Name: SuperDebate Austin at Capital Factory
Start: 2026-06-25T18:00:00-05:00
End: 2026-06-25T21:00:00-05:00
Location: Capital Factory

REQUIRED: register here: https://www.superdebate.org/events/superdebate-new-york-city-at-neuehouse-madison-square
This SuperDebate session at Capital Factory is a three hour live debate environment designed for Austin’s community of thinkers, builders, and independent minds. The night includes up to six structured debate rounds. Participants can debate individually or as a two person team. Spectators are not passive bystanders. They serve as judges and score each round, which helps determine which arguments resonated and why.
Attendees will submit topics at the start of the night. The entire group votes on which topics should move forward to the debate rounds. Topics can span ethics, technology, civic issues, philosophical problems, culture, science, and current events. The featured highlight topic for the Austin event is the following:
“Modern democracy has become more theatrical than representative, shaping public belief more than it reflects it.”
Debaters rotate through opponents and sides to challenge their assumptions and practice thinking from multiple perspectives. At the end of the night, there is a brief community review where debaters and judges share what they learned, what arguments stood out, and how the debate format sharpened their thinking.
Capital Factory is a major hub for innovation in Texas and provides the ideal setting for a live debate format that blends intellectual pressure, civic curiosity, and real community building. Everyone is welcome. No debate experience is required.