Newsy Pooloozi - The News Pod for Kids
203 episodes - English - Latest episode: about 1 month ago -Newsy Pooloozi is a weekly, world news podcast for smart kids and curious adults, covering science, animals, space, tech, culture, entertainment, sports… and even politics! The family friendly podcast is presented by a British-Indian-American mother-and-daughter duo, covering the world in a fun and engaging way. Newsy Pooloozi also has kid correspondents from all over the world — Asia, Africa, Europe and North America. The New York Times calls us a "news variety show." We're also on the NYT's Top 30 Podcast For Kids list (under our former name, Newsy Jacuzzi)! We are a proud Kids Listen member too. @newsypooloozi www.newsypooloozi.com
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Kid News This Week: Black History Month, Valentine’s Day, endangered koalas, crazy expensive shoes
February 16, 2022 09:16 - 21 minutes - 20.1 MBKid 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: ISS splashdown, Bezos-v-Bridge, Barcelona bike bus, shoulder-blade power
February 09, 2022 11:22 - 18 minutes - 16.9 MBKid 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: Ukraine crisis, Wordle brain-game craze, space-junk lunar crash
February 02, 2022 09:05 - 15 minutes - 14.7 MBKid 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!
Kid News This Week: Happy Year of the Tiger, new coral reef found, animal rescue false alarms
January 26, 2022 07:26 - 16 minutes - 14.7 MBHappy 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!
Happy Year of the Tiger, new coral reef found, animal rescue false alarms
January 26, 2022 07:26 - 16 minutes - 14.7 MBHappy 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, zoo poo and "Run Like a Girl" book series
January 19, 2022 06:47 - 19 minutes - 17.9 MBKid 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!
January 12, 2022 06:46 - 6 minutes - 6.09 MBQuick 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 2022 with a laugh – time for the best of our Oddball stories!
January 05, 2022 06:30 - 19 minutes - 18.1 MBKid 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: Time to look back at the big news stories on Newsy Pooloozi this year!
December 29, 2021 06:30 - 22 minutes - 20.4 MBKid 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: Christmas around the world!
December 22, 2021 19:01 - 14 minutes - 13 MBKid 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: Looking back at the best tech news on Newsy Pooloozi this year!
December 15, 2021 07:27 - 23 minutes - 21.8 MBKid 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: Time for the best Newsy Pooloozi animal stories this year!
December 08, 2021 09:03 - 19 minutes - 17.7 MBKid 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!
Kid News This Week: Invasion of Joro spiders, omicron arrives, plants talk, maple syrup crisis
December 01, 2021 07:39 - 20 minutes - 18.8 MBThis 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!
"Quick Dip" of news this Thanksgiving week
November 24, 2021 05:53 - 6 minutes - 6.23 MBHappy 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!
Kid News This Week: India’s toxic air, Florida space launch, Sikh holiday, locusts on EU menu
November 17, 2021 08:05 - 18 minutes - 17.1 MBFind 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
Kid News This Week: Global eco summit, India’s floating power station, bad winners, blue bananas
November 10, 2021 07:47 - 19 minutes - 17.7 MBWill 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!
Kid News This Week: Diwali around the world, AI and Beethoven’s 10th, Ireland’s microplastic sucker
November 03, 2021 07:52 - 20 minutes - 19.2 MBThis 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: Honeybees scare, Spain's cursed village, shadow scientists, Mexico's doll island
October 27, 2021 08:12 - 21 minutes - 20.3 MBKid 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: Flying microchips, Kerala exodus, California “snake-mare,” airport pig patrol
October 20, 2021 08:08 - 19 minutes - 18 MBKid 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: Battle against mosquitoes, beavers are back, clean cling-film, cow-poo zapper
October 13, 2021 06:36 - 19 minutes - 18.6 MBKid 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!
Kid News This Week: Mega comet coming, Hollywood ups and downs, UK petrol crisis, taxi-top gardens
October 06, 2021 07:52 - 21 minutes - 19.5 MBA 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!
Newsy gets a new name! Plus “batsman” is out and new spider app
September 29, 2021 08:44 - 21 minutes - 19.5 MBGoodbye 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.
Kid News This Week: Everyday astronauts, A.I. helps art, Spain’s volcano, Germany’s moo-loo
September 22, 2021 07:58 - 19 minutes - 18.3 MBHear 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!
