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On today's show we'll meet a tiny dog with a big job, we'll celebrate White Sunday, and we'll find some fossils belonging to a prehistoric bird!
Quiz Questions
1.How tall is Commando the chihuahua?
2.In which month is White Sunday?
3.Which period did Tenuicruris Piscanexum live in?
Answers
1.21 centimetres  (about as tall as a milk carton)
2.October
3.The Cretaceous
News Noodler
Should dogs be used as workers to help humans? Why or why not?
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Today, we’ll find out why masses of moths are on the move, we'll cheer for the winner of Fat Bear Week, and we'll dive deep underground to find relics of an ancient coral reef.
Quiz questions:
1.When did bogong moth numbers start falling?
2.What is the name of Backpack's mum?
3.How deep was the hole drilled by geologists in outback Queensland?
Answers:
1.The 1980s
2.Holly
3.3km
News Noodler:
How would a prehistoric reef differ from reefs today?
For more great kids podcasts, download the free ABC listen app (Australia). There you’ll find more kids news podcasts, educational children’s stories and storytelling, podcasts from your favourite characters like Bluey and Hey Duggee and plenty more of the best podcasts for curious kids like Imagine This, Dino Dome and News Time. For all ages from 0–4-year-olds, 5–8-year-olds, 8–10-year-olds, tweens and teens. And you can watch our kids shows on ABC iview and on the ABC Kids and ABC Big Kids channels of YouTube kids.

On today’s episode we’ll cheer on the athletes in the Australian Transplant Games, we’ll meet a Queensland cowgirl who is about to travel to the USA, and we’ll visit a capital city for Talk of the Town! 
Quiz Questions
1.Where were the Australian Transplant Games held this year?
2.What colour is Lareece, the cowgirl’s helmet?
3.What is the nickname for the Brisbane River?
Answers
1.Launceston, Tasmania
2.Pink
3.The Brown Snake
News Noodler
Would you ever compete in a rodeo? Why or why not?
For more great kids podcasts, download the free ABC listen app (Australia). There you’ll find more kids news podcasts, educational children’s stories and storytelling, podcasts from your favourite characters like Bluey and Hey Duggee and plenty more of the best podcasts for curious kids like Imagine This, Dino Dome and News Time. For all ages from 0–4-year-olds, 5–8-year-olds, 8–10-year-olds, tweens and teens. And you can watch our kids shows on ABC iview and on the ABC Kids and ABC Big Kids channels of YouTube kids.

Today we celebrate The Voice winner Yung Milla, we find out how squishy toys can be dangerous, and we applaud a girl who rescued her friend from drowning.
Quiz Questions
1.What is Yung Milla’s mum’s name?
2.Finish this sentence: You should never put a squishy somewhere hot like in the sun, the oven, or the...
3.How old is Aylah the rescue hero?
Answers
1.Kylie Miller
2.Microwave
3.Eight
News Noodler
Should it be compulsory for kids to do swimming lessons?
For more great kids podcasts, download the free ABC listen app (Australia). There you’ll find more kids news podcasts, educational children’s stories and storytelling, podcasts from your favourite characters like Bluey and Hey Duggee and plenty more of the best podcasts for curious kids like Imagine This, Dino Dome and News Time. For all ages from 0–4-year-olds, 5–8-year-olds, 8–10-year-olds, tweens and teens. And you can watch our kids shows on ABC iview and on the ABC Kids and ABC Big Kids channels of YouTube kids.

Today, we’ll find out why a dictionary just got bigger, we’ll discover two new insect species, and we’ll meet the latest world record holder in Rubik's cubing.
Quiz Questions
1.How many new words have just been added to the Merriam-Webster?
2.Where were the new species of stick insect discovered?
3.How old is the new women’s world record holder in Rubik's cubing?
Answers
1.1,400
2.Far North Queensland
3.Six
News Noodler
If you could set the world record in something, what would it be?
For more great kids podcasts, download the free ABC listen app (Australia). There you’ll find more kids news podcasts, educational children’s stories and storytelling, podcasts from your favourite characters like Bluey and Hey Duggee and plenty more of the best podcasts for curious kids like Imagine This, Dino Dome and News Time. For all ages from 0–4-year-olds, 5–8-year-olds, 8–10-year-olds, tweens and teens. And you can watch our kids shows on ABC iview and on the ABC Kids and ABC Big Kids channels of YouTube kids.