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From the Brains behind Brains on, it's Smash Boom Best. The show for people with big opinions.

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

smash them together and ask you to decide which one is best. Today's debate is a mythological

match up between two mighty yet misunderstood creatures. Check the horizon and batten down the

hatches because it's Kraken versus Cyclops. We've got writer, actor and creator of Reverend

Matt's Monster Science, Matt Kessin here to defend the Kraken. Yes, the king of all the sea monsters.

Let's get Kraken. I'm sorry, that was a terrible joke. I beg your pardon.

And Brains on producer and archaeologist Anna Goldfield is here to fan the fires of fandom

for the Cyclops. That's right, Team Cyclops is keeping one big beautiful eye on the prize.

And here to judge it all is Charlotte from Framingham, Massachusetts. Charlotte plays the drums,

paint landscapes and is named after a famous spider. Welcome, Charlotte. Hi, so Charlotte,

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