Is it OK to sell Dinosaur Fossils at Auction?
The Week Junior Show
Fun Kids
4.6 • 2.4K Ratings
🗓️ 9 January 2026
⏱️ 26 minutes
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This week, Bex is joined by Eve, Kay, Vanessa and Elena where they kick off 2026 with a big debate about whether or not you should be able to buy Dinosaur fossils, reports on the recent snowstorms and hear all about a viral cat
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| 0:00.0 | Hello and welcome to The Week Junior show. I'm Bex and I'm joined by writers Kay and Eve from |
| 0:06.7 | the Week Junior, the magazine Making Sense of the World for 8 to 14 year olds. Now in a week where |
| 0:12.0 | Christians around the world celebrated Epiphany and the Royal Mint revealed some special new |
| 0:17.0 | coins for 2026. We're going to be talking about some of the other stories that entertained |
| 0:21.6 | and interested the weak junior team. We'll be talking about snow, dinosaur fossils and a viral |
| 0:27.3 | cat. So make sure you're listening closely because at the end of this episode, we'll be asking |
| 0:32.4 | a question about what you've heard. And if you answer it correctly, you could win a prize. |
| 0:38.6 | Now, the cover of this week's magazine highlights some of the amazing heroes who've been honoured by the King's New Year's |
| 0:43.8 | honours list. And it got me thinking, who is a hero that you look up to? Eve, first of all, |
| 0:49.3 | of course, Happy New Year. And who's your hero, please? I'm going to have to go for dr maggie adairn pocock she's a |
| 0:57.3 | space scientist and i think she is so cool i probably mentioned a thousand times on this podcast |
| 1:02.1 | but i did physics with astronomy at uni and so i just think that she is amazing and she worked |
| 1:07.7 | on the james web space telescope and she just did the Royal Institution |
| 1:12.7 | Christmas lectures which is really cool so I just I think she's amazing and I've met her and |
| 1:17.9 | she's amazing so I love her when you meet someone you love and they are amazing and they live |
| 1:22.8 | up to your expectations that must have been lovely yes it was so nice to speak to her, honestly. And I had space earrings |
| 1:29.6 | on and she loved my earrings, so all in all, it was a great interaction. Excellent times. Okay. |
| 1:35.0 | Kay, again, Happy New Year. And who is your hero, please? My hero is Dermot O'Leary. And when I was |
| 1:41.8 | younger, I used to see him quite a lot at my local church. |
| 1:45.7 | And now I also get to see him on Christmas Eve because I go to this really cute church where he goes. |
| 1:54.1 | And yeah, I love him and I got to interview him for the week, Junior, as well. |
| 1:59.1 | I have interviewed him as well. Isn't he the nicest man in |
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