On this episode of the Squiz Quiz, we're testing your knowledge of everything that happened this week with Squiz Founder Claire Kimball and CyberCX Chief Strategy Officer Alastair MacGibbon. Can you best our in-studio guests?

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The quiz has 8 questions.

Each question is worth 1 point (for a total of 8).

And here's the link to some Banana Ball highlights.

Our segment on What’s Coming Up for the week ahead is now its own episode. We get a lot of feedback from Squizers that one of the most helpful things we do is to get you across what’s going on in the day/week ahead. So we decided to create a bit more space for it with this new News Club episode. 

This week, we’ll spend a bit of time talking about the key timings for the newly inked ceasefire agreement between Israel and Hamas. France’s loss of its fifth PM in 2 years and Japan’s vote on Wednesday could see both with new political leadership in the week ahead - we’ll get you across that. And with the first game in the 2025 Constellation Cup coming up, we check in with netball and their efforts to put the elite level of the sport back on track. 

And if you haven’t listened to the Weekly Wrap yet, just go one episode back and, coupled with this podcast, you’ll be caught up and ready to tackle the week ahead. 

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Hosts: Claire Kimball & Jodie Speers

Producer & Editor: Ryan Pemberton

Video editor: Charlie Devenport

Researcher: Nicoletta Hay

Chapters

00:00 - The implementation of the Gaza peace deal

3:50 - New political leadership for Japan and France

8:09 - Rivals face off in The Constellation Cup

18:20 - The run of the news for the week ahead

There was a big breakthrough this week with Israel and Hamas agreeing to phase one of a ceasefire deal in Gaza. There’s a lot to unfold from here so we get you across that and US President Donald Trump’s victory lap. Then we get into new details on the Optus triple-0 outage and what it means for the upcoming bushfire season, and efforts to save climbers around Mt Everest this week. We also check in with Valerie, the Kangaroo Island escape artist, and a Vanity Fair subscription offer worthy of your consideration. 

Our segment on What’s Coming Up for the week ahead is now its own episode - it will be out tomorrow morning for your podcasting/organisational pleasure. 

Links

Our shortcuts episode on the annual whale migration

Claire’s recommendation: $1 USD a month Vanity Fair subscription

Larissa’s recommendation: Valerie the dachshund on Australian Story - ABC iView

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Hosts: Claire Kimball & Jodie Speers

Producer & Editor: Ryan Pemberton

Video editor: Charlie Devenport

Researcher: Nicoletta Hay

Chapters

00:00 - Gaza ceasefire plan

9:33 - Optus outage update

15:03 - Mt Everest rescue

18:20 - Humpback whales bounce back

21:37- Squiz Recommends

24:31 - Squiz Press

On this episode of the Squiz Quiz, we're testing your knowledge of everything that happened this week with Shortcuts Host Larissa Moore and Content Manager Nicoletta Hay. Can you best our in-studio guests?

Here's a quick scoring guide if you're playing along at home:

The quiz has 8 questions.

Each question is worth 1 point (for a total of 8).

Taylor Swift's new album ‘The Life of a Showgirl’ is out, and, like everything she does, it's smashing records. It’s a big talking point, so we’ll get you across the scale of it. Then we get into US President Donald Trump’s peace plan for Gaza, Australia’s new defence treaty with PNG, and Nicole Kidman and Keith Urban’s split. In what's coming up, we're heading into a massive weekend of sport, the start of daylight saving, federal parliament resumes, and Daniel Day-Lewis returns to acting. 

Links

The BBC’s obituary for Jane Goodall

Jane Goodall talks about how she became interested in animals

Listen to our Shortcuts series on the business of Taylor Swift, Part 1 and Part 2

Claire’s recommendation: The New Yorker long-read ‘Carol Burnett Plays On’

Larissa’s recommendation: Hamnet, by Maggie O’Farrell

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Hosts: Claire Kimball & Larissa Moore

Producer & Editor: Ryan Pemberton

Researcher: Nicoletta Hay

Chapters

00:00 - Taylor Swift’s new album

12:23 - Gaza peace plan

14:55 - PNG defence treaty

17:27 - Nicole Kidman and Keith Urban call it quits

21:23 - What’s coming up in the week ahead

26:44 - Squiz Recommends

29:00 - Squiz Press

On this episode of the Squiz Quiz, we're testing your knowledge of everything that happened this week with Squiz Founder Claire Kimball and Shortcuts Host Larissa Moore. Can you best our in-studio guests?

Here's a quick scoring guide if you're playing along at home:

The quiz has 8 questions.

Each question is worth 1 point (for a total of 8).

