KidCast: Recent Episodes
Ceire O'Donoghue
KidCast is an Irish show created by kids, for kids. Each episode is co-hosted by a different child every other Friday. We hear from voices around the country interviewing guests, reporting child friendly news, teaching fun facts and above all providing a fun and entertaining podcast experience for kids. If you know a child whose voice is destined for the airwaves and would like to take part simply email info@kidcast.ie.
It’s the final episode of KidCast School Tour and following on from last week’s ‘Media One’, M. Dáibhíd’s 5th Class at Gaelscoil Átha Í take a closer look at areas of the media that affect tweens the most- social media and advertising. How are they linked and what exactly is ‘the power of the playground’?
It’s the last episode of the series so KidCast is exploring what they love best- the media! Podcaster Logan Kelly joins Céire to chat about fake news, social media, gaming and influencers, he heads Around The World to You Tubers Leo and Eli in New Zealand and interviews radio and TV broadcaster Claire Byrne!
This week KidCast School Tour is off to 6th class at Rathoe NS in Co. Carlow. Their teacher Ms. Kealy is the organiser of ‘Wellbeing Week’- a week per term for staff and students to celebrate themselves and their wellbeing, and these students have a wealth of information and tips to share with our listeners!
Ceire floats to studio on a hot air balloon with 12 year old Molly Rose, setting the tone for this week’s wellness episode. We learn how pets are good for our health, why Finland is happiest country in the world, Pádraig from The Paudcast stops by, as well as the Relax Kids and Jaime from You Tube’s Cosmic Kids!
Welcome to Paudie’s KidCast School Tour with 6th Class at Portlaoise Educate Together National School. This week Cormac and Amy help us explore polar animals and Piotr will be telling us how plastic is affecting them in a negative way. Get ready for a wild polar safari!
Things get a little bit wild on KidCast this week with 11 year old host Jake Burns! We hear about children raised in the wild, living ‘off grid’ and foraging wild food. Doireann and Jack tell us all about life in Tazania and wildlife cameraman and presenter Colin Stafford Johnson has a few wild tales to tell!
This week our KidCast School Tour heads to the Seaside! Ms. Murray’s 6th Class at Holy Rosary School in Wicklow town bring us ‘The Wet One’.We hear about some of their local beaches, some sea facts, some fishy jokes and Holly Anne and Arianna investigate the effects of climate change on our oceans.
It’s an ocean adventure with Naoise this week exploring the sea, its sea creatures and some unusual ocean happenings! We head to the home of sushi to Emma in Tokyo, Underwater Reporter Sophie visits Sea Life in Bray and ‘Row Hard or Go Home’ rowing team’s Gearóid chats about their record-breaking journey.
Love sport? You’re in the right place! This episode sees Mr. Nolan’s 6th class at Mary Mother of Hope SNS bring the listener into the thick of the action! There’s trivia, jokes, a riddle and a special guest interview! Stick around until the final whistle where the answers to the riddle will be revealed!
Sports mad Vincent joins Céire to teach her a thing or two about the world of sport! He is helped by a Kerry GAA team, a young Scots girl and a familiar face who is off to the world cup! Plus Women’s Rugby Giant Fiona Coghlan, and Céire is glad she is not in the hot seat for Tilly’s Sports Game - how will you do?!
Is there no end to the talents of Múinteoir O’ Cearnaigh’s Rang a Sé at Gaeilscoil na Lochanna?! In this week’s episode we hear their rap, song, interviews with Rang a Dó and a snippet from their rewriting of Irish legend Diarmuid agus Gráinne! But we won’t give away the ending, we’ll leave that to Aodhán!
This week Ireland celebrates St. Patrick’s Day and KidCast celebrates all things Irish! In our very special bilingual episode host Annabelle takes us around the country and across Galway Bay to the Aran Islands, exploring our language, culture and music. Bain sult as!
Céire hits the long road to Tipperary to meet Ms Moore’s 3rd Class at Clerihan National School. Their show shares all of their work with the Irish School’s Sustainability Network in the class and beyond.
It’s all about looking after our planet this week. Céire and Oisín explore eco-friendly transport, veganism and climate change. We get an Indian perspective from Siyona, Ava tells us about sustainable toys and 16 year old environmental activist Flossie inspires us with her beach cleaning.
KidCast School Tour heads to Scoil Diarmada, Castledermot. Alex introduces us to Mr. Murphy’s 6th class who have been busy making a robot for ESB Science Blast. Fin, Ciara and sassy Sophia tell us about their VEX IQ, Ms. McKenna and Ms. Harris are interrogated by Evan and we hear some funny robot jokes.
We’re ‘Back with the Future’ of KidCast, that is Series 2! Hosts Céire and Caoimhe hear about Albert Einstein, purple spaghetti and self inflating balloons! And Prof. Luke O’Neill pops by to tell us all about the world of immunology.
