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, sport, inventions, crazy science stuff, and so much more). Want a birthday shoutout? Email...
How do 3D Printers work? Science Shorts
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 squizkids@thesquiz.com.au, and you might hear your answer in an upcoming episode.
Kids vs Adults Weekly News S'Quiz
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.
The algorithm robot in the spotlight, and Footy Finals Fever is here
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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 lake.
Grab the snacks and claim th...
Gamers get a glimpse of the future, and a phone survives a fall from space!
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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 look at the games heading our way.
Talk about a dr...
Dads - Your Shortcut... For Father's Day
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 Father’s Day, and celebrate the dads, grandads, stepdads and other special people who do the daddin...
Nepal’s glacier landslide explained, and Fat Marmot Week crowns a winner.
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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 seagull security guard.
For the full episode transcript, click here...
Water - Your Shortcut... From the Vault
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.
How are stars formed? Science Short
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?
If you ha...
Kids vs Adults Weekly News S'Quiz
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.
The world remembers Dolly, and Spain’s food fight festival
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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 of Thrones star Kit Harington is reportedly swapping Westeros for Hogwarts.
<...A billion-galaxy telescope prepares for launch, and a googly-eyed gamble pays off.
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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...
Scotland -Squiz the World goes to...
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.
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The infinite scroll goes on trial, and the robot that runs faster than Usain Bolt
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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...
Book Week - Your Shortcut... From the Vault
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.
How and why do we dream? Science Short
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.
Kids vs Adults Weekly News S'Quiz
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.
Spaceship splashdown near Christmas Island, and why otters love to watch.
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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 the otters entertain us.
Social media...
Parliament takes on betting ads, and the Milky Way’s ancient feeding frenzy
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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 Irish zoos and aquariums.
Our Milky Way has quite the appetite! Astronomers have uncovered evidence of...
The end of the dinosaurs - Your Shortcut...
Dinosaurs ruled the Earth for more than 160 million years… then, 66 million years ago, almost all of them disappeared.
In this Shortcut, Christie and Bryce fire up a time machine to visit the final days of the dinosaurs, discover how a thin layer of rock helped scientists work out what happened, and follow the chain of events after a giant asteroid struck Earth.
Then they meet the survivors, including the dinosaur descendants still all around us today.
Listen carefully. There’s a S’Quiz at the end!
For the full episode transcript, click...
Operation Fairy Penguin, and Socceroo’s Michael Jackson moment
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Operation Fairy Penguin; Earthquake in Indonesia; Socceroo’s Michael Jackson moment; and the world’s ugliest dog.
Roll up those tiny sleeves! Victoria is launching an enormous operation to vaccinate thousands of fairy penguins against bird flu.
The ground is rumbling again, with powerful earthquakes striking parts of Indonesia following other major quakes and volcanic eruptions around the world.
Nestory Irankunda is taking his fancy footwork to Portugal!
Who is the World's Ugliest Dog for 2026?
For the full episode transcript, click here
Science that was Wrong - For National Science Week... From the Vault
It’s National Science Week, and what better time to celebrate one of the most important things about science: sometimes, it gets things wrong.
People once believed the Earth was at the centre of the universe, illness was caused by an imbalance of blood, phlegm and bile, and maggots simply appeared from rotting meat. So how did we go from those ideas to the science we know today?
This week, we’re heading back into the Squiz Kids Vault for our Shortcut to Science That Was Wrong, where Christie and Bryce discover why changing your mind...
Why does cutting an onion make you cry? Science Short
Felix, from Hunters Hill, wants to know why slicing into an onion can leave our eyes stinging and tears streaming down our faces.
In this week’s Squiz Kids Science Short, Christie breaks into the onion’s tiny chemical security system, discovers how cutting it releases an irritating mist into the air, and reveals why a blunt knife may make things even worse.
Plus, do any of those strange onion-chopping tricks actually stop the tears?
Kids vs Adults Weekly News S'Quiz
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.
