Squiz Media

Squiz Kids

Squiz Kids is a news podcast, just for kids! 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, sport, inventions, crazy science stuff, and so much more).

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There are 130 episodes

Episode One: Monday, December 12 – Meet the chart topping frogs; Heartbreak and joy in World Cup finals; catching a puma; and how to own a unicorn.

This is an Episodic show. You can listen to it in any order, but episode one is always a great place to start.

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Created by: Squiz Media

Australia 6-10 11+

Started: December 11th, 2022

Status: Active, 130 episodes

Kind: Episodic

Language: English

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Friday, February 3 – A new $5 design; Congo’s million person mass; killers off the WA coast; and a Roman god found in the sewer.
^{00:11:31 | Season: 4 | Episode: 659 | February 2nd, 2023}

Squiz Kids is an award-winning, free daily news podcast just for kids. Give us ten minutes, and we’ll give you the world. A short podcast that gives kids the lowdown on the big news stories of the day, delivered without opinion, and with positivity and humour.

Friday, February 3 – A new $5 design; Congo’s million person mass; killers off the WA coast; and a Roman god found in the sewer.
^{00:11:31 | Season: 4 | Episode: 659 | February 2nd, 2023}

Thursday, February 2 – Smashing soccer records; jail time for dancing in Iran; a monster Melbourne wasp nest; and Barbie’s sister’s scoliosis.
^{00:11:59 | Season: 4 | Episode: 658 | February 1st, 2023}

Squiz the World goes to… Ghana
^{00:10:14 | Season: 4 | Episode: 657 | January 31st, 2023}

Each week, 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. Today, we’re visiting the Gold Coast! Not the one in Queensland, but the one in sub-Saharan Africa. We’ll learn why Ghana got a new name; what our names would be if we were born in Ghana; and how to pluck a guitar, African-style.

Wednesday, February 1 – Radioactive needle in a haystack; Scotland’s Rubik’s cube champions; Crackdown on Influencers; and there’s a bear on Mars.
^{00:11:45 | Season: 4 | Episode: 656 | January 31st, 2023}

Tuesday, January 31 – A green glowing comet headed for Australia; the Russian Olympic debate; throwing food for Lunar New Year; and a feathered fossil find.
^{00:11:44 | Season: 4 | Episode: 655 | January 30th, 2023}

Your Shortcut to… Antarctica
^{00:09:41 | Season: 4 | Episode: 654 | January 29th, 2023}

It’s a desert… it’s the coldest place on earth… and 60 Australians live there all winter long! Who are the people who choose to live in the coldiest, windiest, and driest continent on earth? What work are they doing there? And how do they survive in such a harsh place? LINKS Two Aussie doctors on a mission: https://antarctica2023.com.au/ Boiling water freezing before it hits the ground: https://www.antarctica.gov.au/about-antarctica/people-in-antarctica/how-cold-is-it/ Videos about life at each of the three Australian Antarctic research stations: https://jobs.antarctica.gov.au/living-and-working-in-antarctica/ Quiz to see if you’ve got what it takes to work in Antarctica https://jobs.antarctica.gov.au/living-and-working-in-antarctica/working-in-antarctica-quiz/

Your Shortcut to… Antarctica
^{00:09:41 | Season: 4 | Episode: 654 | January 29th, 2023}

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Created by: Squiz Media
Started: December 11th, 2022
Status: Active, 130 episodes
Kind: Episodic
Language: English

Australia 6-10 11+

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There are 130 episodes

Episode One: Monday, December 12 – Meet the chart topping frogs; Heartbreak and joy in World Cup finals; catching a puma; and how to own a unicorn.

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Episodes

Friday, February 3 – A new $5 design; Congo’s million person mass; killers off the WA coast; and a Roman god found in the sewer. 00:11:31 | Season: 4 | Episode: 659 | February 2nd, 2023

Friday, February 3 – A new $5 design; Congo’s million person mass; killers off the WA coast; and a Roman god found in the sewer. 00:11:31 | Season: 4 | Episode: 659 | February 2nd, 2023

Thursday, February 2 – Smashing soccer records; jail time for dancing in Iran; a monster Melbourne wasp nest; and Barbie’s sister’s scoliosis. 00:11:59 | Season: 4 | Episode: 658 | February 1st, 2023

Squiz the World goes to… Ghana 00:10:14 | Season: 4 | Episode: 657 | January 31st, 2023

Wednesday, February 1 – Radioactive needle in a haystack; Scotland’s Rubik’s cube champions; Crackdown on Influencers; and there’s a bear on Mars. 00:11:45 | Season: 4 | Episode: 656 | January 31st, 2023

Tuesday, January 31 – A green glowing comet headed for Australia; the Russian Olympic debate; throwing food for Lunar New Year; and a feathered fossil find. 00:11:44 | Season: 4 | Episode: 655 | January 30th, 2023

Your Shortcut to… Antarctica 00:09:41 | Season: 4 | Episode: 654 | January 29th, 2023

Your Shortcut to… Antarctica 00:09:41 | Season: 4 | Episode: 654 | January 29th, 2023

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Friday, February 3 – A new $5 design; Congo’s million person mass; killers off the WA coast; and a Roman god found in the sewer.
^{00:11:31 | Season: 4 | Episode: 659 | February 2nd, 2023}

Friday, February 3 – A new $5 design; Congo’s million person mass; killers off the WA coast; and a Roman god found in the sewer.
^{00:11:31 | Season: 4 | Episode: 659 | February 2nd, 2023}

Thursday, February 2 – Smashing soccer records; jail time for dancing in Iran; a monster Melbourne wasp nest; and Barbie’s sister’s scoliosis.
^{00:11:59 | Season: 4 | Episode: 658 | February 1st, 2023}

Squiz the World goes to… Ghana
^{00:10:14 | Season: 4 | Episode: 657 | January 31st, 2023}

Wednesday, February 1 – Radioactive needle in a haystack; Scotland’s Rubik’s cube champions; Crackdown on Influencers; and there’s a bear on Mars.
^{00:11:45 | Season: 4 | Episode: 656 | January 31st, 2023}

Tuesday, January 31 – A green glowing comet headed for Australia; the Russian Olympic debate; throwing food for Lunar New Year; and a feathered fossil find.
^{00:11:44 | Season: 4 | Episode: 655 | January 30th, 2023}

Your Shortcut to… Antarctica
^{00:09:41 | Season: 4 | Episode: 654 | January 29th, 2023}

Your Shortcut to… Antarctica
^{00:09:41 | Season: 4 | Episode: 654 | January 29th, 2023}