{"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":"What would happen if an asteroid the size of a blue whale hit Earth? Science Short","slug":"what-would-happen-if-an-asteroid-the-size-of-a-blue-whale-hit-earth-science-short","published_at":"2026-05-22T19:30:00+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/squiz-kids-886280/what-would-happen-if-an-asteroid-the-size-of-a-blue-whale-hit-earth-science-short","show_page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/squiz-kids-886280","url":"https://traffic.megaphone.fm/STHZE6920329409.mp3","audio_url":"https://traffic.megaphone.fm/STHZE6920329409.mp3","summary":"A blue-whale-sized asteroid zoomed surprisingly close past Earth this week... so naturally, we had questions. Would it wipe out humanity? Trigger a dinosaur-style disaster? Smash into the ocean and cause giant tsunamis? Or explode in the sky before it even reached the ground? In this week’s Squiz Kids Science Short, we unpack what would actually happen if an asteroid about the size of a blue whale hit Earth, why where it lands matters, the giant explosion over Russia that flattened millions of trees, and how scientists are already protecting Earth by tracking space rocks and even nudging them off course. Space science, giant explosions, dinosaurs, NASA and asteroid-bumping experiments? Yep. This one’s a beauty. Researched and hosted by Christie Kijurina","meta_description":"A blue-whale-sized asteroid zoomed surprisingly close past Earth this week... so naturally, we had questions. Would it wipe out humanity? Trigger a dinosa…","key_points":[],"chapters":[],"topics":[],"duration_seconds":255,"processing_state":"not_requested","actions":[{"name":"request_transcript","method":"POST","url":"https://stenobird.com/v1/public/podcasts/squiz-kids-886280/episodes/what-would-happen-if-an-asteroid-the-size-of-a-blue-whale-hit-earth-science-short/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/what-would-happen-if-an-asteroid-the-size-of-a-blue-whale-hit-earth-science-short.md","description":"Read the agent-friendly Markdown representation of this episode resource."}]}}