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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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1We’re trolling with the punches when we discuss whether kids should use social media. Then, we’re pitting two patterns against each other when stripes take on polka dots.Featuring: Myles Anderson, Sean Lecomber, Rob Pue and the late Kathleen McGee.
Should you never hold a grudge? Get ready for the ultimate grudge match! Then, a pair of East Coast comedians refuse to play second fiddle when they decide if kitchen parties are superior to shed parties. Featuring: Elvira Kurt, Arthur Simeon, Ryan Dillon, and Nikki Payne.
Two comedians get in each other’s bad books when they pit listening to audiobooks against reading books. Then, we’re raising the barre on the subject of spending a night at the ballet.Featuring: Matt Falk, Lara Rae, DeAnne Smith and Courtney Gilmour.
Two comedians churn out jokes in a battle for the superior spread. Then, get ready for a timely debate on Newfoundland’s unique time zone.Featuring: Derek Seguin, Matt Wright, Nour Hadidi, and Hisham Kelati.
There’s no topping a saucy debate on Canadian restaurant chain Boston Pizza. Then, are long weekends overrated? We let two weekend warriors battle it out.Featuring: Ivan Decker, Maddy Kelly, Abdul Aziz, and John Hastings.
We’re bringing you a moving debate on whether it’s always great to move for love, and hammering it home when a jack of all trades takes on a master of one.Featuring: Isabel Zaw-Tun, Paul Myrehaug, Chad Anderson, and Graham Chittenden.
We’re making waves in St. John’s, Newfoundland when we discuss if the Atlantic Ocean is superior to the Pacific Ocean. Then, things get a little rich when we decide if growing up poor makes you a stronger person.Featuring: Matt Wright, Charlie Demers, Bree Parsons and Nikki Payne.
This week’s episode brings it home when we discuss if a staycation is the best type of vacation, and whether it’s okay for one partner to have the secret to success.Featuring: Patrick Ledwell, John Sheehan, Chris Wilson, and Stacey McGunnigle.
This week’s episode is one for the bever-ages! First, two comics try to burst each other’s bubble when they decide if Coke is superior to Pepsi. Then, it’s time to check-up on the importance of family doctors.Featuring: Dave Hemstad, Lisa Baker, Clifton Cremo, and Martha Chaves.
It’s all about true patriot love when we ask if Canada’s national anthem is at the top, and a fateful debate questions whether everything happens for a reason.Featuring: Jon Steinberg, Ali Hassan, Courtney Gilmour and Nour Hadidi.
Our season finale episode is a grocery grudge match and a real re-treat!Featuring: Matt Wright, Jan Caruana, Laurie Elliott, and Tamara Shevon.
We’re pitting parental holidays against each other, and deciding if coaches are a make or break mentor.Featuring: Dave Hemstad, Elvira Kurt, Emmanuel Lomuro, and Patrick Dussault.
We decide if wearing denim is a dream and whether ordering delivery is a breeze.Featuring: Stacey McGunnigle, Myles Anderson, Graham Clark and Lachlan Patterson.
We decide if plastic beats paper and whether being hated has its benefits.Featuring: Ivan Decker, Martha Chaves, Nikki Payne, and Bruce Clark.
When it comes to raising kids, does Winnipeg win? And is compromise a happy ending?Featuring: Chad Anderson, Lara Rae, Courtney Gilmour, and Jon Dore.
It’s a homerun when we talk about a day at the baseball stadium, and whether commuting in Toronto is enough to drive you up the wall.Featuring: Patrick Dussault, Simon Rakoff, Isabel Zaw-Tun, and Don Kelly.
Which Canadian confection are you sweet on: Butter tarts or Nanaimo bars? And do quitters never win?Featuring: Deborah Kimmett, Jon Steinberg, Graham Chittenden, and Leonard Chan.
We decide if quiet is something to treasure, and whether a smoothie is meal-worthy.Featuring: Yumi Nagashima, Charlie Demers, Katie-Ellen Humphries, and Gavin Clarkson.
Which wealth bracket has it worse: Billionaires or millionaires? And we decide if Barrie, Ontario is the place to be!Featuring: Dave Hemstad, Don Kelly, Chris Quigley, Courtney Gilmour.
In a debate that needed its own full episode, the elbows go up and the gloves come off when two of our favourite debaters take on Canada becoming the 51st state.
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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..