Snakes vs Spiders
Smash Boom Best: A funny, smart debate show for kids and family
American Public Media
4.6 • 12.8K Ratings
🗓️ 11 July 2019
⏱️ 38 minutes
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Summary
One has no legs, the other has eight. It’s snakes vs. spiders! The Washington Post’s Anna Rothschild reps Team Snake, and comedian Jenny Yang comes out swinging for Team Spider. So which one is cooler? Creepy, crawly spiders? Or slithering, scaly snakes? Listen and cast your vote at smashboom.org. This episode is sponsored by Raddish, a cooking club for kids (RaddishKids.com/Boom and coupon code BOOM). You can join the Debate Club and get access to our bonus episode at smashboom.org/debateclub.
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| 0:00.0 | Hi friends, before we dive into today's episode, I want to encourage you to check out our |
| 0:05.1 | Kids Poetry Special on the Slowdown. |
| 0:08.2 | We made five fabulous episodes featuring cool young poets, word games, and awesome conversation |
| 0:13.7 | with award-winning author and host, Major Jackson. |
| 0:17.0 | The episode started on May 8th and ran until May 12th, and you can find them by searching |
| 0:21.5 | for the Slowdown wherever you get your podcasts. |
| 0:24.8 | We had a blast learning from kids who write, rhyme, and sing about their lives, and we |
| 0:29.6 | think you will too. |
| 0:30.6 | Again, search for the Slowdown wherever you listen to podcasts. |
| 0:59.6 | Make learning about the past and microwaves fun, and follow forever go where you get your |
| 1:04.9 | podcasts. |
| 1:08.1 | From the brains behind brains on, it's Smash Boom Best. |
| 1:13.2 | The show for people with big opinions. |
| 1:15.8 | Hi, Molly Bloom, and this is Smash Boom Best. |
| 1:19.4 | The show where we take two things, smash them together, and ask you to decide which one |
| 1:23.7 | is best. |
| 1:24.7 | Two creatures have slithered and crawled into the studio today. |
| 1:28.6 | They're both known for giving humans the heebie-gibies. |
| 1:31.9 | One has no legs, the other has eight. |
| 1:34.9 | That's right, it snakes versus spiders. |
| 1:38.1 | The cooler one would probably be snakes because it's so funny how they just kind of slither |
| 1:41.7 | around. |
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