Hello and welcome to The Week Junior Show.
I'm Bex and I'm joined by writers Joe and Eve from The Week Junior, the magazine making sense of the world for 8 to 14 year olds.
Now, in a week where flights at European airports were delayed due to cyber attacks and the World Athletics Championships took place in Japan, we're going to be discussing some of the other stories that feature in the latest issue of the magazine.
Make sure you're listening closely because at the end of the episode, we'll be asking a question about what you've heard and if you answer it correctly, you could win a prize.
But before we begin, there's something I want to talk to you both about, because there's a story in this week's magazine about a festival at the Barbican that celebrates languages.
So it got me thinking, what's the language you'd love to speak?
Eve, do you have one?
Yeah, so I have two answers because I feel like one is a bit of a simple answer.
I would love to, I did French at school, but then I sort of stopped doing it after GCSE.
But I do wish I could speak French because I think that would be a very, very fun one to do.
But also if I could kind of delve into the world of Lord of the Rings, I would love to be able to speak Elvish.
I think that would be fun.
I was halfway through your answer.
I was like, she's going to go for a made up language.
I mean, all languages are made up, obviously.
Elvish, that's an interesting choice.
Who would you want to speak it to?
Legolas.
You know what?
And then you could maybe learn French together with him.
You could go from Elvish to French together.
Yeah, see, I just think languages are great.
It would be great to speak so many languages.
So yeah, maybe I'll start learning.
Lovely.
All right.
Jo, how about you?
So if we're ignoring all the time and effort it would take to actually learn the language, then it might be cool to learn something that has a different alphabet to English.
So I reckon I had to think about this and I reckon Mandarin, just because it's so commonly spoken across the world.
But a bit like even French.
If I actually kind of had to find the time to learn it, I'd probably pick German, as I learned a bit at school and I did it in my first year of university.
And I've kind of watched german tv series on and off since then um, so i've got a bit of a grounding in the language, i think.
I think it'd be quite cool and maybe wouldn't take as much effort, or clearly wouldn't take as much effort as mandarin, to learn from the basis i've got.
Yeah, mandarin might be a little bit trickier, i'd imagine.
Um, i was thinking about this because i like the idea of learning japanese.
Actually i think that'd be really fun one to learn, but because again, like you say joe, different kind of like alphabet structure, but i i think for me i'm gonna go spanish.
I think it would be the most useful one to have around the world.
And I just think it would be a really fun one to learn.
I did do French at school, but we didn't get offered Spanish.
And I think Spanish would be a really fun one to have.
Sadly, I can't speak any languages apart from this one right now.
But maybe one day there'll be another one.
We never know.
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And last week, we asked everybody what objects they like collecting.
We've got a message here from Allegra.
Hello, The Week Junior.
I'm Allegra and I collect rocks and gems because they're really pretty.
And I like finding them at different places.
Rocks and gems.
That's a classic one.
I can't believe we didn't have that one.
That's so good.
I actually have a bowl on my windowsill at home that's filled with rocks that I've collected at different beaches around the UK.
Oh, that's lovely.
I might start doing that as well.
Okay, we've got another one here from Caitlin.
Hi, Zoe Junior.
I'm Caitlin and I would...
Collect squishies because they are so cute and sweet.
They look so funny.
What's a squishy?
What's a squishy?
They're little animal squishy toys.
And I guess there must be loads of different kind of animals that you could collect as well.
Two very different and interesting things to collect there.
But two things I kind of would fancy collecting myself now I've heard about them.
Allegra and Caitlin, thank you so much for sending in your voice notes.
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Now let's turn our attention back to the latest magazine, because I want to find out what's been in the headlines this week.
Joe, what do you have for me?
So I've picked a story from UK news pages about the secret intelligence service, also known as MI6.
And MI6 is trying to recruit new spies.
Now MI6 is an organisation that aims to collect information or intelligence that might be helpful in keeping the UK safe.
It collects this information from abroad, while another organisation MI5, is responsible for collecting intelligence in the UK.
Now, MI6 is pretty secretive when it comes to letting the public know what it actually gets up to.
