{"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":"Tree lobster and bowling bumper","slug":"tree-lobster-and-bowling-bumper","published_at":"2026-03-26T13:00:00+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/news-time-407810/tree-lobster-and-bowling-bumper","show_page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/news-time-407810","url":"https://www.abc.net.au/kidslisten/programs/news-time/tree-lobster-and-bowling-bumper/106497858","audio_url":"https://mediacore-live-production.akamaized.net/audio/02/iv/Z/os.mp3","summary":"It’s a wiggly, squirmy episode of News Time today – we’ll hear about a creative environmentalist using fly larvae, or maggots, to make a positive difference. Plus, we’ll go island hopping to spot a special stick insect with a surprising nickname. And I’d say you should pack your sunscreen for our intergalactic Wow of the Week, but where we’re going? That wouldn’t help much… Quiz Questions 1.What do Shane and Charli feed their fly larvae? 2.Can you name one of the nicknames for the Lord Howe island stick insect? 3.What do the dancers with disability say you need to be able to do, to learn and grow? 4.Which two sports have been combined to create Squalleyball? 5.What would it smell like on the lava planet? Answers 1.Food waste from local businesses. 2.They’re tree lobsters, or walking sausages. 3.Fail. 4.Squash and Volleyball 5.Rotten eggs!","meta_description":"It’s a wiggly, squirmy episode of News Time today – we’ll hear about a creative environmentalist using fly larvae, or maggots, to make a positive differen…","key_points":[],"chapters":[],"topics":[],"duration_seconds":768,"processing_state":"not_requested","actions":[{"name":"request_transcript","method":"POST","url":"https://stenobird.com/v1/public/podcasts/news-time-407810/episodes/tree-lobster-and-bowling-bumper/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/tree-lobster-and-bowling-bumper.md","description":"Read the agent-friendly Markdown representation of this episode resource."}]}}