Goats vs. Boa Constrictors: a curious debate

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

American Public Media

Education For Kids, Kids & Family

4.6 • 12.8K Ratings

🗓️ 29 May 2025

⏱️ 36 minutes

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Summary

Today’s debate pairs a nimble climber with a silent slitherer – it’s Goats vs. Boa Constrictors! Radiolab co-host and science historian Latif Nasser is here to give us the goods for Team Goats and writer, podcast host and TV personality Alie Ward will bring the squeeze for Team Boa Constrictors. 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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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, it's smash boom best.
1:31.1	The show for people with big opinions.
1:33.7	Hi, I'm Molly Bloom, and this is smash boom best.
1:36.5	The show where we take two things, smash them together, and ask you to decide which one is best.
1:43.4	Today's debate pairs a nimble climber with a silent slitherer.
1:47.6	It's goats versus boa constrictors.
1:51.1	Radio Lab co-hosts and science historian Latif Nasser is here to give us the goods for team goats.
1:57.2	Who let the goats out?
1:58.8	Huh, huh, huh, huh, huh, huh.
2:09.5	And science TV personality and host of the podcast Ologies and Smologies, Allie Ward, is here to bring the squeeze for team Boaic instructors.
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