{"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":"Vanquished Viruses and Banished Bacteria - From the Vault","slug":"vanquished-viruses-and-banished-bacteria-from-the-vault","published_at":"2026-05-09T19:30:00+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/squiz-kids-886280/vanquished-viruses-and-banished-bacteria-from-the-vault","show_page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/squiz-kids-886280","url":"https://traffic.megaphone.fm/STHZE8831187242.mp3","audio_url":"https://traffic.megaphone.fm/STHZE8831187242.mp3","summary":"With flu season making its annual return, we’re heading back into the Squiz Kids vault to revisit one of our most fascinating and slightly gross Shortcuts. In Vanquished Viruses and Banished Bacteria, we explore the diseases that once terrified people around the world, from scurvy on the high seas to the Black Death, polio and smallpox. Along the way, uncover some of the strange and surprising ways people tried to treat illness before modern medicine, and explain how science has helped control, and in some cases, eliminate some of history’s most dangerous diseases.","meta_description":"With flu season making its annual return, we’re heading back into the Squiz Kids vault to revisit one of our most fascinating and slightly gross Shortcuts…","key_points":[],"chapters":[],"topics":[],"duration_seconds":839,"processing_state":"not_requested","actions":[{"name":"request_transcript","method":"POST","url":"https://stenobird.com/v1/public/podcasts/squiz-kids-886280/episodes/vanquished-viruses-and-banished-bacteria-from-the-vault/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/vanquished-viruses-and-banished-bacteria-from-the-vault.md","description":"Read the agent-friendly Markdown representation of this episode resource."}]}}