Rock Climbing vs Sledding

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

Lemonada Media

Kids & Family, Education For Kids

4.6 • 15.2K Ratings

🗓️ 12 February 2026

⏱️ 34 minutes

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Summary

This debate has its ups and downs, literally! One side is all about scaling up mountains, boulders and walls. The other side goes down hills with a woosh. It’s Rock Climbing vs Sledding! This pulse pounding episode features writer, comedian, and podcaster Tim Barnes holding fast for Team Rock Climbing and host of NPR’s It’s Been A Minute, Brittany Luse for Team Sledding. Which side will come out on top… or bottom, as the case may be? Listen and find out. Then head to smashboom.org to vote on your fav.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! See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

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0:00.0	Lemonada.
0:07.4	Brains on Universe.
0:11.6	Have you heard the news?
0:13.1	Smash Boom Best is now independent.
0:15.6	We're so excited to be back with an epic news season,
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0:27.8	support helps pay our debaters and sound designers, so we can keep making the fun and fact-filled
0:32.6	shows your family loves. Plus, you get ad-free versions of all of our shows, bonus stuff, and access to
0:38.5	virtual hangs with me, Molly. Again, that's smartypass.org. Thank you, thank you, thank you.
0:44.7	Now on with the show. From the brains behind brains on, it's smash boom best. The show for people
0:52.8	with big opinions. Hi, I'm Molly Bloom, and this is Smash Boom Best. The show for people with big opinions.
0:55.4	Hi, I'm Molly Bloom, and this is Smash Boom Best.
0:58.6	The show where we take two things, smash them together, and ask you to decide which one is best.
1:04.6	Today's episode has its ups and downs, literally.
1:08.0	One side is all about scaling up, up, up, the other is about zooming down, down, down.
1:13.4	It's rock climbing versus sledding. Both are fun. Both get your blood pumping. Both can be done on a mountain,
1:20.2	but only one can be the smash boom best. Here to rally for rock climbing is writer, comedian, and
1:27.0	podcaster Tim Barnes.
1:29.2	Rock on.
1:32.1	And sounding off for sledding is the host of NPRs.
1:36.1	It's been a minute.
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