We're back on February 1st!

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

🗓️ 16 January 2024

⏱️ 2 minutes

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Summary

Smash Boom Best is back on Thursday, January 5th with 16 new episodes of chatty, fact-y fun!

You’re in for some massive new matchups like Birthday Parties vs. Trick-or-Treating, Spiderman vs. Batman, and Mayo vs. Mustard!

Who do YOU think will win? Listen and judge for yourself. You’ll hear veteran debaters like Jed Kim and Joy Dolo duke it out with newbies like Ryan Perez and Avery Trufelman.

We’re so excited, debate-heads. Until then, keep on being the smash boom best!!

Transcript

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0:00.0	Hi, it's Molly Bloom, host of Smash Boom Best, and I have an exciting announcement to share.
0:07.2	Smash Boom Best will be back with a whole new season this February 1st, and we're kicking it all off with our 100th episode.
0:17.0	Can you believe we've made 99 episodes so far?
0:22.0	And we've got a whole new pile of exciting matches coming up in the new season such as
0:28.0	hippopotamus versus dragonfly
0:31.0	Pogo stick versus Unicycle,
0:34.0	Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles versus My Little Pony.
0:38.0	Yeah, dude!
0:39.0	Never Fear!
0:40.0	And Pegasus versus Centaur.
0:42.6	I'm definitely going to have to limber up for all of this juicy content
0:49.2	and what better way to limber up than a montage.
0:53.2	Before we dive in, let's review the rules of the game.
0:56.5	Faster, Molly.
0:57.4	Sorry, producer Anna Weggle.
0:59.3	Every debate consists of four rounds of argumentation,
1:01.6	the declaration of greatness, the microround, the sneak attack, and the final six.
1:05.0	Faster!
1:06.0	After each round our judge, we'll reward points the team that impresses them the most.
1:09.0	You've got to go faster than that!
1:11.0	And but they'll keep their decisions top secret until the end of the debate.
1:14.7	Better.
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