- 29 minutes 37 secondsHeatwave and Ronaldo's football boots
This week the team will be talking about a spring heat wave, a rubbish collecting scheme in Germany and whether university education should be free.
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29 May 2026, 6:00 am - 29 minutes 39 secondsIn-car toilets and banning sun loungers
Join Bex, Eve, and Joe as they discuss some of the most curious, creative, and controversial news stories for 8–14-year-olds.
Hear them talk about the Chelsea Flower Show, a brand new road called "Pork Pie Way", an inventive but unusual in-car toilet and debate whether beaches should ban sun loungers, and how the rules might affect people, businesses, and the environment
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22 May 2026, 2:12 pm - 25 minutes 56 secondsCampfires in the Cairngorms and top secret UFO files
Bex, Eve, Joe and Kaye are uncovering newly released top secret UFO (or UAP) files from the US government, meeting an unexpected stadium mascot (is a real goose cheering on a baseball team?), and debating whether campfires should be banned after record wildfires.
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15 May 2026, 12:26 pm - 27 minutes 27 secondsDavid Attenborough's 100th birthday
Amsterdam bans outdoor advertising for meat and fossil fuel products; meet the UK’s first 'gull ranger'; and the team discusses David Attenborough – the legendary broadcaster’s incredible century and the parties readers held to mark it.
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8 May 2026, 12:43 pm - 32 minutes 48 secondsGiant tiramisu and an amazing axolotl rescue
This week the team will be talking about the government’s new rules around smoking and vaping, a GIANT tiramisu and an amazing axolotl rescue. We’ll also be having a big debate about whether helium balloons should be banned.
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1 May 2026, 11:32 am - 30 minutes 31 secondsMayo music and Local and Community History Month
Bex is joined by Eve and Joe from The Week Junior, the magazine making sense of the world for 8–14-year-olds.
Discover a massive German landscape being turned into sparkling lakes from abandoned coal mines. Plus, Joe tries to stump Bex with the weirdest Real or Rubbish story yet: can mayonnaise really be used to make music?
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24 April 2026, 1:11 pm - 31 minutes 36 secondsSchool dinners and Daddy Pig's London Marathon
The team talk Artemis II's safe splashdown, Daddy Pig's big London Marathon plans, and debate whether all woods should be open to the public. Plus: fairy tale adventures, self-care, and England's plan to change school dinners.
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17 April 2026, 11:49 am - 33 minutes 32 secondsArtemis II and wiggly bee bums
This week the team will be talking about an incredible mission around the Moon, a stolen sports trophy and a wiggly bum dance performed by bees!
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10 April 2026, 3:50 pm - 29 minutes 55 secondsApril Fool's and languages in schools
This week the team will be talking about the first female Archbishop of Canterbury, a rare book about Vikings and a very cool pair of glasses. There will also be a big debate about whether schools should teach more languages.
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2 April 2026, 2:54 pm - 28 minutes 28 secondsThe best pranks, and should museums charge for entry?
This week the team discuss your favourite pranks, share your movie recommendations, and reveal some exciting BTS news. This week's big debate is whether museums should charge for entry plus you share your creative projects and activities.
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27 March 2026, 9:00 am - 31 minutes 54 secondsHow hedgehogs hear and Parliament leaving London
This week the team will be talking about cuts to air pollution in cities around the world, changes to video game age ratings, and hedgehogs’ super hearing. There’s also going to be a big debate about whether Parliament should leave London.
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