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

Mars vs. Saturn: 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

🗓️ 14 November 2024

⏱️ 35 minutes

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Summary

Today’s debate features two powerful planets in a cosmic clash – it’s Mars vs. Saturn! Brains On Editor Sanden Totten will rep the red planet while astronomer Mark Popinchalk will glimmer for the gassy giant. Who will be crowned the most precious planet? 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

From the brains behind brains on, it's Smash Boom Best.

0:05.4

The show for people with big opinions.

0:08.1

Hi, I'm Molly Bloom, and this is Smash Boom Best.

0:11.6

The show where we take two things, smash them together, and ask you to decide which one is best.

0:17.7

Today's debate features two powerful planets in a cosmic clash. It's Mars versus

0:23.3

Saturn. We've got brains on editor Sand and Totten ready to rep the red planet for Team Mars.

0:30.4

Look up. It's a bird. It's a plane. It's Earth's ruddy-buddy Mars here to shoot for the stars.

0:37.5

And astronomer Mark Poppenshawk will glimmer for the gassy giant, Saturn.

0:42.8

Ring and din, Saturn is going to win.

0:45.7

And here to judge it all is Coralie from Georgia.

0:49.3

Coralie has four younger siblings, loves to sing in her choir,

0:52.5

and spends most of her time writing fantasy and

0:55.6

fiction stories. Hi, Coralie. Hi, Molly. So Corley, is it really true that you've already

1:01.9

written three books? Yes, it's true. I really don't know exactly how I got it done,

1:07.8

but I'm writing more every day. Wow, that's incredible. So, like, how much time do you spend

1:12.8

writing every day? Um, a lot. I'd write about as much as I read, which is about an hour every day.

1:19.0

So, yeah. Super inspiring. So can you tell us what the books are about? Are they part of a series,

1:25.0

or are they each, like, an individual book? They're part of a series and it's fantasy. So the main character is a horse named Storm Chaser.

1:34.7

And there's these bad guys that are trying to take over the world, you know, typical fantasy.

1:40.1

And they go on a quest to save the world. But he has anxiety.

1:46.0

So he finds these people in an ancient ruined city, and they help him kind of conquer his fears.

1:55.8

I love a relatable hero with a little bit of anxiety because who doesn't these days.

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