Brains On Presents: Smash Boom Best - Slime vs Slinkies

Brains On! Science podcast for kids

Lemonada Media

Education For Kids, Kids & Family

4.5 • 14.7K Ratings

🗓️ 9 June 2026

⏱️ 39 minutes

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Summary

We will be back next week with a new episode! This week we have an episode from our sister show Smash Boom Best: Slime vs Slinkies!Set out these two playthings on a table and see which one your kid grabs first. Is it the gooey, squishy, surprising slime? Or the springy, wiggly, wonderous slinky? Both are fun, one will triumph! Smooshing the competition for Team Slime, it’s RadioLab host Latif Nasser. And stretching toward victory for Team Slinky, it’s podcast producer Hans Buetow. Listen to see which terrific toy takes the top prize. And don’t forget to vote for your favorite at smashboom.org. Click here to read a transcript of this episode. Want to support the show? Join Smarty Pass to listen to ad-free episodes or donate!

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0:00.0	Lemonada.
0:06.1	Want to see a wilder world than the one we live in, a world with more beauty, more kindness, and more unbelievable superpowers?
0:13.6	Guess what? It's right here on planet Earth. And over on our podcast, Terrestrials.
0:18.5	Each episode, we tell you stories about the strangeness waiting right here on Earth,
0:22.8	hosted by me, Lou Miller from Radio Lab, along with a whole crew of amazing storytellers, animals,
0:27.8	and our song bud Alan.
0:30.2	Get Curious with Terrestrials on the Radio Lab for Kids podcast feed.
0:34.0	Listen wherever you get your podcast.
0:37.1	Brains on Universe.
0:40.7	Hi friends, it's me, Molly. This week, we have a very fun episode of Smash Boom Best to share with you.
0:48.4	This debate features our friend Lutif Nasser from Radio Lab and podcast producer Hans Butoh debating slime versus slinkies.
1:00.2	On with the show.
1:02.1	From the brains behind brains on, it's Smash Boom Best.
1:07.2	The show for people with big opinions.
1:10.2	Hi, I'm Molly Bloom, and this is Smash Boom Best.
1:13.5	The show where we take two things, smash them together, and ask you to decide which one is best.
1:19.5	Today, two titans of physics and fun, it's squishy, gooey, drippy, lovely slime versus the springy, wavy, stretchy, wondrous slinky.
1:28.8	Here to squish the competition for Team Slime is Radio Lab host, Latif Nasser.
1:34.4	It's prime time for slime.
1:35.9	And stretching toward victory for Team Slinky is podcast maker Hans Puteau.
1:42.7	It is not a stretch to love us linky.
1:45.3	Oh, and the person with the tough job of picking today's top toy is Miles from Minneapolis.
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