National Year of Reading and retro tech
The Week Junior Show
Fun Kids
4.6 • 2.4K Ratings
🗓️ 16 January 2026
⏱️ 34 minutes
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In a week where tourists were stranded in Lapland due to freezing temperatures and the world’s latest tech was showcased at a special event in Las Vegas in the US, we’re going to be talking about some of the other stories that entertained and interested The Week Junior team. We’ll be talking about the National Year of Reading, an amazing new discovery in Wales and retro vs modern tech.
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| 0:00.0 | All Rise for the Judge Beck's podcast, where family disputes get settled. |
| 0:06.1 | I believe that we should get a dog because having a dog, it means that you have to walk it and take on responsibilities. |
| 0:14.9 | And I'm already pretty responsible. |
| 0:16.9 | He's been saying that I have to do three hours of homework. |
| 0:20.3 | Now tell me, does he make you do your homework so he can play on your Nintendo Switch? |
| 0:24.7 | Yeah. |
| 0:25.2 | What does he tell you? |
| 0:26.4 | Oh, actually, Mom says, going to do your homework already. |
| 0:29.7 | And then he has, all on the Switch. |
| 0:33.4 | Can we double check what you call the person next to you, please? |
| 0:36.6 | Fish Boy. |
| 0:37.7 | Fish boy? |
| 0:39.0 | This is outrageous. |
| 0:40.6 | Yeah. |
| 0:41.3 | Here Judge Bex now, wherever you're listening to this. |
| 0:44.3 | Just search Judge Bex. |
| 0:58.6 | Hello and welcome to The Week Junior Show. |
| 1:02.4 | I'm Bex and I'm joined by writers Joe and Eve from the Week Junior, |
| 1:05.6 | the magazine Making Sense of the World for 8 to 14-year-olds. |
| 1:10.0 | Now, in a week where tourists were stranded in Laplands due to freezing temperatures and the world's |
| 1:11.1 | latest tech was showcased at a special event in Las Vegas in the US, we're going to be talking |
| 1:15.9 | about some of the other stories that entertained and interested the Week Junior team. So we'll be |
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