The Week Junior Show

Weekly discussion of stories and current events for young readers AI summary

Fun Kids Visit website › Kids & Family · EN · 100 episodes · latest 2026-11-13

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The Week Junior Show takes you behind the scenes of the award-winning magazine for 8 to 14-year-olds. Each week, Bex from Fun Kids is joined by members of The Week Junior team to discuss their favourite stories, debate the week’s hot topic and discover whether the ‘Real or Rubbish?’ report is fake news or the real deal.

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COP31 climate talks and punny gritters

2026-11-13 · 25 min

The COP31 climate talks are under way in Antalya, Turkey, and Bex, Eve and Joe talk through what world leaders from nearly 200 countries hope to agree, including Turkey’s “35 by 35” goal to get more of the world’s…
Talking about cancer and the US midterms

2026-11-06 · 31 min

This week’s cover stars are Ollie and his 12-year-old daughter Cora, and they join Bex to share their story, from Ollie’s bowel cancer diagnosis and how a Week Junior article helped Cora spot the signs, to meeting the…
Brazil’s election and Junior Eurovision

2026-10-30 · 25 min

Brazil has re-elected Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva as its president, and Bex, Eve and Joe talk through how Lula beat Flávio Bolsonaro in the second round of voting after trailing him in the first, helped by nearly three…
Prize-winning rug factory and a shrinking Mont Blanc

2026-10-23 · 25 min

A rug factory in Rangpur, Bangladesh, has been named the world’s best new building outside the UK, and Bex, Eve and Joe talk through why the Green Field Factory by Nakshabid Architects won the RIBA International Prize,…
Nobel Peace Prize and animals on banknotes

2026-10-16 · 30 min

South African lawyer Navi Pillay has won this year’s Nobel Peace Prize for her work on human rights and international law, and Bex, Eve and Dan talk through her life’s work, from defending people who fought against…
Hope for wildlife and world champion porridge

2026-10-09 · 31 min

The WWF’s new Living Planet Report is called The Science of Hope, and Bex, Eve and Stevie talk through what it found, including wild tiger numbers rising by more than 70% since 2010, and what we can all do to help…
Book awards and Sycamore Gap’s new shoots

2026-10-02 · 28 min

It was The Week Junior Book Awards this week, and Bex, Eve and Stevie talk through the big night, including Jack Mackay’s spooky story Gloam winning two trophies and the books they each helped to judge. There’s also new…
Turning hope into action

2026-09-25 · 44 min

This week, as part of the Be Hope Podcast Takeover, we talk to guerilla gardener and nature rights campaigner Kalpana Arias about her work and what makes her feel hopeful. We also talk about new social media rules in…
Slowing down AI and woolly glaciers

2026-09-18 · 29 min

The boss of AI company Anthropic has said that powerful artificial intelligence should be developed more slowly and checked more closely, and Bex, Eve and Dan talk through why more than 70 UK politicians are also asking…
Fast fashion fees and a fossil hunter’s blue plaque

2026-09-11 · 28 min

France has brought in new rules that make ultra fast fashion companies pay a fee on every new item of clothing they sell there, from 43p for an item of underwear to £10.28 for a jacket, and Bex, Eve and Martha talk…

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Oldest episode in feed: 12/2024 · over a year
Typical length: 29 min
Format: Episodic Newest first, episodes stand alone

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