Episode 21: Lance “The History Guy” Geiger

Lance had a twenty one year forensics career that started with him winning a jr high speech competition sponsored by the Modern Woodmen of America in 1977. Lance competed for two years at the University of Wyoming and then at the University of Colorado, where he was president of the student run team.  He coached at the University of Wyoming as a graduate student and then at Northern Arizona University where his teams won numerous national championships. He was tournament host for the DSR-TKA national tournament in 1997 and then for the AFA NIET in 1998, where he made the mistake that rocked the forensics community. Today he is the host of the YouTube channel The History Guy: History Deserves to be Remembered where he applies the skills learned in forensics on three episodes per week.

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In this episode, Robert and Lance discuss the dangers of driving after competitions, the joys of a student-run team, and get into one of the biggest controversies in forensics history.  Listen for free through Apple Podcasts, GooglePlay, Overcast, Podbean, Spotify or wherever you listen to podcasts.

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