Gandalf vs. Snape: a hero debate
Smash Boom Best: A funny, smart debate show for kids and family
American Public Media
4.6 • 12.8K Ratings
🗓️ 22 May 2025
⏱️ 40 minutes
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Summary
Today’s debate requires a little concentration and is seen across the nation. Put your hands together for Forts vs. Puzzles! We’ve got Forever Ago host Joy Dolo ready to rumble for team Forts, and comedian Comrade Tripp is eager to defend team Puzzles. 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 | Hello, Smash Boom Besties, Molly here. |
| 0:03.9 | Usually things at Smash Boom Best are pretty light and breezy lemon squeezy. |
| 0:09.1 | But right now, it's more like windy and cold and your lemon has mold because public media is threatened like never before. |
| 0:18.2 | Funding for shows like ours is up in the air. To keep going, we really need you |
| 0:23.4 | to step up right now. It's pretty urgent, so if you listen, we are 100% talking to you. |
| 0:31.0 | Head to smashboom.org slash donate right now. It takes less than a minute. I know what you're thinking. Smash Boom Best is |
| 0:38.9 | public media? The people behind debates like sneezing versus farting and jelly beans versus |
| 0:44.1 | actual beans are public media people? Yeah, that's why at Smash Boom Best you don't just hear |
| 0:50.3 | silly arguments. You also learn how to back up your points with facts or how to spot |
| 0:54.9 | logical fallacies. We believe this work is important and we wanted to keep going, but we can't |
| 1:01.0 | do that unless you and all our listeners help us out today. Please hit pause, head to smashboom.org |
| 1:07.9 | slash donate right now and give any amount you can. Because if there's one thing |
| 1:12.8 | that's not up for debate, it's that the world needs more, smash boom best. Thank you so much. |
| 1:23.3 | A quick note before this episode, there are major spoilers ahead for both Harry Potter and |
| 1:32.1 | the Lord of the Rings. So if you haven't finished either series, beware. Now, on with the show. |
| 1:39.0 | From the brains behind brains on, it's Smash Boom Best. |
| 1:46.6 | The show for people with big opinions. |
| 1:52.2 | Hi, I'm Molly Bloom, and this is Smash Boom Best, the show where we take two things, |
| 1:56.4 | smash them together, and ask you to decide which one is best. |
| 1:59.7 | Today's debate is a magical matchup between two wizards. |
| 2:03.0 | One lives on Middle Earth, the other at Hogwarts. |
| 2:04.7 | One's got a pointy hat. |
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