Squiz Kids

Your daily kids news podcast.

Winter Olympics kick off in Italy; the groundhog sees his shadow; SuperBowl for blind people; and helping your parents fight fake news.

Get your skates and snow boots ready — the Winter Olympics are here! With 3,000 athletes from 90 countries, plus pop star Mariah Carey and two stoat mascots named Tina and Milo.

Punxsutawney Phil popped out of his burrow in Pennsylvania and saw his shadow — which apparently means six more weeks of winter. He didn’t look too thrilled about it either.

This weekend’s Super Bowl is making history — not just with touchdowns, but with tech! A clever vibrating gadget will help blind fans feel the game as it happens.

Squiz-E the trusty Newshound is back, warning us about fake Facebook news and AI-tricked photos. Don’t let your grown-ups fall for scams!

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Your daily kids news podcast.

Family saved from paddleboard peril;  a spectacular sporting sorry; floofy pups chase Best in Show; and Germany’s Spudpocalypse

When strong winds swept his family out to sea, a brave 13-year-old swam for four hours through choppy waves to get help!

After accidentally hitting a judge with his serve, Yuji Nishida launched into a torpedo-style apology slide! The dramatic bowing impressed everyone — and he still helped win the match.

It’s the world’s most paws-itively fabulous dog event — the Westminster Dog Show is turning 150! With thousands of pooches prancing for trophies, it’s tail-wagging fun.

Germany’s swimming in spuds after its biggest potato crop in 25 years! Farmers are handing out free potatoes on the streets — schools, shelters, even zoos are digging in.

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They’re icy, they’re fast, and they involve people willingly hurtling downhill head-first at motorway speeds.

This is your Squiz Kids Shortcut to the Winter Olympics and Paralympics — the podcast where we explore the who, what, where, when, why and how behind one of the world’s biggest sporting events.

In this episode, Christie and Bryce head back to the very first Winter Olympics in 1924, before racing forward to the most spread-out Games ever, hosted across cities and mountains in Italy. Along the way, they explain the wild winter sports you’ll see on snow and ice, from skeleton and snowboarding to the brand-new Olympic sport of ski mountaineering — plus the Aussie athletes taking part.

Listen carefully — there’s a S’Quiz at the end! ❄️🏅

For the full episode transcript, click here.

Your daily kids news podcast.

Moon mission starts its countdown; Falling iguanas in America’s big freeze; here comes Groundhog Day; and Katseye crushes the Grammys.

Astronauts are about to zoom around the Moon in the Artemis II mission—the first time humans have gone this far in over 50 years!

Florida’s beaches might get snow (what?!), and chilly weather means iguanas are literally dropping from trees!

All eyes are on one very furry weather forecaster—Punxsutawney Phil! On Groundhog Day, he pops out to “predict” if spring is on the way.

It’s music’s biggest night—The Grammys! Katseye joins stars like Sabrina Carpenter and Kendrick Lamar to battle for big-time awards.

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It was the most expensive, ambitious — and disastrous —
expedition in Australian history. And somehow, it’s also one of the most
famous.

In this From the Vault Squiz Kids Shortcut, we rewind to
1860 and follow the ill-fated journey of Robert O'Hara Burke and William John Wills, who set out to become the first white explorers to cross Australia from south to north. What followed was a trail of poor planning, bad decisions, ignored advice — and heartbreaking consequences.

Listen carefully — there’s a Squiz at the end.