The US braces for Hurricane Florence, How plastic pollution is killing our sea turtles, Aussie basketballer Liz Cambidge makes the cut for the WNA's all star team, And the UK is getting ready to send thousands of worms to space.

We all love to squeeze a squishy, but what exactly are those things made of? An Aussie zoo gets a special visit from a Kenyan ranger, we let you in on our anti-swooping secrets for magpie season, and the tree that was extinct before it was even properly discovered!

The Aussie cartoonist in hot water over his tennis cartoon, where you go to learn about your world (um, why wasn't this podcast top of the list BTW?), why we should be replacing our burgers with bugs (bug burgers are okay too), and the pet craze that Scotland's decide to put an end to once and for all.

A giant tube is on it's way to clean up a massive garbage patch in the pacific ocean, A media Literacy conference held in Hobart to tackle fake news, And miners in WA discover 15 Million dollars worth of gold.

Tears and tantrums at the US open Final, Japan has a crack at getting commercial whaling back on the cards (but the Aussie government doesn't approve), the prom queen who's almost had to miss the dance for a big match, and the thing that many pizza-loving Russians now have in common.

We give you the lowdown on the results of your Kids Rights survey (thanks to the 22,000 of you who filled that out BTW), new laws in the US that mean it's not a crime to spend a night sleeping rough, the purple oranges that are as confusing as they are cool, an earworm that will actually follow your brain around forever from now on, and the mystery that landed Trevor all alone in a muddy puddle.

The fire season that's shaping up to be a real doozy, the blue macaw that may soon only exist on our movie screens, good news for our female surfing champs, and why instagrammers are the reason we can't have nice things.

A typhoon sweeps through Japan and makes a big mess, we meet Josh the insanely good ballet dancer, the sparkly slippers that slipped away suspiciously, then resurfaced, and one very lost little kangaroo.

A fire at a museum in Brazil destroys millions of artefacts, we celebrate Googles 20th anniversary, FIFA's nominees for the best goals of the year and a school in the US misplace their time capsule.

Our new boss of foreign affairs takes a trip to Nauru, honey that costs serious money... and why you might not be getting the sweet goo you paid for, the very very good pooch that raised the alarm in the nick of time, and some fish in the Middle East that were... Even fishier than usual.