Newsy Pooloozi - The News Pod for Kids

Kid News This Week: World’s largest democracy turns 75, Uzbekistan and Ukrainian Olympiad chess champs, moths are smarter than we thought and Pac-Man hawk challenges pigeon poo in San Francisco and much more this week!

Kid News This Week: China-Taiwan-US tensions explained, surf’s pup - dog surfing, India’s satellite-making girls, “kidpreneurs” take off, Little Miss and Mr memes, Fab Facts and more!

Kid News This Week: Fantasy or the future - Saudi Arabia’s skyscraper city plans revealed, dog wagging deciphered, cheetahs return to India, dancing pigs in Belgium, plus the world wrap and fab fact quiz!

All about poo (ok, ok, "excrement") - Newsy Pooloozi's Poo News Capsule!

All about insects, spiders and more - Newsy Pooloozi's Creepy Crawlies Capsule!

All about space – our special space capsule with over 45 minutes of the whippiest, wackiest, most factual and fun space news from the last two years on Newsy Pooloozi!

Newsy Pooloozi's Corona Capsule - from the silly to the serious here are our COVID-19 stories all in one place! (And hear how Leela's voice has changed over the last two years!)

Quick Dip of world news begins by covering the protests in the US and India, which happen to be two of the world's largest democracies. We'll also talk about a massive plastic ban in India, mummified baby wooly mammoth, and bacon perfume. And finally, this week we go to the stars, with one of the coolest spaciest podcasts around, for space nerds and star lovers alike — REACH: A Space Podcast for Kids!Want to get the complete transcript of this episode? Then check out our website.Like this episode? Awesome! We have a teeny-tiny request — please leave us a review on Apple Podcasts.If you wish to be a guest reporter or specialist on Newsy Pooloozi, or just drop in to say hi, email us at [email protected] get the latest on Newsy Pooloozi and see what our co-hosts Leela and Lyndee are up to, follow our social media handles:Twitter: https://twitter.com/NewsyPoolooziInstagram: @newsypooloozipodcast

Quick Dip of world news begins with scorching heatwaves in the US and wildfires in Europe. In the US, 70% of Americans will feel the 90-degree heat (Fahrenheit), which is more than 32 degrees Celsius. In other news, we'll explore UK's DNA mapping project, Italy's giant batteries, K-pop stars BTS disbanding, and the garlic-for-homes scheme in China. Plus, we're doing a podcast swap featuring Jack to the Future — a fortnightly kids podcast on the future of science, invention, and the world, from Jack.Want to get the complete transcript of this episode? Then check out our website.Like this episode? Awesome! We have a teeny-tiny request — please leave us a review on Apple Podcasts and Spotify.If you wish to be a kid podcaster on Newsy Pooloozi, or just drop in to say hi, email us at [email protected] get the latest on Newsy Pooloozi and see what our co-hosts Leela and Lyndee are up to, follow our social media handles:Twitter: https://twitter.com/NewsyPoolooziInstagram: @newsypooloozipodcast

Quick Dip of world news - from NASA investigating aliens and Google dismissing sentient AI and a sweet rescue at a chocolate factory - along with Dorktales Storytime Podcast Hidden Histories episode swap!

In kid news this week we give you a Quick Dip of world news - from parties and politics in the UK, to Japan's food waste cement and the cheese rolling in Gloucester - as well as Cool Facts About Animals episode swap!

This week, we gently decode the US gun debate by understanding the view points of the gun lobby led by the NRA, Congress, legislators on both sides, and also a quick peek into the US Constitution's Second Amendment. In other news, we start with the World of WOW, aka science news, on how scientists are working on space sprouts from the moon. Then we move on to robot-assisted surgery and VR medicine, Aussie football microchips, China’s sinkhole oasis - all that and more!Want to get the complete transcript of this episode? Then check out our website.Like this episode? Awesome! We have a teeny-tiny request — please leave us a review on Apple Podcasts and Spotify.If you wish to be a kid podcaster on Newsy Pooloozi, or just drop in to say hi, email us at [email protected] get the latest on Newsy Pooloozi and see what our co-hosts Leela and Lyndee are up to, follow our social media handles:Twitter: https://twitter.com/NewsyPoolooziInstagram: @newsypooloozipodcast

OMG – we reached 100 episodes! This special episode we look back and forward for our 100th episode with super-duper guest, Mindy Thomas of Wow in the World, helping us celebrate!

Kid News This Week: Russia furious at NATO’s Nordic expansion while Turkey says no-no, UK’s post-drones take off, possible microchip in Aussie footballs, jail for dumbest thieves

Kid News This Week: 20% of reptile species risk extinction, rocket booster caught mid-air by helicopter, heartful art heads to the moon and longest glass-bottom bridge opens in Vietnam - all that and more!

Kid News This Week: The Indian subcontinent is in the grip of a heatwave, Mama mia! Mother’s Day sweet history revealed, 10-armed octopus fossil found, whisky waste becomes biofuel and much more!

Kid News This Week: Celebrating Eid around the world, Azteca ants repair “trumpetrees” in Panama, Japan’s latest taste-tech, Spain’s smelly high art

Hear when and why Earth Day started and what we can do now, about India’s seaweed combine-harvester breakthrough, UK’s forest art keeping an “eye on climate” and an ingenious bouncy carbon-buster for kids!

Kid News This Week: Hear the lowdown on Easter, all about the digitally unwrapped mummy, the swimming Spinosaurus, rickshaw's rooftop garden, the stuck temple thief and more!

Kid News This Week: Saturn loses its rings - but how, low-down on Ketanji B Jackson, Finnish treasure hunters get ready for last push to booty and Spain's abandoned village appears in dried-up lake - all that and more.

