Anna Pykett

This is a Squiz Podcast.

We're your shortcut to being informed.

Good morning, Andrew.

I'm so excited to be here.

I'm a long-time listener and first-time host, so this is a great morning for me.

Before joining The Squiz, I produced ABC News Radio's national brekkie programme, so I'm no stranger to pretty aggressive ouch o'clock alarm calls.

I'm a total news nerd.

I've also been a newsreader and reporter for the BBC before I switched hemispheres and came down here to Australia.

Yeah, I mean, who doesn't love gorgeous stationery?

I know you do, Andrew, but I just wish my handwriting didn't let me down.

It looks all right on the first page and then it just descends into spider scribble.

I'm a fair weather runner.

I love baking.

You'll get to know that I have a real sweet tooth.

My baking tends to taste better than it looks.

I really love chatting to people about the news, but also about anything and everything.

I'm so stoked to get to know the Squiz community and have some fun.

Yes, it has, particularly ones which house US military bases.

Officials in Kuwait say one person has been killed and more than 60 have been injured in Iranian drone strikes on its international airport.

Bahrain says it's also been targeted by Iran and we've heard from them.