But that hasn't stopped it being depicted in lots of films, TV shows and books.
And famously, the fictional spy James Bond works for MI6.
Now MI6 has launched a new online messaging platform with the aim of making it easier for people to pass intelligence on to the organisation.
The platform called Secret Courier will allow anyone with information that could affect the UK's security to contact MI6, share their information and offer their services as spies.
A key target is to recruit spies in Russia.
Now Russia launched a full-scale invasion of Ukraine in February 2022, and many governments are worried about the threat it poses to other countries, especially in Europe.
Richard Moore, who's the current head of MI6, although the outgoing head described Secret Courier as a virtual front door to the organization.
He said spying is an ancient craft, but the world has never been changing so fast and we are changing with it.
It's a good idea, I suppose, trying to get intel from as many places as possible.
Joe, would you make a good spy?
I reckon I would.
It kind of sounds exciting, doesn't it?
It sounds glamorous, but I'm probably like a lot of people.
My interpretation of spies comes from James Bond and it's fast cars and beautiful locations.
So maybe the reality I'd imagine the reality is a lot different, maybe a bit grimmer and trying to be secretive all the time.
Very, very dangerous as well.
It's not like in the movies, where the hero tends to come out, you know, unscathed.
It's probably a lot more frightening than that.
Yeah no, fair enough, i i'd make a terrible spy because i'd just be telling everybody i was a spy the whole time.
I'd be so excited for the job.
I'd be like guys, you don't never guess what i've done today.
Oh no, blow my cover again.
Honestly, i know myself and i'd make the worst spy ever.
Um, so i probably shouldn't be helping out mi6, but i do love that story.
That's really cool.
Uh thanks, joe eve.
How about you?
So a story I've seen in the news this week that I really liked was about a leaf-busting train.
Because we're coming into autumn.
Now autumn has begun and around this time of year, trains can often be delayed by leaves on the railway tracks.
And each year National Rail sends out specialist trains that clean the tracks using high-pressure water jets.
And this year, the public got to choose the name for one of these specialist trains.
And they could vote from a short list of names, which included Leaf Fall Weapon and the Autumn Avenger, but the winner was Control-Alt-Delete, which is a play on the computer command Control-Alt-Delete, and it won 50 of the public vote and the brand new train was unveiled on the 19th of September.
So excited to see what Control-Alt-Delete gets up to.
Oh my goodness, you know me, you know I love a pun.
That story thrills me, genuinely, absolutely love that.
I didn't know the names of the runners-up.
I had seen the train itself, Control-Alt-Delete, And I did chuckle as I heard that.
Such a good name, such a good name.
Thank you very much, Eve.
Now moving on, it's time for my favourite part of the show, real or rubbish.
Can I shoehorn a pun into this?
Let's find out.
Now this is when I get told a story.
I have to guess if it's true or false, fact or fake news.
So Eve, what is the story this week?
So this story is about a social media influencer called Katie Brooks, who made fresh pasta from scratch online on a plane journey, while she was just sitting in her seat on the plane.
And she filmed a video of herself mixing flour and water in a bowl to make the pasta and she posted it online.
But some people enjoyed the video, thought it was quite fun, but others said it was messy and perhaps a little bit inconsiderate to other passengers on the plane.
So Bex, do you think this story is real or are we flying in the face of the truth?
Okay.
Right.
So first of all, so she took flour and water on a flight.
Yeah.
You're not really meant to take many liquids.
She must have taken, what, like 100 ml, I think it is now.
So it mustn't be a lot of pasta, surely.
And also, can you imagine taking a bag of flour onto a flight?
Surely security would stop you and say, hey, that's weird.
Why have you got a bag of flour?
Why have you got a bag of flour?
Yeah, I don't really know how that happened.
But I'd say with the water, once you get through security, you can buy a nice big bottle.
So then you'd be sorted, true?
Okay, I'd forgotten about that.
And did she have like a kind of rolling pin and a board with it?
Again, because a rolling pin seems like a kind of weapon, doesn't it really?
Yeah, I do know what I don't.
