Government Shutdown, Candy Rankings, and Combating Misinformation

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🗓️ 1 October 2025

⏱️ 17 minutes

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10 Things You Need to Know 1. US Government Shutdown Update 🏛️ 2. No. 1 Halloween Candy in America 🍬 3. The Debate on Tylenol & Autism 💊 4. A Tribute to Sister Jean 🫶 5. Yom Kippur 🕯️ 6. National Down Syndrome Awareness Month 💙 7. The World's Largest Sand Battery 🔋 8. Treasures from the HMHS Britannic 🛳️ 9. NASA's Next Big Move 👩‍🚀 10. Who's Saving the Oranges? 🍊 VOTE here for the Signal Awards: The Ten News in Craft - Best Co-Host Team. Official Listing The Ten News in Individual Episode, Election Special: Voting Early and Knocking on Doors - News & Politics: Official Listing Hey grown-ups, want to support The Ten News? Here are ways you can help! 🥰 Donate ⁠⁠⁠here ⁠⁠⁠and make an impact by supporting news for kids. ✅ Leave a ⁠⁠⁠rating or review⁠⁠⁠ to help others find the show. 📣 Tell a friend about the show! 📲 Leave us a voicemail at 1-877-TEN-NEWS 👚 Get decked out in Ten News merch from our ⁠⁠⁠merch store⁠⁠⁠. And thank you for being part of the Ten News family! 🤪

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0:00.0	What is that?
0:03.6	Gokka.
0:07.4	Rye, are you okay?
0:09.4	Why are you doing that?
0:11.0	I'm practicing my moon breathing, Pam.
0:13.4	Obviously.
0:14.3	With that breathing, you sound more like Darth Vader at the dentist.
0:18.5	Vader is one of the best characters in Star Wars, so I take that as a
0:22.4	compliment, but I'm not trying to destroy a moon like Vader did. I just want to go to the moon,
0:27.5	like Armstrong. Ah, there's a new NASA moon mission, isn't there? Yes, Pam, and my training started
0:34.2	yesterday, so we got to start the show. I'm Pamela Kirkland.
0:38.2	And I'm Ryan Willard.
0:39.2	It's Thursday, October 2nd.
0:41.2	This is 10 things you need to know.
0:43.6	10.
0:44.0	9.
0:45.0	7, 6.
0:46.2	5.
0:46.7	4, 3.
0:47.8	2.
0:48.1	1.
0:48.5	1. The first thing you need to know is that the U.S. government has officially shut down.
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