{"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":"Shuffling trails and spewing whales","slug":"shuffling-trails-and-spewing-whales","published_at":"2026-05-14T21:00:00+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/news-time-407810/shuffling-trails-and-spewing-whales","show_page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/news-time-407810","url":"https://www.abc.net.au/kidslisten/programs/news-time/shuffling-trails-spewing-whales/106679278","audio_url":"https://mediacore-live-production.akamaized.net/audio/02/kh/Z/c9.mp3","summary":"Isaac Muller is back to bring you more News Time! We’ll hear about a group of teenage hikers who used their knowledge to make a brave rescue. We’ll find something gross but valuable that’s washed up on a beach. Then, in our Wow of the Week, we’ll meet someone who loves our world and has lived on it for much longer than most of us! Quiz Questions 1. What has been discovered about platypuses from millions of years ago? 2. What did the girls make to get the injured hiker to safety? 3. Ambergris was once used as an ingredient in what item? 4. Where are many Meekatharra kids riding their repaired bikes to? 5. How old did Sir David Attenborough turn last week? Answers 1. They had teeth! 2. A homemade stretcher 3. Perfume 4. School 5. 100!","meta_description":"Isaac Muller is back to bring you more News Time! We’ll hear about a group of teenage hikers who used their knowledge to make a brave rescue. We’ll find s…","key_points":[],"chapters":[],"topics":[],"duration_seconds":798,"processing_state":"not_requested","actions":[{"name":"request_transcript","method":"POST","url":"https://stenobird.com/v1/public/podcasts/news-time-407810/episodes/shuffling-trails-and-spewing-whales/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/shuffling-trails-and-spewing-whales.md","description":"Read the agent-friendly Markdown representation of this episode resource."}]}}