I don't know about a rolling pin, but she was definitely mixing it in a bowl and then I suppose you can sort of make it into, I'm imagining, because you've got that little fold down table so you could, you could put the dough on there and then you could sort of get it like squash it down a bit, cut it into shapes and everything.
She didn't, she obviously didn't cook it on the yeah yeah, Although I suppose you could ask for a cup of boiling water and just like put it in and see what happens.
But she did not cook it on the plane.
She just kind of made it fresh.
And now I did watch a video, recently actually, of somebody making a massive Lego kind of sculpture on a plane.
I think they're flying from New York to America, from New York to London, sorry.
And they made, it took them hours to make this Lego thing.
So I know people do do weird things on flights.
But I also just think, just chill out, just watch a film, sleep, have some food.
Why are you making pasta?
What's the point?
We've all got to find ways to entertain ourselves.
And you know, maybe she did watch a film, but if it was a long flight you might have a few activities lined up.
I'm going to watch a film, then I'm going to do a crossword puzzle, then I'm going to make some pasta and then I'm going to have a little nap.
I just don't know about this one.
And also, I feel like the people, the other passengers and the crew...
Part of them, I'm sure, would be amused by it, but part of them would be absolutely furious, right?
What would you say if you saw somebody next to you making pasta?
Yeah, I'd probably be giving them a little bit of a side eye.
And I personally wouldn't be able to do that on a plane because I'd be so embarrassed about what everyone else would be thinking and what the airline staff would be thinking if someone came over and said oh excuse me madam, what are you doing?
Oh, the shame would be too much.
Big time for me, absolutely.
Right, well, a penne for your thoughts on that one.
Thank you.
Yeah, I'll have a little think about that.
And now let's talk about our book of the week.
This week it's the Week Junior Big Book of Even More Knowledge, which is jam-packed with true tales and brain-expanding, mind-blowing facts.
The pages are divided into topics such as amazing animals, spectacular sports, and brilliant books.
And there's even some real or rubbish challenges to test your knowledge as well.
Editorial assistant Elena is going to be here right now to do a little quiz and test me, the listeners at home and Joe on some of the facts in the book.
Hello, Elena.
Hi, Bex.
Yes, we've got another quiz for you and Joe today.
And it needs to be Joe because even I chose the question.
So she already knows the answers.
This time is going to be a bit different from yesterday, a few weeks ago, as I'll ask a few questions and you and Jo need to guess the answer.
Whoever gets closer to the right answer wins the point.
And there's three questions in total.
Should we get into it?
Absolutely.
Yes, please.
Let's go.
Okay.
The first question is, from how long ago is the oldest recipe for bread?
Or you can just like a year it was invented, or like how long ago.
How many years ago?
How long ago?
How many years ago was it the oldest recipe for bread?
Did you say elena, the oldest recipe for bread?
I don't even know.
I've got a figure.
I've got a figure.
Vex, have you thought about yours?
Yeah yeah, i think i have.
I could be wildly off base here, but yes, i think i've got something.
Okay, should we do?
Should we do joe first, vex next, and then we'll switch around, swap them.
Let's say yeah, We're going to go into BC for this.
I reckon 2,400 years.
Ago.
Or 2,400 BC.
2,400 years ago.
Okay.
I was on a similar track.
I was thinking 3,000 years ago.
The point goes to Bex.
The oldest recipe for bread is from 4,000 years ago.
Oh, dear.
I'm really bad at math, but around 2,000 BC, which is... crazy amount of time that is incredible yeah wow okay we'll have a sandwich out of that but okay um next question so bex you won the point but you were quite far off all right okay on to our next question this is this is a bit more current how many slices of pizza will the average uk person eat in a lifetime oh go wild i eat a lot of pizza i'm not gonna lie i'm trying to think how many are in the average pizza okay like it depends on how you slice like are you slicing in quarters or eights here as well i eat my pizza in quarters but okay i'm gonna say 2233 2233 okay joe okay i'm I'm kind of, I'm going to, I'm definitely going to go higher than that.
So I'll just say, what did you say?
