Actualization Station

Welcome to Meaning-Making 101 where we explore the crisis of meaning in our world today, and how we may help usher in an awakening from it. This Episode: "The Death of Debate Pt. 2: How Greek Philosophers Created Western Civilization",  @DadSavesAmerica  host John Papola launches a six-part series, 2 years in the making, to examine the assault on America's tradition of open public debate.The series highlights the shocking assassination of Charlie Kirk during a college campus event in September as a stark symbol of this decline, with examples from ancient history as well as modern debates, where speech is increasingly treated as violence. It then dives into what the host calls the most insidious symptom: the corruption of high school debate programs.Focusing on the National Speech & Debate Association (NSDA), the video explores claims of Marxist/far-left infiltration, biased judges, woke influences, and a shift away from merit-based argumentation toward identity politics and critical theory—u