The President, the plane and secret escape, and a Bunnings sausage saga
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The President, the plane and secret escape; Wallaby on the run in Netherlands; a Bunnings sausage saga; and shark scientists on hurricane watch.
It sounds like a spy thriller: a president, a super-secure jumbo jet and a secret escape involving a catering container!
Catch me if you can! A runaway wallaby has spent six months hopping around the Netherlands.
Forget weather balloons — scientists are recruiting sharks!
No, the Bunnings sausage sizzle hasn’t been replaced by Indian food stalls. AI-generated images are being used to s...
A total eclipse over Europe, and Aussie teens make their mark
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A total eclipse over Europe; Colombia’s earthquake emergency; Aussie teens make their mark; and Brisbane’s underwater light show.
The Northern Hemisphere is getting a cosmic double feature! A total solar eclipse will briefly turn day to darkness before the Perseid meteor shower lights up the night.
Rescuers and volunteers are working through rubble after Colombia’s strongest earthquake this century.
World records, gold medals… and an election campaign! Young Australians Isaac Beacroft, Izobelle Louison-Roe and Hera Sheppard are proving teenagers can achieve seriously big things.<...
Andy Griffiths - You and Me and the Gigantic Knucklehead - and a Squiz Kids Q+A
Squiz Kids Q+A with kids' author extraordinaire Andy Griffiths. Andy braves the Hot Seat for the fifth time with his new book... You and Me and the Gigantic Knucklehead.
From what Andy's favourite snack is when he's writing, to where he gets his funniest ideas, whether there's an idea too gross to put in a book, and whether he's ever laughed so hard that he needed to stop writing....
The Squiz Kids crowd ask all the tough questions, and Andy gives some surprising answers!
It’s Census time in Oz, and Minecraft comes to Switch 2.
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It’s Census time in Oz; Brazil’s capybara invasion; Mice plague a feast for owls; and Minecraft comes to Switch 2.
Australia, prepare to be counted! Census night is rolling around, giving the country a giant snapshot of who lives where and how we live.
Move over politicians... there are some new rodents in the house! A pair of curious capybaras wandered into a parliament building in Brazil.
Australia’s mouse plague has produced an unexpected winner: barn owls! With millions of mice providing an enormous feathe...
The James Webb Space Telescope... Your Shortcut - From the Vault
The James Webb Space Telescope has been sending back extraordinary images of newborn stars, distant planets and some of the earliest galaxies ever seen. So, this week, we’re blasting open the Squiz Kids Vault and revisiting our Shortcut to the telescope that some people call the Just Wonderful Space Telescope.
Join Amanda and Bryce as they discover HOW the JWST works, WHAT its first spectacular images revealed, and WHY scientists believe studying distant galaxies and planets could help us better understand the universe, and our own little corner of it.
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How the Ja...
Bird Flu Has Reached Australia… Now What? Science Short
Bird flu has reached Australia, but what exactly is H5N1, how does it spread, and what can families do to be prepared?
In this special Science Short, Christie speaks with Dr Tiggy Grillo from Wildlife Health Australia about how bird flu affects birds and other animals, how Australia prepared for its arrival, and what scientists are watching for now.
They also explain whether people and pets can catch it, how families can help protect backyard chickens and other animals, and exactly what kids should do if they spot a sick or dead bird.
<...Kids vs Adults Weekly News S'Quiz
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.
Rocket crashes into the Moon, and escaped lion fake news
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Rocket crashes into the Moon; Guatemala’s fire volcano erupts; Escaped lion fake news; and New Zealand’s ducks breathe a sigh of relief.
A runaway rocket booster has slammed into the Moon at more than 8,000 km/h, kicking up a giant cloud of lunar dust.
People living near Guatemala's Volcano Fuego have been evacuated as lava and ash pour from the mountain.
After three years on the run, a feral cat nicknamed "Nine Lives" has finally been captured in New Zealand, giving endangered native ducks a mu...
