When is it okay to dob on someone?

Short & Curly

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Kids & Family, Society & Culture, Philosophy

4.6 • 2.2K Ratings

🗓️ 13 December 2017

⏱️ 27 minutes

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Summary

Kids dob to parents and teachers for all kinds of reasons. It often feels bad when someone tells on you. And, if you're the one doing the dobbing (or snitching as our American friends say), the kid who gets in trouble might not like you for it. So should we tell on people at all? When is it right to speak up and when is it better to keep your mouth shut?

This season is a special collaboration between the ABC Audio Studios and WNYC Studios in New York City.

Hosts: Carl Smith and Shumita Basu

Series Producer: Kyla Slaven

Executive Producers: Emily Botein and Ian Walker

Producer: Amy Pearl

Sound Engineers: Isaac Jones, Hamish Camilleri, Jolen Camilleri

Production Support: Sarah Sandbach and Brigit Berger

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0:00.0	Hey, Carl here. This season, Short and Curly has taken a trip to New York in the United States of America.
0:09.0	Molly stayed home because she doesn't like traveling on airplanes, or boats, or helicopters, or spaceships,
0:16.0	or basically anything that could actually get her here. But we'll be back together next season.
0:21.9	Instead, on this trip, I've been hanging out with my American co-host, Shumita. She's really
0:27.8	lovely, and she's been showing me around the city. Oh, and here she is now. Hey, Shumita. Hey, Carl.
0:34.3	Sweet, you got some chocolate cake there? Mm-hmm. There's like a whole one sitting in the fridge.
0:40.1	Wait a second. You mean Amy's birthday cake?
0:44.4	Yeah, I guess so.
0:46.1	Shameda, you can't be eating that. It's hers.
0:49.3	Relax, Carl. I only took this little tiny bit.
0:52.4	No, no, I'm telling on you, Shameda.
0:54.6	No, no, Carl, come on, you can't. That's it, Shameda, I'm dobbing on you. Dobbing? Yeah, in Australia, if you tell on someone, you're a dobber. Oh, well, here in America, we call a dobb or a snitch. A snitch? Isn't that the golden thing that Harry Potter chases in Quidditch?
0:54.3	Oh yeah, I guess that a dober, a snitch. A snitch? Isn't that the golden thing that Harry Potter chases in Quidditch?
1:13.6	Oh, yeah, I guess so.
1:15.8	But anyway, what it's called is not the point.
1:18.4	What you're doing right now is just totally wrong.
1:22.6	Carl, lighten up.
1:24.0	I bet there's tons of situations where the right thing to do would be to not tell on someone.
1:28.7	And, you know, just keep the secret. Like with this little tiny slice of cake right here.
1:34.4	Prove it.
1:35.6	Today on Short and Curly, we're looking at ratting.
1:39.3	Snitching. Dobbing.
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