2,233.
Yeah.
Okay.
I'll say I'm going to be a bit cheeky and go 2,239.
Wow.
I just, I just think it's higher, but I don't want to like go too high there.
Yeah.
Okay.
Oh, that's, that's terrible.
Well, um, The point goes to Jo, but you're so far off that I don't think it should count.
The real answer... The answer is 6,000 slices of pizza.
Oh, good.
That makes me feel better about my pizza eating.
6,000 slices of pizza.
So you were thinking average.
No, yeah.
I was trying to be optimistic.
Yeah, okay, yeah, that's good.
If you eat so much pizza Bex, that means that in your lifetime you'll probably eat something like 10000 slices, because you're above average.
Great.
All right.
Maybe you're not above average.
I think I had like 100 last week, so that's fine.
That's good.
That makes sense.
Yeah.
All right.
Final question then.
Let's do it.
Okay.
What is the longest dog's tail ever recorded?
I think I've got to go first, so Bex can kind of skewer me like I skewered her.
Right.
Hang on.
Centimetres.
How many in a metre?
100?
100?
Yeah.
Okay.
100 in a metre.
I'm going to go...
350 centimetres.
Okay, well, the reactions that I'm getting, I'm not encouraging, but okay.
Right, okay.
That's 3.5 metres.
No, 350 centimetres.
It's 3.5 metres.
Yeah, I mean, like, it could be a Great Dane or something.
I don't know.
Do you know? that is.
I mean, I'm the host of the quiz.
I'm not saying anything.
All right, Bex, please just go ahead and win the game.
I literally just snorted.
Okay, so my original answer was going to be like 42 centimetres.
I feel like this will be closer, 50 centimetres.
Yeah, say 50.
All right.
We've got 350 centimetres versus 50.
Yeah.
Yeah.
Two very different trains of thought there.
I feel like fairly, obviously, Beck's got the point here.
I don't actually think three and a half.
I mean, three and a half metres.
It's like that.
That's like the ceiling.
That's like three and a half metres is longer than a human being.
How tall is the average human being?
How tall is the average human being?
Like 160.
Oh, right.
In the world.
Yeah.
The UK might have a higher average, but I think...
That's a very long tale.
I haven't actually told you the correct answer.
Maybe there's a land where these kind of dogs exist.
It's like two tall people on top of each other.
It's the length of two... Dog the size of a house.
Joe was thinking of Clifford the Big Red Dog.
That's what Joe was thinking.
Well done, Bex.
Thank you so much.
Well, I actually haven't said what the correct answer is.
Bex, I think, won fair and square because the correct answer is 76 centimetres.
Thank you so much, Elena.
Well, Elena will be back later.
But if you want to learn some more brilliant facts like this, stay with us until the end of the show to find out how you can enter our prize draw to win a copy of the Week Junior Big Book of Even More Knowledge.
Now, we've just been joined by this week's guest editor, Laura.
Welcome to the show, Laura.
What would you like to share with us this week?
Hi, Bex.
It's good to be back.
Yeah, this week I wanted to talk about what was on our cover actually, which was octopuses.
It was a very cool picture of an octopus with all its limbs grasping at the title of the magazine and pulling things around.
And it was quite apt because the story which is on our Animals and Environment page is a study that was done on octopuses and how they use their arms for certain tasks.
So obviously everybody knows that octopuses have eight arms and they're all covered in suckers and they have no bones in them.
They're actually made mainly of muscle.
So kind of similar to your tongue in a weird kind of way.
And in the new study, for the first time, scientists analyzed all these video clips of wild octopuses to see how they use their arms.
So they analyzed 25 wild octopuses in three different species.
And they were filmed between 2007 and 2015 at sites in sort of Spain, Florida, and the Caribbean.
And they noted the octopus's behavior and what it was doing with its arms in each video.
So for example, if it was grabbing something, they made a note of how the arm moved.
So if it was stretching it or twisting it, and they recorded 4,000 different arm movements in total.
So they identified that they use their limbs to make four main movements.