Aussie bird flu outbreak worsens, and Spider-Man’s massive weekend
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Aussie bird flu outbreak worsens; Spider-Man’s massive weekend; Salty sea dogs ride the waves; and some very Hungry Hippos
Wildlife experts are urging Australians to keep their distance after bird flu was found in wild seabirds. If you spot a sick or dead bird, remember the golden rule: look, don't touch.
One family in the United States has set a lightning-fast Hungry Hungry Hippos world record.
Dozens of talented dogs hit the surf at the World Dog Surfing Championships in California.
Spider-Man: Brand Ne...
Understanding Racism - Your Shortcut...
Why do humans sort people into groups? What happens when those groups become “us” and “them”? And how can fear, stereotypes and repeated messages make unfair ideas seem true?
With jellybeans, tigers, and magpies, this episode helps kids understand that racism isn’t only found in history books, and it doesn’t always arrive shouting. Sometimes it can show up in everyday assumptions, jokes, exclusions or stereotypes.
We’ll look at Australia’s history, including racism towards First Nations people and migrant communities, and consider how the people once labelled “too different” have helped shape the diverse, multicu...
Curtain closes on Commonwealth Games, and how polar bears keep cool in zoos.
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Curtain closes on Commonwealth Games; Our shortcut to racism; Astronauts float back to Earth; and how polar bears keep cool in zoos.
Australia has wrapped up a spectacular Commonwealth Games campaign, finishing miles ahead on the medal tally.
After eight months aboard the International Space Station, three astronauts are back on Earth!
With Europe sweltering through summer, zoo keepers in Prague gave their polar bears tonnes of ice to roll, slide and play in.
A catchy song about eastern rosellas, written by a seven-year-old...
The Marvel Cinematic Universe... Your Shortcut - From the Vault
How are Spider-Man, Iron Man, Black Panther, Thor and the Guardians of the Galaxy all connected?
They’re part of the Marvel Cinematic Universe, or MCU, a gigantic collection of movies and TV shows whose characters and storylines exist in one connected world. With Spider-Man: Brand New Day arriving in cinemas, we’re swinging into the Squiz Kids Vault for a Shortcut first released in August 2021.
Find out how the MCU began, who helped create its best-known superheroes and what goes into making a Marvel movie. Just remember: this episode is a snapshot of the MCU...
A Special Saturday Plea from Bryce
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Will humans ever stop breaking world records? Science Short
Faster. Higher. Stronger. From Australian sprint stars Lachlan Kennedy and Torrie Lewis to record-breaking swimmers and sports stars, athletes keep pushing beyond what once seemed humanly possible.
But surely we can’t keep getting faster, higher and stronger forever… can we?
In this Squiz Kids Science Short, Christie investigates why world records keep tumbling, how training and technology help athletes improve, and whether our brains sometimes apply the brakes before our bodies have truly reached their limit. Plus, could you become a world-record holder simply by pulling enough socks onto one foot?
Will huma...
Kids vs Adults Weekly News S'Quiz
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.
We’d love your feedback! Help us make Squiz Kids even better by completing our short listener survey. It takes about 15 minutes, and you’ll go into the draw to win a $250 THE ICONIC fashion voucher.
Just remember to select Squiz Kids. [Click here to take the survey]
Japan rocked by earthquake, and Lachie Kennedy: Australia’s new fastest man
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Japan rocked by earthquake; Australia’s new fastest man; Knights and Demons in fake news scam; and a bee road train to the rescue.
A powerful earthquake has struck southern Japan, damaging buildings, bridges and rail lines.
Australia's sprinters were flying at the Commonwealth Games, with Lachie Kennedy smashing a 23-year-old national record and Torrie Lewis becoming the first Aussie woman to run 100 metres in under 11 seconds.
Thousands of healthy beehives are travelling across Australia to help pollinate fruit trees after deadly varroa mites devastated bee po...
Spidey swings into action, and Toy Story’s billion-dollar buzz
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Spidey swings into action; Toy Story’s billion-dollar buzz; a Dino-era dinner surprise; and a rescue hero rules the waves.
Scientists have uncovered an incredible fossil showing one prehistoric predator eating another… before becoming lunch itself!
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