Let's Debate
Debates International
In the lead-up to many elections around the world, an important and fragile thing happens: the people asking to lead a government agree to stand on stage and debate each other live, in front of millions of viewers. To viewers, it can look seamless, but that couldn’t be further from the truth. Let's Debate! is about everything it takes to create these vital moments of accountability for democratic leaders worldwide.
Hosted by members of Debates International, the show is a series of conversations with the people who build candidate debates from the ground up, often in countries where no debate has taken place before. Each episode is a case study: how producers create formats to accommodate up to 20+ candidates, how moderators try to hold candidates to the truth in real time, how organizers persuade candidates that the public has the right to hear a candid exchange of views. Taken together, they add up to something larger – an argument, episode by episode, for why this part