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Smash Boom Best: A funny, smart debate show for kids and family

Eclipses vs. Aurora Borealis: a celestial debate

Smash Boom Best: A funny, smart debate show for kids and family

American Public Media

Education For Kids, Kids & Family

4.612.8K Ratings

🗓️ 3 April 2025

⏱️ 35 minutes

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Summary

Today’s debate is an out-of-this-world throwdown between two dazzling sky spectacles – Eclipses vs. Aurora Borealis! Improviser, writer, and podcast host Meghan Wolff will rep the mighty, moon-shadowed mystery of Team Eclipses while improviser, content creator, and podcast host Maria Bartholdi will help the swirling, shimmering colors of the Northern Lights shine for Team Aurora Borealis. Who will be crowned the Smash Boom Best? Head on over to smashboom.org and vote to tell us who YOU think won!


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Transcript

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0:00.0

Hey friends, do you have a young adult in your life who's looking to beef up their financial know-how?

0:05.9

Then check out the new season of Financially Inclined hosted by Janelli Espinal.

0:11.1

This season, the show is tackling topics like how to align your values with your money decisions,

0:16.0

the skill of negotiating, and what you can get out of internships.

0:20.6

Financially Inclined is presented in partnership

0:22.6

with Greenlight, the debit card and money app for teens. Greenlight helps teens learn to earn,

0:28.2

save, spend wisely, and invest. Tune in to financially inclined wherever you find your podcasts.

0:35.0

From the brains behind brains on, it's smash boom best.

0:40.5

The show for people with big opinions.

0:42.9

Hi, I'm Molly Bloom, and this is Smash Boom Best, the show where we take two things,

0:48.2

smash them together, and ask you to decide which one is best.

0:52.5

Today's debate is an out-of-this-world throwdown between two dazzling sky spectacles,

0:58.1

Eclipses versus Aurora Borealis.

1:01.7

We've got improviser writer and good luck high-five podcast host, Megan Wolfe here to rep the mighty

1:07.3

moon-shadowed mystery of team eclipses.

1:10.5

Oh, oh, oh. That was howling at the moon.

1:18.3

And improviser, content creator and fellow good luck high-five podcast host Maria Bartholdy

1:24.6

will help the swirling, shimmering colors of the Northern Lights shine

1:28.4

for Team Aurora Borealis.

1:30.6

The Northern Lights are going to put up a fight and eclipse the competition.

1:35.3

Oh.

1:36.3

See what I did there?

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