{"podcast":{"title":"Wait... They Did What!?","slug":"wait-they-did-what-7781555","podcast_index_feed_id":7781555,"rss_url":"https://www.abc.net.au/feeds/106388136/podcast.xml","website_url":"https://www.abc.net.au/listen/programs/wait-they-did-what/","image_url":"https://live-production.wcms.abc-cdn.net.au/081b693d341a00bd885956c492c23470.jpg?src","author":"ABC Australia","episode_count":12,"summary":"Wait... They Did What?! is the question you’ll be asking after travelling back through modern history with comedian Tilly Oddy-Black. Perfect for kids aged 8 and over, Wait…They Did What?! unearths the weird, wild and outright scandalous common practices of people in the olden days... like letting kids buy fireworks, banning bikinis on the beach, putting blood-sucking leeches on sick people, and riding in cars without seatbelts. Credits: Host: Tilly Oddy-Black Producers: Samantha Turnbull and Soumia Bella Sound engineer: Que Nguyen Archive researchers: Michael Osmond and Carolyn Cage Composer: David McDonald Executive producers: Veronica Milsom and Alex Lollback","last_synced_at":null,"page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/wait-they-did-what-7781555"},"episode":{"title":"Wait... they hit kids at school?","slug":"wait-they-hit-kids-at-school","published_at":"2026-04-12T20:00:00+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/wait-they-did-what-7781555/wait-they-hit-kids-at-school","show_page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/wait-they-did-what-7781555","url":"https://www.abc.net.au/listen/programs/wait-they-did-what/wait-they-hit-kids-at-school-/106453312","audio_url":"https://mediacore-live-production.akamaized.net/audio/02/jd/Z/3p.mp3","summary":"It was legal for Australian teachers to hit school kids up until the 1990s... with a weapon known as the cane. This episode will answer questions like: What was the cane at school? When was the cane banned in schools in Australia? Why was the cane banned in schools? What are the rights of children in Australia? Find more episodes of kids’ history podcast Wait... They Did What!? with Tilly Oddy-Black on the Kids tab of ABC listen. If you or someone you know is being hurt by anyone, you should tell a trusted adult, or you could call the Kids Helpline on 1800 55 1800.","meta_description":"It was legal for Australian teachers to hit school kids up until the 1990s... with a weapon known as the cane. This episode will answer questions like: Wh…","key_points":[],"chapters":[],"topics":[],"duration_seconds":380,"processing_state":"not_requested","actions":[{"name":"request_transcript","method":"POST","url":"https://stenobird.com/v1/public/podcasts/wait-they-did-what-7781555/episodes/wait-they-hit-kids-at-school/transcription-requests","description":"Idempotently request low-priority transcript generation for this episode."},{"name":"read_markdown","method":"GET","url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/wait-they-did-what-7781555/wait-they-hit-kids-at-school.md","description":"Read the agent-friendly Markdown representation of this episode resource."}]}}