{"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":"Thylacine clue and valuable poo","slug":"thylacine-clue-and-valuable-poo","published_at":"2026-04-16T21:00:00+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/news-time-407810/thylacine-clue-and-valuable-poo","show_page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/news-time-407810","url":"https://www.abc.net.au/kidslisten/programs/news-time/thylacine-clue-and-valuable-poo/106568298","audio_url":"https://mediacore-live-production.akamaized.net/audio/02/jk/Z/r8.mp3","summary":"On this week's News Time, we’ll hear about an entire town that’s up for sale at a bargain price, then we’ll go poolside to discover what’s lifting the spirits of stressed swimmers. Then, in our Wow of the Week, we’ll meet a native animal whose poo is worth millions of dollars! Quiz Questions 1. More people have been travelling around on WHAT mode of transport? 2. How many people live in the town of Cooladdi? 3. What did Swimming Australia introduce to help athletes calm down before racing? 4. What is the name of the creature more commonly known as the Tasmanian Tiger? 5. How do bats plant trees? Answers 1. Bicycles 2. Two! But there’s room for more... 3. Support dogs 4. Thylacine 5. They poop out seeds!","meta_description":"On this week's News Time, we’ll hear about an entire town that’s up for sale at a bargain price, then we’ll go poolside to discover what’s lifting the spi…","key_points":[],"chapters":[],"topics":[],"duration_seconds":790,"processing_state":"not_requested","actions":[{"name":"request_transcript","method":"POST","url":"https://stenobird.com/v1/public/podcasts/news-time-407810/episodes/thylacine-clue-and-valuable-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/thylacine-clue-and-valuable-poo.md","description":"Read the agent-friendly Markdown representation of this episode resource."}]}}