Squiz Kids

A fun kids vs adults news quiz to test who’s been paying the most attention to the week in news.

For the full episode transcript, click here.

Your daily kids news podcast.

Celebrating Aussie Citizenship Day; Japan’s record-breaking 100-year-olds; big weekend for AFL and NRL; and taming the AI robots.

It’s Australian Citizenship Day! A chance to think about what unites Australians, from democracy and equality to freedom and the famous fair go.

Japan has reached one seriously impressive milestone: more than 100,000 people are now aged 100 or older!

It’s crunch time! Sydney faces Fremantle and Hawthorn takes on Brisbane, with two precious AFL Grand Final spots up for grabs. Add massive NRL elimination clashes into the mix and you’ve got one gigantic weekend of footy.

An alarming magazine cover might look convincing, but Squiz-E says appearances can deceive in the AI age.

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Researched and hosted by Bryce Corbett

Your daily kids news podcast.

Bringing back the Tassie Tiger; keeping Venice afloat; dinosaur poo delivers a clue; and the Big Peg is up for sale.

Could the Tasmanian tiger be about to claw its way back from extinction?

Venice’s incredible flood barriers have already saved the floating city more than 150 times. But rising seas mean they’re being used more and more, creating a tricky new problem.

Scientists peering inside 66-million-year-old fossilised dung discovered amazingly preserved feathers, bird bones and fish scales.

Forget the pool and renovated kitchen — this NSW property comes with a 5.2-metre steel clothes peg!

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Researched and hosted by Christie Kijurina

Each fortnight, we give the world globe a spin and see where we land. Then we take the kids of Australia on an audio excursion to visit that country and its people.

Join your captain, Christie Kijurina, on an audio adventure to Panama, a skinny, S-shaped country known as the “Bridge of the World, Heart of the Universe”. Discover how giant ships climb a watery staircase through the rainforest, meet golden frogs that wave to one another, and learn why the famous Panama hat isn’t actually Panamanian. Buckle up... we’re taking off for Panama!

Want to explore some more?

For the full episode transcript, ⁠click here.⁠

Researched and hosted by Christie Kijurina

Your daily kids news podcast.

Screen time limits in classrooms; England’s planet-saving zoo; Footy semi-finals bring the action; and celebrating International Democracy Day.

NSW classrooms are heading for a digital detox, with screen time set to shrink and good old pen-and-paper making a comeback.

Bristol Zoo is giving its animal collection a conservation makeover, focusing on species threatened with extinction.

September footy is getting serious! AFL and NRL teams battled through a massive weekend of finals, the NRLW locked in its contenders, and the NFL took over the MCG.

Today’s Squiz Kids Salute goes to kids proving you don’t need to be a grown-up to make a difference.

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Researched and Hosted by Bryce Corbett

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Celebrate Roald Dahl Day with a scrumdiddlyumptious trip into the Squiz Kids Vault.

Roald Dahl gave us chocolate factories, giant peaches, marvellous medicines and some of the nastiest grown-ups ever committed to paper. But did you know he was also a fighter pilot, a spy and a schoolboy chocolate tester?

In this Shortcut, we explore the real-life experiences that inspired Dahl’s much-loved stories, discover why children adore his revolting characters and phizz-whizzing invented words, and pick up some tricks for creating wonderfully Dahl-esque characters and stories of our own.

⁠⁠Listen and describe, and create your own character task. ⁠⁠

⁠⁠Create your own Marvellous Medicine!⁠

Where does wind begin?

It can mess up your hair, slam doors shut and send umbrellas tumbling down the street, but what gets all that invisible air moving? Inspired by an excellent question from Judah in Wollongong, Christie discovers how the Sun and differences in air pressure create everything from refreshing sea breezes to wild gusts. Plus, why buildings can create wind tunnels... and the special weather ingredients needed to form cyclones and tornadoes.

Do you have a science question you'd like Christie to investigate? Email it to us at [email protected], and you might hear your answer on an upcoming episode.

A fun kids vs adults news quiz to test who’s been paying the most attention to the week in news.

For the full episode transcript, click here.

Your daily kids news podcast.

Digital devices out of classrooms?; France’s famous painting heist; Bird flu conspiracy debunked; and bandicoots and bilbies bounce back.

Could laptops and tablets be making it harder to concentrate? A major international study found Aussie students report more digital distractions than the global average.

It sounds like a movie plot! Thieves broke into France’s Renoir Museum and grabbed four paintings before police arrived, forcing them to flee.

Bilbies, bandicoots, bettongs and quolls are making a comeback inside enormous fenced areas designed to keep feral cats and other pests out.

Wild conspiracy theories about bird flu are spreading online, making Squiz-E’s nose twitch overtime.

Shortcut to Invasive Species: https://www.squizkids.com.au/squiz-kids-shortcuts/invasive-species/

For the full episode transcript, click here.

Researched and hosted by Bryce Corbett

Your daily kids news podcast.

Footy gets a theme park; Rwanda’s school-meal mission; Australia’s wild house guests; and the Pope farms aura.

NRL fans could soon step inside the game at a new Sydney attraction packed with augmented reality, coaching clinics, video games and giant match parties.

Rwanda wants to put even more healthy, locally grown food onto school lunch plates.

Possums in roofs, bats in curtains and an echidna rearranging the pantry! Aussie wildlife is increasingly turning up inside homes as natural habitats disappear.

Is the Pope farming aura? Pope Leo tried out some viral slang during a Vatican family celebration.

For the full episode transcript, click here.

Researched and hosted by Christie Kijurina