{"podcast":{"title":"News Time","slug":"news-time-407810","podcast_index_feed_id":407810,"rss_url":"https://www.abc.net.au/feeds/9989710/podcast.xml","website_url":"https://www.abc.net.au/kidslisten/programs/news-time/","image_url":"https://live-production.wcms.abc-cdn.net.au/8b9e5a578590113cdb9cbc3eb12e2828.jpg?src","author":"ABC","episode_count":453,"summary":"From amazing animals to sensational sport, interesting insects to dino discoveries, mars missions and beyond. Join Emily Anderson every Monday, Wednesday, and Friday to count down the weird and wonderful. News Time is perfect for 4-9 year olds who want to know more about the world around them.","last_synced_at":"2026-09-28T04:17:18.168878+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/news-time-407810"},"episode":{"title":"Lean screen time and dino poo","slug":"lean-screen-time-and-dino-poo","published_at":"2026-09-17T17:00:00+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/news-time-407810/lean-screen-time-and-dino-poo","show_page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/news-time-407810","url":"https://www.abc.net.au/kidslisten/programs/news-time/lean-screen-time-and-dino-poo/107163440","audio_url":"https://mediacore-live-production.akamaized.net/audio/02/oj/Z/63.mp3","summary":"Today’s episode features some big news about screen time that might be changing things at your school. We’ll stay off the screens as we visit a unique vending machine that’s full of something a little surprising, and definitely not edible. And then we’ll leave modern screens behind as we head back to prehistoric times for a dinoriffic, pooptastic Wow of the Week. Quiz Questions 1. With this new idea, are New South Wales public school kids likely to have more time or less time on screens in school? 2.In which state or territory would you find this book vending machine? 3.What’s the technical term for fossilised poo? Hint: It starts with C. Answers 1.Less. 2.Queensland 3.Coprolite News Noodler Do you think the book vending machine will be popular? Why? What else could you make a vending machine for?","meta_description":"Today’s episode features some big news about screen time that might be changing things at your school. We’ll stay off the screens as we visit a unique ven…","key_points":[],"chapters":[],"topics":[],"duration_seconds":570,"processing_state":"not_requested","actions":[{"name":"request_transcript","method":"POST","url":"https://stenobird.com/v1/public/podcasts/news-time-407810/episodes/lean-screen-time-and-dino-poo/transcription-requests","description":"Idempotently request low-priority transcript generation for this episode."},{"name":"read_markdown","method":"GET","url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/news-time-407810/lean-screen-time-and-dino-poo.md","description":"Read the agent-friendly Markdown representation of this episode resource."}]}}