So they can make their arms shorter, they can make them longer, they can bend them and they can twist them.
And they identified 15 different behaviours.
So examples of that would be fetching something or walking.
And there was 12 types of arm action.
So examples of that would be like grasping something or tucking something.
And what they observed was that octopuses seemed to have favourite arms.
I love this.
So they prefer using their front arms to their back ones overall, and they often use their front arms to reach forward and grab things, but they also use their back arms, and then they one of the main things they used for their back arms was to help them sit up, or they rolled them, which I love this picture that comes into my head, which apparently allows them to move forward like a conveyor belt and they're kind of rolling along the seabed, which is really nice.
So all of their eight arms despite the fact they had favourites for certain tasks, all of their eight arms are able to make all of these actions.
But often the eight arms are not making the same movements.
So yeah, one of the study authors, Chelsea Bennis from Florida Atlantic University, said that they saw octopuses using different combinations of these arm actions, sometimes just one arm for tasks like grabbing food, and other times they'd use multiple arms which were all working together for different behaviours like crawling or launching a parachute attack, which is a hunting technique.
So yeah, really interesting.
A parachute attack?
I don't think I've ever heard of that before.
This is really cool.
So I had to look this up, actually, and I wish we could have included it in the feature.
But yes, it's a hunting technique.
And basically what they do is they get all their limbs together, working together, and they kind of stretch out their each limb so that they're all joined together in a parachute effectively.
And then they jump on their prey so that they can surround it with all their limbs and catch it.
So smart wow, that's incredible.
It is pretty cool.
It's pretty scary, though I'm not sure I've been parachuted.
I love octopuses.
They're so clever, aren't they?
I think, going back to what you were talking about earlier actually, you were talking about spies I think octopuses would make very cool spies, because they can disguise themselves as well, can't they?
They can change colour, and you can read about that on our animals environment page as well, because there's a little extra bit about octopuses dreaming.
Apparently, they change colour when they dream.
Wow, a very octopus heavy magazine this week.
Then It is.
It is.
I do find them fascinating and everything you've said Laura, is so interesting the stuff they can do with their limbs.
Thank you so much.
And I've got to say, the picture on the cover of this week's issue is quite striking.
It is an octopus and it is quite incredible, isn't it?
It is amazing, yeah.
It's a very bright octopus and, yeah, its limbs are everywhere doing everything.
Lovely stuff.
Thank you so much, Laura, for telling us all about it.
No worries.
See you later.
Now it's time for this week's Big Debate.
And the question is, should children help around the home?
Eve and Jo will be going head to head to take a side each on this argument.
But before we hear from them, here's some information you need to know.
A survey of about 6000 UK parents by the charity ParentKind found that fewer than half of children under the age of 15 help with household chores.
The most common chore that children regularly do around the house is tidying their bedrooms, followed by making their beds, cleaning around the home and doing their dishes.
According to a study by La Trobe University in Australia, doing chores improves children's ability to focus, plan and remember instructions.
However, most children are given homework to do and many also have other activities to take part in.
So should children help out around the home?
Eve is team yes, Joe is team no.
Each of them has 60 seconds to make up their case and I will make up my mind at the end of it.
So let's hear from Eve first, who thinks children should help out around the home.
Eve, whenever you're ready, take it away.
Okay.
So I think that helping around the house teaches children really important life skills that they might need later on.
Because when they become adults it will be useful to know how to unload a dishwasher or do the laundry or things like that.
Vacuum the carpet.
And this will make them feel more independent and confident when they're older.
And it's not fair that just the adults look after the home.
It should really be a team effort for everyone, because adults have lots of other things going on like work and other chores that they need to be getting on with.
And so it's better if everyone's doing it together, because everyone is living there.
And it's really fun to do chores together anyway, and it shows that you care about your home.
You could even make a game out of it.
You know, washing the car could be quite fun, or like stacking the plates.
Well, I would say I was about to say, do a played stacking race, but maybe don't do that because that could end in things breaking.
But anyway, you could make some fun games out of chores and it can be a fun thing to do with the family.
Lovely stuff.
Thank you very much, Eve.
