{"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":250,"summary":"Every Friday, join Emily for News Time as she counts down the week’s most interesting news stories for kids. From amazing animals to special events, the natural world to outer space, News Time is made especially for children to help them understand the world around them.","last_synced_at":"2026-07-24T08:19:16.797466+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/news-time-407810"},"episode":{"title":"Racing fast and a brand new class","slug":"racing-fast-and-a-brand-new-class","published_at":"2026-03-12T20:00:00+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/news-time-407810/racing-fast-and-a-brand-new-class","show_page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/news-time-407810","url":"https://www.abc.net.au/kidslisten/programs/news-time/racing-fast-and-a-brand-new-class/106445316","audio_url":"https://mediacore-live-production.akamaized.net/audio/02/ih/Z/p3.mp3","summary":"Today’s episode has a little bit of everything. You’ll hear about some sportspeople taking on the best in the world at the Paralympic Winter Games, then meet a sporty, speedy teen travelling the world to follow her dream. After that, we’ll get a little bit sticky learning something new about sweet, runny honey before grabbing a turtle and a toothbrush for the Wow of the Week! Quiz Questions 1.Aussie flag bearer and Paralympian Ben Tudhope has already won a medal at the games… was it a gold, silver or bronze medal? 2.What bee behaviour made the honey even stronger at fighting germs? 3.What country is Joanne going to for her racing career? 4.What is it called when someone is both Deaf and blind? 5.What part of the turtle did Josh fix with the dental supplies? Answers 1.A silver medal. 2.The bees visited lots of different kinds of flowers. 3.Japan. 4.Deafblind. 5.It’s shell.","meta_description":"Today’s episode has a little bit of everything. You’ll hear about some sportspeople taking on the best in the world at the Paralympic Winter Games, then m…","key_points":[],"chapters":[],"topics":[],"duration_seconds":796,"processing_state":"not_requested","actions":[{"name":"request_transcript","method":"POST","url":"https://stenobird.com/v1/public/podcasts/news-time-407810/episodes/racing-fast-and-a-brand-new-class/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/racing-fast-and-a-brand-new-class.md","description":"Read the agent-friendly Markdown representation of this episode resource."}]}}