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On today’s episode we’ll cheer on the athletes in the Australian Transplant Games, we’ll meet a Queensland cowgirl who is about to travel to the USA, and we’ll visit a capital city for Talk of the Town! 
Quiz Questions
1.Where were the Australian Transplant Games held this year?
2.What colour is Lareece, the cowgirl’s helmet?
3.What is the nickname for the Brisbane River?
Answers
1.Launceston, Tasmania
2.Pink
3.The Brown Snake
News Noodler
Would you ever compete in a rodeo? Why or why not?
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Today we celebrate The Voice winner Yung Milla, we find out how squishy toys can be dangerous, and we applaud a girl who rescued her friend from drowning.
Quiz Questions
1.What is Yung Milla’s mum’s name?
2.Finish this sentence: You should never put a squishy somewhere hot like in the sun, the oven, or the...
3.How old is Aylah the rescue hero?
Answers
1.Kylie Miller
2.Microwave
3.Eight
News Noodler
Should it be compulsory for kids to do swimming lessons?
For more great kids podcasts, download the free ABC listen app (Australia). There you’ll find more kids news podcasts, educational children’s stories and storytelling, podcasts from your favourite characters like Bluey and Hey Duggee and plenty more of the best podcasts for curious kids like Imagine This, Dino Dome and News Time. For all ages from 0–4-year-olds, 5–8-year-olds, 8–10-year-olds, tweens and teens. And you can watch our kids shows on ABC iview and on the ABC Kids and ABC Big Kids channels of YouTube kids.

Today, we’ll find out why a dictionary just got bigger, we’ll discover two new insect species, and we’ll meet the latest world record holder in Rubik's cubing.
Quiz Questions
1.How many new words have just been added to the Merriam-Webster?
2.Where were the new species of stick insect discovered?
3.How old is the new women’s world record holder in Rubik's cubing?
Answers
1.1,400
2.Far North Queensland
3.Six
News Noodler
If you could set the world record in something, what would it be?
For more great kids podcasts, download the free ABC listen app (Australia). There you’ll find more kids news podcasts, educational children’s stories and storytelling, podcasts from your favourite characters like Bluey and Hey Duggee and plenty more of the best podcasts for curious kids like Imagine This, Dino Dome and News Time. For all ages from 0–4-year-olds, 5–8-year-olds, 8–10-year-olds, tweens and teens. And you can watch our kids shows on ABC iview and on the ABC Kids and ABC Big Kids channels of YouTube kids.

On today’s episode we’ll meet a man who built his very own plane, we’ll visit an art exhibition made of Lego, and we’ll head to the home of the world’s steepest train for Talk of the Town.
Quiz Questions:
1.What is the name of the man who built his own plane in Central Queensland?
2.How many minifigures were used in Jackson and Alex's exhibition?
3.What is the closest capital city to the Blue Mountains?
Answers:
1.Len Neale
2.2,500
3.Sydney
News Noodler:
If you could build anything in the world, what would it be?

On today's episode we’ll visit an apple orchard in Tasmania, we’ll find out what’s on the latest dollarbucks released by the Royal Australian Mint, and we’ll learn why cow burps are bad for the planet.
Quiz Questions
1.In which state did they find the abandoned apple orchard?
2.Who is on the new one dollar coin with Bluey?
3.What is the name of the problem gas that cows burp out?
Answers
1.Tasmania
2.Rusty
3.Methane
News Noodler
Can you brainstorm any ways to reduce global warming (other than less cow burps)?
For more great kids podcasts, download the free ABC listen app (Australia). There you’ll find more kids news podcasts, educational children’s stories and storytelling, podcasts from your favourite characters like Bluey and Hey Duggee and plenty more of the best podcasts for curious kids like Imagine This, Dino Dome and News Time. For all ages from 0–4-year-olds, 5–8-year-olds, 8–10-year-olds, tweens and teens. And you can watch our kids shows on ABC iview and on the ABC Kids and ABC Big Kids channels of YouTube kids.