Under a minute and also just inspiring us with Mary Poppins vibes there.
Love that.
Thank you very much.
But now it's time for Joe to tell us why he disagrees.
Joe, whenever you're ready, go for it.
So we might not tend to think of this as adults, but a lot of children have very busy lives with things like sports teams, scouts and guides and, of course, homework.
I think making them do chores on top of all that would be pretty stressful.
And remember, they're only young, so let's not put too much pressure on them too early.
They should be spending their time relaxing playing, exploring and hanging out with friends, not putting laundry away.
Kids are only kids for a limited period of time, so we should allow them to make the most of it.
And besides, they're probably not as good or adept at doing chores as adults, so it might take them longer to do them or they might not do them properly, which could lead to adults having to step in anyway.
Wouldn't it just be easier and simpler for grown-ups to take on these tasks in the first place?
Oh, an interesting point of view.
Thank you very much, joe.
Um, now i'm kind of a bit 50 50 on this.
I do think that um, You know, it's easy for kids to do stuff like making their beds and doing a few basic things around the house.
You don't want to do too much because, you know, sometimes you might not know what to do.
But I do think there is like a happy balance there, especially because I used to earn pocket money by doing some chores around the house.
That's how I got my money from my parents.
But of course, it's not about my opinion.
It's about what our readers and listeners think.
So we'd love to hear your verdict on this week's big debate.
You can get involved by voting online at theweekjunior.co.uk slash polls.
You can also email your thoughts to us at hello at theweekjunior.co.uk or send us a voice note.
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Your message could be in next week's episode.
Now, last week's big debate was about whether it's time to stop giving out party bags to guests.
So let's find out what the Week Junior listeners and readers voted.
So 69% of readers said no, because the little treats are nice to get.
I love that.
We all love a little treat.
Tell me, Eve, what opinions did people have on this one that they sent in?
So one person said birthdays only happen once a year.
So it's a good idea to focus on the birthday child.
Plus, we don't want to hurt our environment.
And someone else said, I think party bag should stay, but become more eco-friendly and be filled with things that can be reused or upcycled into different things, which is a very nice idea.
I love that.
Like we said, if you've got an opinion on this week's big debate, just go and vote at theweekjuniorcouk slash polls.
Now, every week, readers of The Week Junior send in lots of messages to the inbox to tell us what they've been up to.
And editorial assistant Elena is here.
She's been having a look at the messages.
And I believe you've got quite a few to share.
Hello again.
Yes.
Heidi and Nancy sent us a message to say they won a competition for growing the heaviest pumpkin.
They sent a picture with it.
And I'm not surprised this pumpkin won a prize because it's huge.
It's sort of like it's about six times the shape of their head, something like that.
It's amazing.
And I get so much joy from readers and listeners sending in their weird, huge or generally amazing comments vegetables.
So it's like just brought a huge smile to my face.
What do you think, Joe?
Yeah, it's, it's impressive.
It reminds me a couple of weeks ago we ran a story about this new film called Grow, which is about a pumpkin growing competition.
And as part of that we I included a little bit in the article about the biggest pumpkin ever recorded.
I can't remember how big it was, but it was in 2023 and it was named Michael Jordan because he after the basketball player who wore the number 23.
But it looks like this one here might be giving the person who grew that one a bit of competition.
Yeah, Heidi and Nancy are sort of budding, pumpkin-growing extraordinaires, aren't they?
Just give them five years and they're going to break the record again.
Definitely, definitely.
I also just love getting into the autumn Halloween spirit.
I love this.
We also got a picture from Bluebell love your name, by the way, Bluebell.
Who said I drew Zoe from K-pop Demon Hunters, my favorite film?
The film is a favorite amongst lots of my school friends.
Well, Bluebell, the film is also a favorite in the week junior as well.
I haven't personally seen it, but Eve, as a big K-pop Demon Hunters fan, what do you think about Bluebell's drawing of Zoe?
I love it.
It's amazing.
I love Zoe from K-pop Demon Hunters so much.
And this drawing is fantastic.
