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Squiz Kids

Squiz Kids is a news podcast, just for kids! Presented by Bryce Corbett and Christie Kijurina, it"s a 10 minutes of age-appropriate news , delivered with positivity and humour. Make it part of your daily routine by playing it over breakfast, during the drive to school or - for all the Squiz teachers out there - in the classroom. There"s also kids v adults quizzes, a book club, kids-only Q&As (with people like the Prime Minister!), deep dives into topics kids love (from Barbie to Halloween, toys,

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10:51

New world map unveiled, and the Star Wars museum of...

Squiz Kids ·

2026/09/06

Your daily kids news podcast. New world map unveiled; Korea’s robot theme park; the Star Wars museum of storytelling; and soiled undies and kissing bears win science prize. The familiar world map set to get a serious resize! K-pop dancers, pianists and kickboxers... South Korea’s new theme park has robots doing the entertaining. Buried undies, kissing polar bears and stolen baby lollies. Welcome to the wonderfully weird Ig Nobel Awards! Star Wars creator George Lucas has turned his love of

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16:56

Dads - On Fathers' Day... Your Shortcut - From the Vault

Squiz Kids ·

2026/09/05

In this Squiz Kids Shortcut for Fathers' Day, Christie and Bryce explore the wild world of animal dads. From devoted emperor penguins and pregnant seahorses to fathers whose parenting methods are a little more questionable.They also travel through history to discover how the role of dads has changed and meet the many different people who can do the dadding in our lives. So grab your dad, stepdad, grandad or another special father figure and listen together. There’s a S’Quiz at the end!

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4:11

How do 3D Printers work? Science Shorts

Squiz Kids ·

2026/09/04

Eight-year-old Ethan from Casula in Sydney wants to know how 3D printers work. Christie discovers how computer designs are sliced into thousands of incredibly thin layers, then built into real objects using everything from melted plastic and powdered metal to concrete and chocolate.Along the way, we find out how 3D printing could help astronauts, hospitals and people living in remote communities. Do you have a science question you'd like Christie to answer? Send it in to

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9:18

Kids vs Adults Weekly News S'Quiz

Squiz Kids ·

2026/09/03

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.

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10:27

The algorithm robot in the spotlight, and Footy...

Squiz Kids ·

2026/09/02

Your daily kids news podcast.The algorithm robot in the spotlight; Canada’s mysterious moving island; Footy finals fever is here; and where have all the dugongs gone? The algorithm knows what you watch, click and like, and keeps serving up more to keep you scrolling. Now Australian politicians are debating whether we should get to choose if it tracks us at all. Is it an island or an enormous raft? A football-field-sized chunk of trees and plants has been spotted floating across a Canadian

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12:10

Gamers get a glimpse of the future, and a phone...

Squiz Kids ·

2026/09/01

Your daily kids news podcast.Big ticks for bush schooling; a backyard Viking Treasure find; gamers get a glimpse of the future; and a phone survives a fall from space! Could climbing trees help your times tables? Sydney students swapped the classroom for the bush and returned more confident, engaged and connected to nature. Forget finding worms while gardening — one Danish homeowner uncovered a Viking fortune! Hundreds of thousands of gamers descended on Germany for Gamescom, getting an early

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15:59

Dads - Your Shortcut... For Father's Day

Squiz Kids ·

2026/08/31

Some dads brave the Antarctic winter to protect a single egg… others give birth to hundreds of babies… and almost all of them believe their jokes are hilarious. In this Squiz Kids Shortcut for Father’s Day, Christie and Bryce meet some of the animal kingdom’s most extraordinary fathers. From egg-balancing emperor penguins and pregnant seahorses to fish dads that occasionally eat their own offspring. They also discover how dadding has changed throughout human history, explore the origins of

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12:45

Nepal’s glacier landslide explained, and Fat Marmot...

Squiz Kids ·

2026/08/30

Your daily kids news podcast.Nepal’s glacier landslide explained; Roger the working seagull; Media literacy in the spotlight; and Fat Marmot Week crowns a winner. Rescuers are working around the clock after catastrophic flooding devastated communities in Nepal and Tibet. All hail Dawn, the newly crowned champion of Fat Marmot Week! More Aussie kids are turning to AI for their news, but research shows plenty are also accidentally sharing fake stories. Meet Roger, possibly Britain’s first

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11:22

Water - Your Shortcut... From the Vault

Squiz Kids ·

2026/08/29

To celebrate World Lake Day, we went searching through the Squiz Kids Vault for an episode all about water. Which was lucky, really, because we’d sprung a leak and were well on the way to creating an underground lake of our own. Thankfully, we found this Shortcut sitting safe and dry on a high shelf. Join us as we discover where Earth’s water came from, why it’s essential to life and how the same water has been travelling around our planet for billions of years.

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4:40

How are stars formed? Science Short

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2026/08/28

Look up on a clear night and you might see hundreds, or even thousands, of stars. But where did they all come from, and what makes a new star begin to shine?This week, Isabella from Cammeray asks: How are stars formed? Christie travels into a stellar nursery to discover how gravity gathers enormous clouds of gas and dust, why a growing protostar becomes incredibly hot, and how nuclear fusion turns it into a shining star. Plus, if stars aren’t really on fire, what produces all that heat and light

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8:52

Kids vs Adults Weekly News S'Quiz

Squiz Kids ·

2026/08/27

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.

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11:06

The world remembers Dolly, and Spain’s food fight...

Squiz Kids ·

2026/08/26

Your daily kids news podcast.The world remembers Dolly; Spain’s food fight festival; Sniffing out voice clones online; and Game of Thrones meets Harry Potter. The world is remembering country music superstar Dolly Parton, not just for thousands of songs, but for her enormous generosity. More than 20,000 people have turned a Spanish town into the world’s messiest salad, hurling squishy tomatoes at each other for La Tomatina. From battling dragons to teaching Defence Against the Dark Arts! Game

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10:56

A billion-galaxy telescope prepares for launch, and a...

Squiz Kids ·

2026/08/25

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

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15:22

Scotland -Squiz the World goes to...

Squiz Kids ·

2026/08/24

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

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11:41

The infinite scroll goes on trial, and the robot that...

Squiz Kids ·

2026/08/23

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

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12:26

Book Week - Your Shortcut... From the Vault

Squiz Kids ·

2026/08/22

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.

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4:44

How and why do we dream? Science Short

Squiz Kids ·

2026/08/21

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.

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9:47

Kids vs Adults Weekly News S'Quiz

Squiz Kids ·

2026/08/20

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.

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9:47

Spaceship splashdown near Christmas Island, and why...

Squiz Kids ·

2026/08/19

Your daily kids news podcast.Spaceship splashdown near Christmas Island; baby whale shark nursery revealed; a zero-gravity fake; and why otters love to watch. A SpaceX rocket booster the size of an Olympic swimming pool has splashed back to Earth and is being towed toward Christmas Island. Scientists think they may have found a nursery for baby whale sharks off Indonesia after tiny youngsters were spotted in a protected cove. Turns out zoo visitors may be entertaining the otters just as much as

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9:33

Parliament takes on betting ads, and the Milky Way’s...

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2026/08/18

Your daily kids news podcast.Parliament takes on betting ads; monkey business in the Scottish Highlands; some picture-perfect animals; and the Milky Way’s ancient feeding frenzy Australia is moving to put more distance between sport and gambling. Luka the macaque fancied a Scottish adventure, escaping his wildlife park and wandering kilometres into the Highlands. Smile for the camera! More than 800 photos have captured the beautiful, bizarre and downright photogenic residents of British and

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