Lemonada.

Brains on Universe.

Have you heard the news?

Smash Boom Best is now independent.

We're so excited to be back with an epic news season,

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Your support helps pay our debaters and sound designers, so we can keep making the fun and

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From the brains behind brains on, it's smash boom best. The show for people with big opinions.

Hi, I'm Molly Bloom, and this is Smash Boom Best.

The show where we take two things, smash them together, and ask you to decide which one is best.

Today is a real bass off.

A bass, bash, if you will.

Listen closely because we're pitting bass against bass.

That's right, bass guitars known for bobbing rhythms and low-end licks, and bass fish,

those shimmery swift swimmers in the lakes and seas. Here to make some noise for team

bass guitar is podcaster and host of weirdly helpful and care and feeding, Zach Rosen.

Oh, yeah.

And making ways for team bass fish, we've got Science Friday host, Flora Lickman.

Yes, team bass. These fish are off the hook.

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