, and Wes Borg.
It’s a throwdown when we decide if everyone should take up pottery. Then, should we all love lining up? We get down to the pros and cons of this social practice.Featuring: Jacob Samuel, Brittany Lyseng, Abdul Aziz, and Ryan Williams.
It’s a battle of the brains when we discuss whether kids are smarter than their parents, then, we’ve got the X-Factor with a debate on talent shows.Featuring: Ivan Decker, Syd Bosel, Sean Lecomber, and Sterling Scott.
Our season finale episode is a grocery grudge match and a real re-treat!Featuring: Matt Wright, Jan Caruana, Laurie Elliott, and Tamara Shevon.
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we're in a housing crisis and CBC is advertising airbnb, your sad and don't represent the common person
why do I need to know your damn sexual orientation? oh please. comedy is what I seek. guess I gotta get it some place else
why do I need to know if you are gay or straight in these episodes? can you just keep your orientation to yourself and give us comedy? please and thanks
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This app is a frozen puddle of hot dog water on cold dark winter night in Iqaluit.
this Derrick guy is super funny
worst debate ever! so cringy!
Jon you got robbed. Tie? You KILLED it!
amazing
Keep ALL the Debaters coming!...We need em!!!
LMAO, loved this!
that was hilarious, what a crappy audience haha
soooo...are you going to add all the other seasons to the podcast? please!!!!!
I find Aisha Brown irritating. Her ultra liberal "comedy" is just fully cringey.
Humorous? Is the joke supposed to be that no normal adult could possibly be so unable to get their s**t together that they can't do something so simple as get a credit card? Is it absurdist? If not, then I don't see the humour at all.
Avocado toast...hilarious
Were I to meet Steve Patterson, I would how at his feet. The English language is my plaything and it is a fun toy but the puns this man comes up with and the pleasure he takes in their delivery warrant, in my opinion, sincere, and very deep and long-felt admiration for the man. Puns are way too underappreciated as a form of comedy but he keeps the artform alive with a vigor that so few people have these days as far as puns and general wordplay are concerned. This man is my idol and of anyone alive today, he is the person whom I would most like to meet if given the chance.
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..wow, what happened to comedy lately. Apparently, if you're a woman, then WE all need to pretend you're funny..wtf canada..