Kids News This Week: Take our April Fool's challenge - hear five wacky, world news stories and guess which one is April Foolin' you!

Kid News This Week: Sahara dust storm darkens Spain, Ukraine’s “wonder woman,” boys lost in Amazon found, UK solar tunnel, special escort for otters - all that and more on this week's world news pod for kids!

Kid News This Week: Find out how St Patrick’s day began, the latest on Ukraine – including propaganda, paramilitary and mercenary explained, Florida manatees are in trouble but you can help and the story of slithery smuggler.

Kid News This Week: Western Monarch Butterfly challenge*, India’s crimson rose butterfly pit-stop, Ukraine update and happy take, world's oldest pants reveal a lot about our blue jeans – all that and more!* Take pictures of the Western Monarch Butterfly and log in here to help track these beauties - https://www.monarchmilkweedmapper.org/

The war in Ukraine explained, the glossary game of confusing words and phrases about the war and tips on coping with distressing news

Kid News This Week: Russia deploys troops to eastern Ukraine, Indian chess prodigy makes history, slithery fright on flight and DIY.org giveaway

Kid News This Week: History of Black History Month and Valentine’s Day, koalas on Australia’s endangered list, crazy rich people buy crazy expensive Nike shoes - all that and more on this weeks news pool for kids!

Kid News This Week: Date set for International Space Station deorbit and splashdown, Jeff Bezos’s takes on “De Hef” Dutch bridge, Barcelona bicibus, Guinness Record breaking shoulder power

Kid News This Week: We breakdown the crisis in Ukraine and explain why Russian soldiers are at its border, also NYT buys Wordle and space-junk will crash into the moon, all that and more this week on Newsy Pooloozi!

Happy Chinese New Year of the Tiger, deep coral reef discovered near Tahiti, funny animal rescue false alarms, plus our Around the World in 80 seconds news wrap and our five fab background facts from this week’s stories!

Kid News This Week: Fake plastic trees that suck up CO2 could save the world, English zoo uses animal poo for fuel and the launch of "Run Like a Girl" book series about young girls who run

Quick Dip of Kid News This Week: It's an animalistic start to 2022 - from the US's pig heart transplant to Israeli goldfish learning to drive, from Saudi Arabia's camel pageant to the threat of Antarctica's foreign fish!

Kid News This Week: Start the new year with a laugh – it's time for the best of Newsy Pooloozi's Oddball stories from 2021!

Kid News This Week: As 2021 comes to an end, it's time to look back at the big news stories on Newsy Pooloozi this year!

Kid News This Week: We hear how Christmas is celebrated around the world - from beach barbecues Down Under to pooping Yuletide logs in Spain, to Santa on a camel in Kenya and Christmas music in the US.

Kid News This Week: As part of our holiday specials, we look back at the best technology news on Newsy Pooloozi this year!

Kid News This Week: As the holiday season begins, it's time to look back on 2021. First up, we present the best Newsy Pooloozi animal stories this year! Did your favorite make the cut? Have a listen!

This week’s kid news – Asia’s Joro spiders invade Georgia, new COVID variant omicron arrives, Singapore’s scientists get plants talking to humans and Canada’s maple syrup crisis – all that and more on Newsy Pooloozi!

Happy Thanksgiving and happy Hanukkah! Since it's a holiday week, we're giving you a "quick dip" of the news to keep you informed (and make sure you have some cool things to talk about around the table). Gobble, gobble!

Find out the cause of the toxic air shutting parts of New Delhi, hear a special report from the Cape Canaveral space launch, find out how Sikhs celebrate Guru Nanak Jyanti and why locusts become the second insect on the EU's “novel food” list

Will COP26 help save the planet? We unpack the global eco summit, plus hear about India’s floating solar power station, a California high school football team’s bad win and enter: the blue banana!

This week hear why India celebrates its "Festival of Lights," plus how Hindus celebrate Diwali around the world. Also in the episode, artificial intelligence lends Beethoven a helping hand and a microplastic sucking device developed by a young Irish scientist.

Kid News This Week: Hear what honeybees have to do with Oct 31 (it's scary candy news!), Halloween’s history, Spain’s witchy village, shadow scientists in deep space and Mexico’s doll island on this special spooky episode!

Kid News This Week: Microchip smaller than an ant can fly! Kerala's floods cause exodus, California's under-house snake pit, “ pig patrol” foil airport geese threat in Netherlands

Kid News This Week: In humanity's battle against mosquitoes – should we swat or swap them? Also, Britain’s beavers are back, cleaner cling-film is being developed and how to make cow poo less toxic for the environment? A poo zapper, naturally. All that and more on this week’s news pool for curious kids and adults!

A mega comet is heading for the sun in the next 10 years, Hollywood's box office highs but threat of workers strike looms low, UK's petrol crisis and Thailand’s taxi-top gardens - all this week in the Newsy Pooloozi news pool for kids!

Goodbye Newsy Jacuzzi, hello Newsy Pooloozi! We tell you why, plus the game of cricket also gets a name change, the UK spends millions on carbon suckers and a new spider app helps arachnophobia.

Hear about the everyday astronauts - private citizens who spent three days in space, plus how artificial intelligence lends a helping hand in art, Spain’s spewing volcano and Germany’s Moo-Loo!

India’s four-month festival season begins with Ganpati, new “fan-plastic” biodegradable food wrap, Emma Raducanu wows the world and Ig Nobel prizes make us laugh!

News Update: Hear how and why US flash floods cause havoc, that tuna is back from the brink of extinction, Marvel's first Asian superhero “marvels” the box office and the Japanese artist who's literally “out of the box!”. Artwork this week is courtesy of Edie Cizeika Bower