Squiz Kids

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 the Squiz Kids Super Fast Supersonic Jetliner as we take off for Italy — a country shaped like a boot, where legends tell of twin brothers raised by a wolf, where pizza and pasta were born, and...

Your daily kids news podcast. Record Aussie team heads to Tokyo; Croatia’s really long strudel; blood moon in the skies; and who wants a Halloumi McMuffin? The World Athletics Championships are on in Tokyo, and Australia’s sending its biggest-ever team! Croatia just cooked up the world's longest apple strudel—over 3km long! That’s a pastry parade of 8,900 slices using literal truckloads of flour a...

This week on Squiz Kids Science Shorts: A girl climbs a crane while asleep. A boy boards a train in his pyjamas and travels 100 miles. Yep, it’s all true! But why do people sleepwalk? In this Squiz Kids Science Short, we unpack the science behind sleepwalking. ⁠Watch this episode on YouTube⁠. Every Saturday, Squiz Kids Science Shorts answers the big, curly questions you’ve been wondering about — b...

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.

Your daily kids news podcast. Driverless cars on horizon; its AFL footy finals time; Squiz-E heads for the clouds; and Molly, our new world surf champ! The future has arrived! Self-driving cars are hitting Aussie roads. You still need a human in the seat (for now), but one day, a robo-taxi might drop you at school! Feeling awful didn’t stop Aussie surfer Molly Picklum from catching world champ glo...

Your daily kids news podcast. Bushfire Banksias bounce back; San Francisco’s Goose Busters; Medieval mayhem in armour; and an ocean rowing record. Volunteers planted 800 baby Banksia plants on Mount Burrowa to help bring back bushfire-damaged forests. Foster City is under attack… by geese! With up to 400 Canada geese causing chaos (and heaps of poo), the city is launching a high-tech goose-busting...

This is your Squiz Kids Shortcut to Guinness World Records. The podcast where we dive into the who, what, when, where, why, and how of big news stories. They’ve been used to settle pub arguments, they’ve sold more than 143 million copies, and they’ve crowned everything from the world’s tallest person to the fastest sock-putter-onner. This is your Squiz Kids Shortcut to Guinness World Records — the...

Your daily kids news podcast. Schools banning screen time; world record redhead-gathering; England’s stinky poo zoo; and the world’s most expensive wave. Laptops or lined paper? Classrooms are caught in a battle between screens and scribbles! Strawberry blondes from all over the world gathered in the Netherlands to celebrate their fiery locks. Scientists in the UK are diving into rhino doo-doo to...

This week on Squiz Kids Science Shorts: Are energy drinks really bad for you? We unpack what’s inside, why people drink them, and why doctors say kids shouldn’t.” Watch this episode on YouTube. Every Saturday, Squiz Kids Science Shorts answers the big, curly questions you’ve been wondering about — breaking down weird facts, everyday mysteries, and the latest science stories in a fun and kid-friend...

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.

Your daily kids news podcast. Project Mars has lift off; Bog snorkelling in Wales; Squiz-E meets the K-Pop Demon Hunters; and Tay Tay is getting married. SpaceX nailed its 10th test flight, launching a rocket, dropping off satellites, and landing safely back on Earth. In the UK, people have been flopping through bogs and body-slamming in buckets of gravy. Taylor Swift and Travis Kelce are official...

Your daily kids news podcast. Checking in on our Green Goals; a very messy festival; a chirp-off champion crowned; and human hair toothpaste. Australia's making strides on its climate goals, slashing emissions and plugging into renewable power—but experts say we’ve gotta pick up the pace. A tomato-throwing festival in Spain - the world is full of gloriously goofy traditions! Nearly 100 wannabe bir...

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. Today, we’re flying high into the Himalayas to visit Bhutan — a tiny kingdom known as the Land of the Thunder Dragon. From its breathtaking mountains and unusual animals, to...

Your daily kids news podcast. Frozen trees and koala conservation; Vampire bats love to cuddle; Sydney’s big wet and astro-turfing; plus a big week for K-Pop Demon Hunters. Scientists are freezing rare trees to protect them from deadly fungus (just like sci-fi heroes!), and koalas are bouncing back in NSW with a surprise baby boom. You’d think false vampire bats were scary little beasties—but surp...

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.

Your daily kids news podcast. SA’s soy-sauce fish ban; India’s garbage cafes; the great London Zoo weigh-in; and a cruise-ship-chaos fake. Those cute little fishy soy sauce bottles? They’re swimming away for good in South Australia! A new law is banning single-use plastics like them to help protect the environment In India, you can pay for your lunch… with garbage! These amazing “garbage cafes” gi...

Your daily kids news podcast. The solar system gets a visitor; a 10-year-old makes chess history; skibidi goes mainstream; and solar cars race the outback. An interstellar comet is zipping through our solar system like a space tourist with no time to stop! It’s super fast, super far, and maybe even alien (probably not, but wouldn’t that be cool?). At just 10 years old, Bodhana Sivanandan checkmate...

Squiz Kids Q&A with Aussie kids author extraordinaire, Andy Griffiths. Andy Griffiths is back in the Q+A hot seat for the fourth time — this time to launch his brand new book, You and Me and the Peanut Butter Beast. From what inspired him to become a writer, to how he handles stress, whether his imagination ever goes quiet, and even which Treehouse feature he’d sneak into his own home — Squiz Kids...

Your daily kids news podcast. Earthquake rattles Queensland; China’s robot Olympics; Wallabies stun the Springboks; and Black Pink break a record. A 5.6-magnitude earthquake shook parts of Queensland, the biggest one on land in Australia in 50 years! In China, robots raced, played soccer, and even kickboxed in a weekend of wacky robo-sports. There were plenty of spills and giggles, but it’s just t...

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. Why is the sky blue???  This week on Squiz Kids Science Shorts, Christie answers this question. Find it in the Shorts menu on the Squiz Kids YouTube channel. A fun kids vs adults news quiz to test who’s been paying the most attention to the week in news. For...

Your daily kids news podcast. 80 years since a World War’s end; jellyfish jam a French power plant; the AFLW kicks off; and big kidfluencer concerns. In 1945, Australia celebrated VP Day as Japan surrendered and World War Two finally ended. Thousands of jellyfish swarmed a French nuclear power plant, clogging pipes and forcing a shutdown. The AFL Women’s 10th season kicks off tonight with 18 teams...

Your daily kids news podcast. Recognising Palestine: what it means; Santa’s cycling helpers; Meteorite buzzes Melbourne; and yee-haa it’s rodeo time. Australia’s joined other countries in recognising Palestine as its own state, hoping one day kids in both Israel and Palestine can grow up as neighbours, sharing peace, not conflict. Three super-fit postal “elves” are cycling nearly 3,000 km from Ger...

People once believed the Earth was flat. That illnesses were caused by bad smells. And that bleeding a patient with leeches could cure almost anything. In this Shortcut, released for National Science Week, we dig into some of the biggest scientific ideas that turned out to be wrong. We’ll explore how science corrects itself through experiments, evidence, and peer review, and why admitting mistakes...

Your daily kids news podcast. National Science Week kicks off; Belgium’s ferret rat-busters; 12-year-old surf champ; and the World’s Ugliest Dog. A Japanese rocket is zooming through space, chasing a giant, cigar-shaped “dark comet” that may hold clues to how water first came to Earth. Brussels is thinking of sending ferrets into drains to chase away an explosion of stinky brown rats. These furry...

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. Are Aliens real??? This week on Squiz Kids Science Shorts, Christie answers this question. Exclusive to YouTube. Find it in the Shorts menu on the Squiz Kids YouTube channel.