Knitting vs Pottery

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

Lemonada Media

Kids & Family, Education For Kids

4.6 • 15.2K Ratings

🗓️ 4 June 2026

⏱️ 36 minutes

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Summary

Get ready for a craft-tastic debate. One side serves up cuddly, cozy creations. The other, hardy, handy homeware. It’s knitting versus pottery! Both are fun, useful crafts that have been loved for centuries by countless people. So which will come out on top? Yearning for yarn, it’s comedian Katie McVay for Team Knitting. And craving the kiln, it’s science writer Menaka Wilhelm for Team Pottery. Find out who wins, and vote for your pick 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.
0:05.8	Hi friends. We are still on the road with the Brains on Live show. We have a few more dates before the summer, and we would love for you to come out and see us at one of the shows.
0:16.9	Coming up, May 9th is Lawrence, Kansas at Liberty Hall. May 30th, we're going to be in Buffalo, New York. May 31st, Toronto, Canada, June 6th in Ann Arbor, Michigan, June 20th in Columbus, Ohio, and June 21st in Milwaukee.
0:34.4	So if you would like to grab tickets to one of those shows, head to brainson.org
0:38.7	slash events. That's brainson.org slash events. Hope to see you there. Bye.
0:45.7	If you're looking for answers to all of your kids' questions about puberty, just find our new show,
0:50.8	Brainson Universe presents puberty, the podcast. Designed for kids age 7 to 12,
0:56.2	the show answers their questions in a straightforward and digestible way. Puberty, the podcast, is hosted by me,
1:02.1	Molly Bloom, of the award-winning science podcast, Brains-on, and co-hosted by high schoolers who've just been through it.
1:08.5	Experts are on hand to provide science-filled explanations.
1:11.9	Search for Brains-on Universe presents Puberty, the podcast.
1:16.7	Brains on Universe.
1:20.5	Thinking critically is more important than ever.
1:23.4	That's why we make smash boom best.
1:25.6	We want every kid to know how to spot a good argument and how to call out a logical fallacy. But none of it is possible without your support. Seriously, we could disappear if our listeners don't step up. But that part is easy. Just join Smarty Pass. You'll get access to add free versions of our shows, special online hangs with our crew, discounts on merch, and more.
1:47.2	Plus, you'll feel great knowing you're helping us pay our debaters, sound designers, writers, and more.
1:53.0	Join now at smartypass.org. Thank you. Now it's showtime.
1:58.6	From the brains behind brains on, it's Smash Boom Best.
2:03.7	The show for people with big opinions.
2:07.1	Hi, I'm Molly Bloom, and this is Smash Boom Best.
2:10.2	The show where we take two things, smash them together, and ask you to decide which one is best.
2:16.1	Today we're debating two popular pastimes. One lets you make
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