I'd love to see you draw all of the characters from K-pop Demon Hunters, the Saja boys.
Let's get them all lined up because this looks great.
And I'm excited because Halloween's coming up.
And I'm also going to Comic-Con in a few weeks.
And I feel like I'm going to be seeing a lot of people dressed as characters from K-pop Demon Hunters.
And I can't wait.
Maybe you should dress as a K-pop Demon Hunter character.
Maybe.
I still need to watch it.
I listened to some of the songs a couple of weeks ago and I actually thought they were so good.
I just haven't made the time for it.
But yeah, thank you so much, Bluebell.
It looks amazing.
And thank you so much to everyone.
We love receiving your messages.
So send us an email or a voice note telling us what you've been up to.
And remember, if we feature your voice note in the podcast, you will get a roving reporter badge.
Bye, everyone.
Thank you very much, Elena.
Now let's turn our attention back to the magazine this week and the team's favourite stories.
Eve, who has been your hero of the week?
So my hero of the week is a 15-year-old pilot called Byron.
And He is flying around the world in a small plane at the moment.
And he discovered his passion for flying when he was four, during a scout activity day.
When he was 14, he flew around Australia and he now wants to be the youngest pilot to circle the globe, with an instructor.
And the distance is about 28000 miles and he'll be flying over 30 countries and it will take about two months and he hopes to land back home on the 13th of October, which is his birthday.
And he has Crohn's disease, which is a condition that causes stomach pain.
And he wants to show other children with Crohn's that they don't have to limit their dreams.
Wow, that's incredible.
Absolutely a good choice for Hero of the Week.
Jo, what's been your favourite fact in the magazine this week?
For my favorite fact.
I'm going to take us back to the start of the podcast and my story about the secretive organization MI6 seeking new spies.
And an interesting fact that I found while researching the piece was that the existence of MI6 wasn't even publicly confirmed until 1994, which was a whole 85 years after the organization was founded.
Wow, that's a great fact.
I'm going to be telling that to loads of people later.
Thank you.
Now, one thing I spotted in the magazine this week that did make me smile is a big, big picture of a Dalmatian.
Now, this Dalmatian... won a dog competition in Westminster, which I think you can only enter if you're an MP, that's a member of parliament, with a dog.
And this Dalmatian is like very nose to the camera, which I quite appreciate.
And it's coming out of a tunnel.
So clearly he's just done some kind of dog agility course, which I'm a big fan of.
So you can see all of those stories and more in this week's issue of The Week Junior.
Now, I think we need to go to this week's real rubbish and reveal what the story was this week.
So Eve, can you remind me a little bit about it, please?
Yeah, so this is about the social media influencer who filmed herself on a plane making pasta from scratch, using water and flour and mixing it in a bowl, and then making it on a plane.
I didn't clock that.
You said social media influencer, because that makes me think.
Maybe they've done it for clicks, maybe they've done it for likes, for lols, for video content.
I do think this is bizarre.
I think to make pasta on a plane is odd and pointless because what are you going to do with it?
It's like if you go on a holiday... where are you going to cook it?
Are you going to just chuck it in the bin?
But then my other thought.
So my thought is possibly it could have done, but also like why would they let her take a bag of flour and water through customs and stuff?
So that, that confuses me, but I'm going to say, what am I going to say?
No, I'm going to say it's rubbish.
I'm going to say it's rubbish this week.
Yeah.
Rubbish.
Yeah.
Okay.
Drum roll everyone.
Yeah, it's actually real, which I mean I almost feel bad for the other passengers that were on that plane, because that's just so not the ideal flying experience.
You want to be sitting next to someone who's whipping up some pasta.
I'd rather sit next to someone who is making some Lego, I think, than making pasta.
100%.
Oh my goodness.
That, you know, that flower is getting everywhere as well, don't you?
I hope there's more rooms to wear.
Well finally, it's time for Listen Up, which is the bit of the show that gives you the chance to win a copy of our Book of the Week.
This week, it's the Week Junior Big Book of Even More Knowledge.
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MI5 or MI6?
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That's a great question.
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