Squiz Kids

Your daily kids news podcast.

A billion-galaxy telescope prepares for launch; 10,000 animals step onto the scales ; robot-made records get the boot; and a googly-eyed gamble pays off.

NASA is preparing to launch a telescope with some seriously gigantic ambitions. Click here for the NASA livestream link.

From teeny snails to hefty capybaras, London Zoo’s residents are hopping, waddling and slithering onto the scales for their annual weigh-in.

Robots can write songs, but they won’t be topping Australia’s official music charts by themselves.

Those googly eyes weren’t fooling everyone! A bizarre stuffed “fox” bought for around $120,000 has been X-rayed to reveal a genuine thylacine skull hiding inside.

For the episode notes, click here(opens in new tab).

Erling Haaland's new do.

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 Scotland, a country of rugged Highlands, ancient castles and deep, mysterious lochs. We’ll discover why Scotland’s national animal is a unicorn, meet the legendary creatures hiding in its folklore, find out why people toss giant wooden poles at the Highland Games, and explore the Scottish inventions that helped change the world.

Strap yourselves into the Squiz Kids Super Fast Supersonic Jetliner and get ready to take a squiz at Scotland.

For the full episode transcript, click here.

Researched and hosted by Christie Kijurina

Caber tossing

Your daily kids news podcast.

The infinite scroll goes on trial; Raccoon racket rocks Germany; Saving Aussie sea lions; and the robot that runs faster than Usain Bolt.

Social media’s addictive scroll is getting its day in court. US states are taking on Meta over claims its platforms were deliberately designed to keep young people hooked.

Usain Bolt, meet your robotic competition! A humanoid robot has zipped through 100 metres in 9.39 seconds, before spectacularly crashing into a foam barrier.

Australia’s adorable sea lion pups could be next in line for bird-flu vaccinations.

Cute face, criminal tendencies! Europe’s raccoon population has boomed, with the introduced animals spreading across the continent and causing plenty of mischief along the way.

For the full episode transcript, click here.

Researched and hosted by Bryce Corbett.

Ellie's Book

⁠https://www.quotev.com/story/17504497/Winner⁠
Aaron's Book

⁠https://www.amazon.com/Radiant-Rainbow-Run-Aaron-Fan/dp/B0H4L6DQFF⁠

Book Week is here, so we’re dusting off a favourite Shortcut from the Squiz Kids Vault. Travel back thousands of years to discover how books developed from clay tablets and handmade paper to the invention of the printing press. Then, meet the author behind the first book written especially for children and count down some of the bestselling children’s books of all time... from much-loved animal adventures to magical worlds, hungry caterpillars and young wizards.

Every night, your sleeping brain creates strange new worlds filled with familiar people, powerful emotions and events that make absolutely no sense. But how does it build a dream—and why do we dream at all?

Inspired by a question from Will, Christie explores what happens inside our brains while we sleep and whether animals dream too.