Our final episode of KidCast for series 1 and a wonderfully relaxing train ride to studio- or is it?! Ceire and Hazel (9) try to beat Cormac in Mystery Sounds, we hear about a very special granny’s paella from sisters Isabel and Clara in Spain, we visit Ruby at June Blakes garden and Pete the Vet stops on When I Grow Up.
An exhilarating jump through the skies bring Céire and Sean to a more comfortable recording location. Sean tells us how planes work, he catches up with Bebe and Astrid in Canada and we hear from young cellists Harry and Joseph. If you have aspirations to be an illustrator you’ll want to stay tuned to When I Grow Up with Sheena Dempsey too!
This week Céire and Rachel blast into space to bring you Episode 6 of KidCast! Her trip Around The World is thankfully a little closer as she meets up with Isaac in France. We hear some fascinating facts about bees and Irish Times Best Actress Aoibheann McCann fills us in on her life on stage and screen.
It’s a dark and damp trek to studio this week as Céire and Noah crawl through a cave. Noah tells us about stalagmites and stalactites (can you remember which is which?!), he chats to Erik in Sweden and is challenged by Robyn in a game of mystery sounds. Author Sarah Gilmartin sits down with Noah to chat about their love of books.
This week Céire and Clodagh (10) gallop to studio on Bob and Jeff! And their animal chat isn’t just about horses, we find out what a ‘stumpy’ and a ‘rumpy’ are! The pupils at Temple Street Hospital School bring us some interesting food facts on this weeks ‘Did You Know’ and animator Sean gives Clodagh a few tips on how to follow in his footsteps.
Céire and Xander (10) loop the loop by rollercoaster to studio to bring you Episode 3 of KidCast! We learn all about the stars, chat to Naas natives Robert and Anna who are now living in Portland, America and Xander picks the brains of Dr. Niamh.
Fia Walsh (8) co-hosts this weeks episode of KidCast with Céire and shares her love of swimming, books and dogs! In fact her she swaps dog stories with Taoiseach Micheal Martin! And the students at Dramarama in Cork have some quirky dog facts for us and we hear Siobhan’s ‘Brilliant Books’ review.
KidCast kicks off with Céire and Harry(10) scaling a mountain to get to studio! And the adventure doesn’t stop there. Harry chats to William in Australia, spells the longest word in the English language and meets up with drone champion, Enda Walsh at the Irish Aviation Authority.
Céire and Hazel take an unexpected train journey to bring your episode 8- our final episode of Season 1!
Many thanks to this week’s cast:
HOST: Hazel Johnson Age 9
NEWS REPORTERS: Emily O’Sullivan & Robert McCulloch Age 10 & 8
NEWS RESEARCH: Renee Power Age 11
AROUND THE WORLD: Isabel and Clara Hermira Donnelly 12 & 9
MYSTERY SOUNDS: Cormac Farrington Age 8
QUESTION: Austin Casey Age 6
ANSWER: Sophia Erwin Age 7
JUNE BLAKE’S GARDEN: Ruby Craul Keating Age 9
JOKE: Ferdia Mac Eoin and Reiltin Nic Eoin Ages 9 & 6
DID YOU KNOW: Bryan Carr School of Performing Arts, Kerry
VET: Pete Wedderburn
HIGH FIVE: 1. Jack & Grace, 2. Juliette, 3. Rhys, 4. Chloe 5. Emily, Julia and Jacob at Betty Ann Norton Theatre School
This week Céire and Seán parachute from the skies to bring you Episode 7 of KidCast!
Many thanks to this week’s cast:
HOST: Seán Travers (Age 11)
NEWS: Charlotte Rose & Juliette Maguire (Age 10 & 8)
AROUND THE WORLD: Bebe and Astrid Weinert (Age 9 and 7)
CHOIR: Vancouver Children’s Choir
MYSTERY SOUNDS: Isaac Glynn (Age 8)
QUESTION: Emma Keane (Age 10)
ANSWER: Sarah Keane (Age 8)
FEATURE: Harry Brady & Joseph Wiley (Ages 11 & 9)
JOKE: Seán and Rory (Age 9)
DID YOU KNOW: Drama Den, Donabate Co. Dublin
ILLUSTRATOR: Sheena Dempsey
HIGH FIVE: Grace, Aoife & Darragh, Lily, Harry & Hugo, Harrison, Donncha & Rian
This week Céire and Rachel blast into space to bring you Episode 6 of KidCast!
