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On today's episode, we're celebrating World Children's Day! Then, we'll head to a beach in Victoria to inspect some fossilised footprints. We'll take to the skies with one of Australia's awesome female pilots, then touch down in the Northern Territory for a quick game of basketball. After that, it's time for an all-spinning, all-dancing Wow of the Week.
Quiz Questions
Bonus Tricky Question
Who were the two teams that played in the Men's Cricket World Cup final, and who won?
Answers
Bonus Tricky Answer
Australia beat India
On the show this week, we'll round up some sheep with Australia's best working dog, and meet a dressmaker using unexpected materials to make beautiful gowns. We'll hear about some more soccer success for Aussie athletes, and meet a quick-thinking teen who helped save a mates life. After that, it's time for a not quite out-of-this-world Wow of the Week.
Quiz Questions
Bonus Tricky Question
How far did Earl the dog run over the three weeks?
Answers
Bonus Tricky Answer
1300km, further than the distance from Brisbane to Canberra
On the show this week, we'll meet the scientists working to save Australia's loneliest tree. We'll kick the ball around with some soccer superstars, before bouncing over to hear about a joey with a special new tail. Then, it's off to Berrigan in New South Wales, to say hello to their new mayor. After that, it's time for a wow of the week about a prehistoric Aussie animal.
Quiz Questions
Bonus Tricky Question
What's one of the changes Mayor Julia has already made at Berrigan Shire Council?
Answers
Bonus Tricky Answer
Hanging Aboriginal flag, doing an Acknowledgement of Country in meetings.
On today's show, I've got five stories teed up that all share a letter in common… we'll meet a tortoise looking for his forever home, before travelling to Fiji for a netball carnival. We'll hear the clickitty clacks of typewriters being used by teens, and meet the young Indigenous filmmaker behind Towney Time. After that, it's time for an out-of-this-world Wow of the Week.
Quiz Questions
Bonus Tricky Question
What constellation did Penelope make a video about?
Answers
Bonus Tricky Answer
"The Emu in the Sky"
On today's show, we'll hear the sound of a certain Aussie animal that's never been heard before! We'll celebrate two weeks of very different kinds: Global Media and Information Literacy Week, and Fat Bear Week! Before we meet some bike mechanics making a difference in the top end. After that, it's time for a Wow of the Week featuring some cool new tech.
Quiz Questions
Bonus Tricky Question
What's the word for when bears eat a lot, and then sleep or slow down through the winter?
Answers
Bonus Tricky Answer
Hibernation
News Time is celebrating Media Literacy Week with a takeover by eight-year-old budding journalist Rosie.
Rosie grills regular News Time host, Ruby, about how the media works, where news comes from and how we know whether a story is fake.
When you're finished listening to the podcast, take this quiz to test your knowledge:
QUESTIONS:
1. What is 'breaking' news?
2. What is a news 'source'?
3. What is a 'byline'?
4. Whose job is it to 'fact-check' information?
5. Which of these skills does Ruby say is the most important for budding journalists: Writing, talking, or listening?
ANSWERS:
1. News that's happening right at that moment.
2. People or places journalists get their information from.
3. The reporter's name on the story.
4. The journalist's.
5. Listening.
On today's show, we head to a tiny town fighting to save a bush bird, before inspecting an important statue. We'll learn about a dino discovery, and head to an awesome festival of First Nations art. Then it's time for the Wow of the Week.
Quiz Questions
Bonus Tricky Question
What makes the animals able to glow under UV light?
Answers
Bonus Tricky Answer
Proteins in their skin or fur
On today's show, I'll serve up a story about an inter-school handball competition. Then we'll fly south, to learn about world migratory bird day. We'll learn about a new youth centre on the Sunny Coast, before putting on an art smock to paint about our feelings.
Quiz Questions
Bonus Tricky Question
What's the thing in cow farts and burps that builds up in the atmosphere?
Answers
Bonus Tricky Answer
Methane
We'll start today's show beyond our atmosphere to celebrate World Space Week. We'll come back down to earth, to learn about a clever farmer keeping flowers local, before diving deep with some whales as they journey from Australia to Antarctica… and back. After that, we'll meet some new tradies keen to get building.
Quiz Questions
Bonus Tricky Question
What kind of teeth did the scientists find of the prehistoric koala? Hint: It starts with the letter 'M'.
Answers
Bonus Tricky Answer
Molars
On today's show we're off to Ireland! For the world oyster opening championships. Then, we'll hitch a ride to radical rodeo. After that, we'll meet some mini musicians and their masterful maestros, before learning about an important weather event called El Niño.
Quiz Questions
Bonus Tricky Question
What colour are the patches on the cheeks of a Palm Cockatoo?
Answers
Bonus Tricky Answer
Red
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