{"podcast":{"title":"Squiz Kids","slug":"squiz-kids-886280","podcast_index_feed_id":886280,"rss_url":"https://feeds.megaphone.fm/STHZE6949032016","website_url":"https://www.squizkids.com.au/","image_url":"https://megaphone.imgix.net/podcasts/3dc5c38a-3562-11ed-88d0-4b1ef2874dc8/image/35459989af5920752f19b29ae72b9de6.png?ixlib=rails-4.3.1&max-w=3000&max-h=3000&fit=crop&auto=format,compress","author":"Squiz Media","episode_count":1763,"summary":"Squiz Kids is a news podcast, just for kids! Presented by Bryce Corbett and Christie Kijurina, it's a 10 minutes of age-appropriate news , delivered with positivity and humour. Make it part of your daily routine by playing it over breakfast, during the drive to school or - for all the Squiz teachers out there - in the classroom. There's also kids v adults quizzes, a book club, kids-only Q&As (with people like the Prime Minister!), deep dives into topics kids love (from Barbie to Halloween, toys, sport, inventions, crazy science stuff, and so much more). Want a birthday shoutout? Email us at squizkids@thesquiz.com.au, or visit the Squiz Kids website. PS. We do news for big people (aka adults) over on The Squiz Today - a free weekday email and podcast. Search for Squiz Today in your podcasting app, or check out The Squiz Today newsletter here.","last_synced_at":"2026-07-26T18:20:49.332834+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/squiz-kids-886280"},"episode":{"title":"The countdown to World Cup glory, and Europe’s mantis menace","slug":"the-countdown-to-world-cup-glory-and-europe-s-mantis-menace","published_at":"2026-07-14T19:30:00+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/squiz-kids-886280/the-countdown-to-world-cup-glory-and-europe-s-mantis-menace","show_page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/squiz-kids-886280","url":"https://traffic.megaphone.fm/STHZE9832140984.mp3","audio_url":"https://traffic.megaphone.fm/STHZE9832140984.mp3","summary":"Your daily kids news podcast. The countdown to World Cup glory; Europe’s mantis menace; the messiest parking spot in space; and Indian posties deliver better vision The World Cup is almost over, with France, Spain, England and Argentina battling for a place in the final. One more win and they'll be just 90 minutes away from football's biggest prize! Post offices in India are doing more than delivering mail—they're giving free eye tests and glasses too! Two invasive praying mantis species are spreading across Europe, gobbling up insects, frogs and even each other! Scientists have discovered even more space junk circling Earth than they expected. For the full episode transcript, click here.","meta_description":"Your daily kids news podcast. The countdown to World Cup glory; Europe’s mantis menace; the messiest parking spot in space; and Indian posties deliver bet…","key_points":[],"chapters":[],"topics":[],"duration_seconds":696,"processing_state":"not_requested","actions":[{"name":"request_transcript","method":"POST","url":"https://stenobird.com/v1/public/podcasts/squiz-kids-886280/episodes/the-countdown-to-world-cup-glory-and-europe-s-mantis-menace/transcription-requests","description":"Idempotently request low-priority transcript generation for this episode."},{"name":"read_markdown","method":"GET","url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/squiz-kids-886280/the-countdown-to-world-cup-glory-and-europe-s-mantis-menace.md","description":"Read the agent-friendly Markdown representation of this episode resource."}]}}