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ABC Behind The News

Australian Broadcasting Corporation

The BTN Audio Update is high-energy news for kids! It’s a quick wrap of the big, breaking, and just plain weird stories of the day told in simple, fun language. It’s brought to you by the team at ABC’s Behind The News. The updates are released every weekday at 2pm AEST.

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All Episodes

00:02:57

Growing Coats On Trees

ABC Behind The News ·

2018/06/11

Celebrating a royal birthday, meet the boy who's growing coats on trees, and more than 300 kids skip their way through the weekend.

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00:02:50

Like My Mum Always Says

ABC Behind The News ·

2018/06/08

World Oceans Day zeroes in on plastic, the girl saving for a home one bottle at a time, Mt Kilauea does a whole lot more damage, and a girl whose baseball dreams came true with the help of some seriously cool tech.

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00:02:51

What A Polite Sheep!

ABC Behind The News ·

2018/06/07

The fiery Fuego Volcano, State of Origin game one wraps up, an asteroid meets a crispy end in the night sky, Miss America ditches the bikini parade, and why on earth our scientists are breeding sheep to have better manners.

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00:03:00

Where's The Off Switch??

ABC Behind The News ·

2018/06/06

New apps to help us combat our tech addictions, some lucky kids who go to school on surfboards, the Frenchman who's spending six months swimming through rubbish, and a coffee with a colourful twist.

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00:02:52

Poo Power

ABC Behind The News ·

2018/06/05

BTN turns 50, why World Environment Day matters, the weird assortment of stuff that fell off a ship in rough seas, turning poop into power, and a smoothie that I don't reckon I'm game enough to try...

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00:03:40

Space Soccer

ABC Behind The News ·

2018/06/04

Some big Aussie shops commit to ditching plastic, astronauts arrive home, kids who are really good at spelling, why you may not need to run away and join the circus after all, and a zoo that had everyone in town terrified.

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00:03:54

A Pricey Pair Of Pants

ABC Behind The News ·

2018/06/01

An online shopping shake-up, Pluto's awesome icy dunes, how to eat greener, we meet one of the strongest mums in Oz, and a dude who got seriously grumpy when his trousers went missing.

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00:04:00

Volcanic Marshmallows

ABC Behind The News ·

2018/05/31

The real-life spy story almost too crazy to be real, PNG gives Facebook the flick, snow season begins with some bad news, why you shouldn't use volcanic lava to cook your dessert, and something new to blame for your junk food addiction.

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00:03:25

Trust Me, I'm A Computer

ABC Behind The News ·

2018/05/30

Calls for a treaty in National Reconciliation Week, a guy who didn't quite escape the eruption of Mt Vesuvius, the computers influencing our opinion, everyone's favourite salty spread makes a comeback, and the lab who had a pretty good excuse for missing her flight.

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00:04:04

Unsolved Mysteries

ABC Behind The News ·

2018/05/29

The search for a disappearing plane ends, wearing pants to school, ditching dinky drink-stirrers, Boy Scouts decides girls are allowed, and the inflatable unicorn that swam out to sea with an unwilling passenger.

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00:03:40

Attack Of The Mega-Crocs

ABC Behind The News ·

2018/05/28

Some wild weather in the Middle East, juice labels could be getting a grim makeover, the monks with expanding waistlines, just when you thought crocs couldn't get any scarier (they do), and real-life spiderman carries out a superhuman rescue.

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00:03:33

Fishy Secrets

ABC Behind The News ·

2018/05/25

Trump cancels a playdate, why we mark Sorry Day every year, the teeny fish fossils that tell a big story, footy players being told to stay on their feet, and the foster dad dog with nine new family members.

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00:03:34

The Boy With 2000 Pets

ABC Behind The News ·

2018/05/24

The mystery surrounding Italy's new PM, a high-profile tweeter gets a blocking ban, the young beekeeper out to change the world, an Italian feast that I could probs eat all by myself, and when the tortoise raced the hare... did he really win?

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00:03:57

Orange Outfits

ABC Behind The News ·

2018/05/23

Shark nets catching more than we bargained for, why humans are bad for the planet, a doggo keeping cane toads at bay, saying thanks to our vollies in orange, and a dude who really, really doesn't wanna leave home.

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00:03:24

Starstruck

ABC Behind The News ·

2018/05/22

The Commonwealth Games visitors who don't wanna go home, The wild horses being dragged away, a record number of eyes on the sky, and a monkey who didn't appreciate being treated like a suitcase.

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00:04:20

Teeny Tiny Houses

ABC Behind The News ·

2018/05/21

The volcano that just keeps spewing, Royal Wedding highlights, Fraser Island gets a Spring clean, the big tiny house project, and the new-age insta-celebs that don't have a shadow.

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00:03:22

Pop Song Secrets

ABC Behind The News ·

2018/05/18

The Koreas being forever frenemies, kids tell BTN about their strolls to school, why the end of bees could bee the end of the world, and how to write a popular pop tune.

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00:03:16

It's Laurel

ABC Behind The News ·

2018/05/17

Changes to how we send sheep overseas, our Flying Doctors turn 90, why a monkey's actually more hygienic than you, and an audio clip of someone definitely saying "laurel".

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00:03:57

Flying With Frogs

ABC Behind The News ·

2018/05/16

A very special month for Muslims around the world, what it's like to have an erupting volcano as a neighbour, and why your compassionate pet piglet might have to give that trip to America a miss.

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00:03:05

Rock Around The Sun

ABC Behind The News ·

2018/05/15

Ditching a delicious and deadly ingredient, a cure that could change your life, a space rock that didn't appreciate being forgotten, and the prom date who caused quite the stir!

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