Thursday, September 25, 2025

Your daily kids news podcast.

Ragasa roars across Asia; Egypt’s 3,000-year-old security siren; a moon mission countdown; and five million view a fake.

Super Typhoon Ragasa has slammed the Philippines, Taiwan, Hong Kong, Vietnam and southern China with monster winds, wild rain, and giant waves. It’s the biggest storm of the year.

Archaeologists in Egypt found an old cow toe bone with a hole — and it wasn’t just weird old trash. It’s a 3,000-year-old whistle! Loud and screechy, it might’ve helped guards call for help against tomb robbers.

NASA’s Artemis II mission is heading for the Moon in 2026! Four astronauts will orbit further than anyone’s ever gone, testing deep-space living. They won’t land yet — that’s for Artemis III — but it’s one giant leap closer to humans walking on the Moon again!

Video showing Trump saluting to Darth Vader’s music? Totally fake! AI images and sneaky edits are fooling millions online. That’s why Squiz-E the Newshound says: Stop, Think, and Check before you believe the internet.

Cathy Freeman’s 400m gold medal victory.

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