Many thanks to this week’s cast:
HOST: Rachel Flynn (Age 8)
NEWS: Stacey O’ Flynn and Sean O’ Callaghan (Ages 10 & 8)
AROUND THE WORLD: Isaac Nolan (Age 6)
MYSTERY SOUNDS: Eva Walsh (Age 8)
QUESTION: Cailín Grothe (Age 10)
ANSWER: Chloe McLoughlin (Age 9)
PETS CORNER: Muireann Gilbert (Age 8)
JOKE: Eliza Brunnock (Age 7)
DID YOU KNOW: Act One Drama School, Donegal
(Jake Mc Laughlin, Robyn Mc Laughlin, Ethan Bourne, Lucy Fabisiak, Lauren Gildea,
Harry Hegarty, Conor Glynn, Gray Osborn Ages 8-11)
ACTOR: Aoibheann McCann
This week Céire and Noah crawl through a cave to bring you Episode 5 of KidCast!
Many thanks to this week’s cast:
HOST: Noah O’Riordan (Age 9)
NEWS: Jack Gavin and MacDara Flavin (Ages 10 & 11)
AROUND THE WORLD: Erik Heffernan (Age 9)
MYSTERY SOUNDS: Robyn Clinton (Age 6)
QUESTION: Hasini Tummidi (Age 7)
ANSWER: Jack Britton-Keena (Age 11)
COLOUR GUARD: Cara O’Rourke (Age 11)
JOKE: Ben Clinton (Age 8 )
DID YOU KNOW: Little Duke Theatre Drogheda and Trading Faces Galway
(Mable, Seren, Eoin, Roisin, Saoirse, George, Kai, Eoin, Grace Ages 6-8)
WRITER/AUTHOR: Sarah Gilmartin
This week Céire and Clodagh gallop to studio to bring you Episode 4 of KidCast! Many thanks to this week’s cast: HOST: Clodagh Saez Walsh (Age 10) NEWS: Hannah Dunne (Age 10) AROUND THE WORLD: Ned and Dot Hampton (Age 11 and 9) MYSTERY SOUNDS: Abigail O’Riordan (Age 8) QUESTION: Ben Clinton (Age 8) ANSWER: Ivy Carty (Age 7) BAKE WITH ME: Mia-Michelle Grant (Age 10) DID YOU KNOW: Temple St. Hospital School (Mathew, Emily, Noah, Ciara, Anna, Denis, Sheenagh, Dora Ages 6-15) ANIMATOR: Sean O’Reilly, Kavaleer Productions
This week Céire and Xander loop-the-loop by rollercoaster to studio to bring you Episode 3 of KidCast! Many thanks to this week’s cast:
HOST: Xander Harford (Age 10)
NEWS: Christopher McCoy (Age 12)
AROUND THE WORLD: Robert and Anna Bodtker (Age 11 and 9)
MYSTERY SOUNDS: Ava Kelly (Age 6)
QUESTION: Lily Ward O’Keefe (Age 9)
ANSWER: Jude Villegas-Phelan (Age 9)
MOVIE MADNESS: Charlie McManus (Age 9)
DID YOU KNOW: Stageschool Galway
(Yassin, Diarmuid, Davy, Stevie, Rosie, Izabele, Molly, Fiadh Age 7-10)
DOCTOR: Niamh Murphy
HIGH FIVE: Cara, Cian & Dara, Hasini, Isabelle, Lily & Saoirse
Céire and Fia swim the Irish sea to bring you Episode 2 of KidCast! Many thanks to this week’s cast:
HOST: Fia Walsh (Age 8)
NEWS: Kate & Diarmuid Donelon (Age 11)
AROUND THE WORLD: Lara & Amelie Caffrey (Age 9 & 7)
MYSTERY SOUNDS: Bobby Vavasseur (Age 6)
BRILLIANT BOOKS REVIEW: Siobhan De Lint (Age 9)
DID YOU KNOW: Dramarama Academy of Performing Arts Cork
(Sebastian Graham, Cian O’Regan, Kate O’Sullivan, Sam Allen, Hugo Allen, Milly Mulcahy, Jessica Mulcahy, Beth Geary Age 8-11)
TAOISEACH: Micheál Martin
Céire & Harry scale a mountain to discover didgeridoos, logolepts, a drone champion and much more! Thanks to this weeks cast:
HOST: Harry Williams (Age 11)
NEWS: Caoimhe Quinn (Age 8)
AROUND THE WORLD: William Visser (Age 8)
MYSTERY SOUNDS: Jamie HarfordAge (7)
MIND MY MIND: Aisling Walsh (Age 5)
DID YOU KNOW: Theatrics Naas (Natalie, Alfie, Sophie, Heidi, Ben, Zoe, Sofia, Marcos Age 5-6)
DRONE CHAMPION: Enda Walsh
Mountain climbing 00:00
Riddle 02:51
News (What is the budget? Kenyan Elephants, Super Mario Game, Ed Sheeran's 2022 Tour) 03:36
Around the World Interview with William in Australia 06:44
Mystery Sounds with Jamie 12:00
Minding you Mind with Aisling and Harry's mindfulness tips (including yoga) 14:42
Longest word in the English dictionary and Did You Know...Word Facts! 18:17
When I Grow Up Interview with Irish Aviation Drone Champion Enda Walsh 21:24