A lot of headlines came out of the United Nations General Assembly in New York this week, so we pulled out the major themes to make sense of it all. Then, we'll get you across the latest troubles for Optus, the AFR’s Power List, and why US President Donald Trump had Tylenol in his sights this week. In what's coming up, the AFL Grand Final, the Women's Rugby World Cup Final and PM Albanese is in London.

Links

Claire’s recommendation: ABC TV’s Australian Story episode on Kate Reid

Jodie’s recommendation: ‘Three Identical Strangers’ on Netflix

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Hosts: Claire Kimball & Jodie Speers

Producer & Audio Editor: Ryan Pemberton

Video editor: Charlie Devenport

Researcher: Nicoletta Hay

Chapters

00:00 - Wrap-up of the UN General Assembly

9:40 - Optus troubles

13:49 - Trump takes on Tylenol

17:27 - The AFR’s Power List

27:09 - What’s coming up in the week ahead

35:31 - Squiz Recommends

36:40 - Squiz Press

There was a lot of climate policy news to get across this week, first with the release of the National Climate Risk Assessment, and then the government setting a 2035 emissions reduction target. We'll pull that together and make sense of it for you. Then, we'll go through a wrap up of what's happened in Gaza this week, ASIC's record-breaking fine against ANZ, and remembering Hollywood star Robert Redford. In what's coming up, the NRLW finals are on, UN Leaders Week begins, and Fat Bear Week is back.

Links

Claire’s recommendation - Sydney 2000 Olympic Opening Ceremony

Andrew’s recommendation - ⁠⁠⁠⁠Task on HBO Max

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Hosts: Claire Kimball & Andrew Williams

Producer & Audio Editor: Ryan Pemberton

Video editor: Charlie Devenport

Researcher: Nicoletta Hay

Chapters

00:00 - Australia’s 2035 emissions target

12:51 - Israel’s ground offensive into Gaza City

16:33 - ANZ’s $240 billion fine

22:18 - Remembering Robert Redford

27:09 - What’s coming up in the week ahead

35:31 - Squiz Recommends

36:40 - Squiz Press

The US is on edge following the fatal shooting of US conservative activist Charlie Kirk - we'll explain who Kirk was, why he was significant, and what the political fallout has been as the search for his killer continues. We'll also cover Israel's strike on Hamas leaders in Qatar and Qatar's importance in the Middle East, the ongoing Jacinta Nampijinpa Price drama in the Liberal Party, and the resolved drama in the Murdoch family...

In what's coming up, it's a feast of sport, Canberra's Floriade festival brings back memories, and arrr, it's Talk Like a Pirate Day....

Links

Claire’s recommendations - This (paywalled) article on James Murdoch from The Atlantic and AKA Charlie Sheen

Jodie’s recommendation - ⁠QV Dermcare Sting-Free Ointment with Ceramides

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Also in our News Club show - ‘The Big Threat’ looks at how other democracies are equipping their populations to recognise and resist mis- and disinformation, and what Australia can learn from them. 

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Hosts: Claire Kimball & Jodie Speers

Producer & Editor: Ryan Pemberton

Researcher: Nicoletta Hay

Chapters

01:00 - Charlie Kirk

09:00 - Israel and Qatar

13:54 - Jacinta Price

18:34 - Murdoch succession decided

22:40 - What’s coming up in the week ahead

29:35 - Squiz Recommends

32:00 - Squiz Press

Having spent six weeks travelling to the US, UK, Finland, France and Estonia meeting international experts fighting the scourge of mis- and disinformation, Bryce returns to Australia to take stock of the situation at home. He sits down with the Governor-General, Sam Mostyn AC, former Labor leader Bill Shorten, the University of Canberra’s Professor Sora Park and McKinnon’s Exec Director of Democracy, Jay Weatherill to discover how their shared passion for defending Australia’s civic institutions means a belief in the urgent need for media literacy education.

Links:

Digital News Report - University of Canberra

Squiz Kids Q+A with Governor General Sam Mostyn

McKinnon

Museum of Australian Democracy

eSafety Commission

AMLA - Australian Media Literacy Alliance

ACARA - National Curriculum Authority - recommends Newshounds

Articles:

Social Media Minimum Age Bill

eSafety Commission Guide 

Social media ban review - 9 News

Trial of tech that could be used to keep Australian under-16s off social media finds some errors ‘inevitable’ - The Guardian

Enforcing Australia's social media ban on kids is possible but contains risks, report says - BBC

Social media age verification possible but laden with risks, landmark study warns - ABC

This podcast has been made possible by the Winston Churchill Trust Australia

See Newshounds by Squiz Kids for information about our media literacy program for primary school children.