Redwood Tree vs. Prickly Pear Cactus

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

🗓️ 25 August 2022

⏱️ 35 minutes

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Summary

Today’s debate is all about roarin’ flora. It’s redwood tree vs. prickly pear cactus! Tobin Mitnick – actor, writer, and creator of internet phenomenon jewslovestrees – rages for redwoods against comedian, writer, and actress Becky Abrams, who makes some pointed arguments in favor of prickly pears! Which photosynthesizer will take it all? Radical redwoods or persuasive pricklies? Stroll over to smashboom.org and vote for the team YOU think won.

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1:00.0	Thank you so much for helping us make this show. Again, it's SmartyPass.org slash Brains on.
1:07.6	From the Brains behind Brains on, it's Smash Boom Best. The show for people with big opinions.
1:15.9	Hi, I'm Molly Bloom and this is Smash Boom Best. The show where we take two things,
1:20.1	smash them together and ask you to decide which one is best. Today's debate stars some
1:25.4	Roman Flora. It's Redwoods versus Prickly Pairs. We've got actor, writer and creator of
1:31.8	Internet Phenomenon, Jews Love Trees, Tobin Mittnik, here to rage for Redwoods.
1:44.6	And comedian, writer and actress Becky Abrams here to make some pointed arguments in favor of
1:49.9	Prickly Pairs. An apple a day keeps the doctor away. Well, a prickly pair keeps them gone for a year.
2:01.3	And here to judge it all, we've got Elizabeth from New York, New York. This year she was named
2:06.4	in the New York City Poet Laureate. She competed in the 2018 National Spelling Bee and she pulled a
2:12.9	fire alarm in first grade because she'd never heard one before and she wanted to know what it sounded like.
2:17.6	Hi Elizabeth. Hey, Molly. Wow, the prickly pair poem, the little couplet. I, I'm almost a little
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