Thursday, September 4, 2025

Your daily kids news podcast.

Driverless cars on horizon; its AFL footy finals time; Squiz-E heads for the clouds; and Molly, our new world surf champ!

The future has arrived! Self-driving cars are hitting Aussie roads. You still need a human in the seat (for now), but one day, a robo-taxi might drop you at school!

Feeling awful didn’t stop Aussie surfer Molly Picklum from catching world champ glory! Battling the flu, she shredded the waves off Fiji and rode all the way to the top.

It’s footy finals time! With epic matches from Adelaide to Perth, teams are battling it out for a spot in the big final.

Some fibs floated around about magical vaccine clouds—yep, really! But Squiz-E the Newshound sniffed out the nonsense and reminded us all to STOP, THINK and CHECK. Not every cloud has a conspiracy lining!

For the full episode transcript, click here.