Local, USA

Girl Talk | Perceptual Dominance

Clip: Season 7 Episode 1 | 2m 3s

Meet the Newton South High School debate team, one of the largest in the U.S. with a diverse roster - nearly half are girls and many are first generation. What the girls must achieve at the podium is perceptual dominance as they contend with the judges' opinions simply because they are not the boys.

Aired: 03/06/23 | Rating: TV-PG

Funding provided by the Corporation for Public Broadcasting. Additional funding provided by the John D. and Catherine T. MacArthur Foundation, The Wyncote Foundation and the National Endowment for the Arts.

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