Kid News This Week: India’s festive season, “fan-plastic” food wrap, tennis wonder, Ig Nobel prizes
September 15, 2021 07:44 - 21 minutes - 19.6 MBIndia’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!
Kid News This Week: Flash floods, tuna is back, Asian Marvel, “out of the box” art
September 08, 2021 08:34 - 21 minutes - 19.9 MBNews 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
News Update This Week: Flash floods, tuna is back, Asian Marvel, “out of the box” art
September 08, 2021 08:34 - 21 minutes - 19.9 MBNews 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
News Update This Week: Four-legged whale, hurricane explainer, new baseball, flying cows, hearty sheep
September 01, 2021 06:39 - 22 minutes - 20.9 MBNews Update: Ancient "god of death" whale fossil found (in a desert?!), hear our hurricane explainer and about baseball’s new spit-free ball, also Switzerland’s flying cows and Australia’s hearty sheep
Four-legged whale, hurricane explainer, new baseball, flying cows, hearty sheep
September 01, 2021 06:39 - 22 minutes - 20.9 MBAncient "god of death" whale fossil found (in a desert?!), hear our hurricane explainer and about baseball’s new spit-free ball, also Switzerland’s flying cows and Australia’s hearty sheep
Kid News This Week: Four-legged whale, hurricane explainer, new baseball, flying cows, hearty sheep
September 01, 2021 06:39 - 22 minutes - 20.9 MBNews Update: Ancient "god of death" whale fossil found (in a desert?!), hear our hurricane explainer and about baseball’s new spit-free ball, also Switzerland’s flying cows and Australia’s hearty sheep
News Update This Week: Predicting lightning, new kids vaccine, Int'l Dog Day, bumblebee “Bee-FF” pet
August 25, 2021 07:07 - 21 minutes - 20.2 MBNews Update: This week find out how researchers can predict when and where lightning will strike, new vaccine for kids on the block, longest vaccination trek, Int'l Dog Day, bumblebee pet
Predicting lightning, new kids vaccine, Int'l Dog Day, bumblebee “Bee-FF” pet
August 25, 2021 07:07 - 21 minutes - 20.2 MBThis week find out how researchers can predict when and where lightning will strike, new vaccine for kids on the block, longest vaccination trek, Int'l Dog Day, bumblebee pet
Kid News This Week: Predicting lightning, new kids vaccine, Int'l Dog Day, bumblebee “Bee-FF” pet
August 25, 2021 07:07 - 21 minutes - 20.2 MBNews Update: This week find out how researchers can predict when and where lightning will strike, new vaccine for kids on the block, longest vaccination trek, Int'l Dog Day, bumblebee pet
Beyond the blimp – Airship 2.0, Afghan turmoil, well-mannered apes
August 18, 2021 07:03 - 20 minutes - 18.7 MBMove over Zeppelins – airships get a rebirth, turmoil in Afghanistan as US troops leave and Taliban take over, research shows apes like to mind their manners – find out how on this week’s episode!
Kid News This Week: Beyond the blimp – Airship 2.0, Afghan turmoil, well-mannered apes
August 18, 2021 07:03 - 20 minutes - 18.7 MBNews Update: Move over Zeppelins – airships get a rebirth, turmoil in Afghanistan as US troops leave and Taliban take over, research shows apes like to mind their manners – find out how on this week’s episode!
News Update This Week: Beyond the blimp – Airship 2.0, Afghan turmoil, well-mannered apes
August 18, 2021 07:03 - 20 minutes - 18.7 MBNews Update: Move over Zeppelins – airships get a rebirth, turmoil in Afghanistan as US troops leave and Taliban take over, research shows apes like to mind their manners – find out how on this week’s episode!
Kid News This Week: Olympic joys, India hockey triumph, coral lifesaver, underwater museum
August 11, 2021 08:04 - 19 minutes - 17.5 MBNews Update: Hear the highlights of joy and good sportsmanship from Tokyo's Olympic 2020, India’s hockey triumphs, the human medicine that works on diseased coral and the underwater sculpture museum in Cyprus.
Major News Update This Week: Olympic joys, India hockey triumph, coral lifesaver, underwater museum
August 11, 2021 08:04 - 19 minutes - 17.5 MBNews Update: Hear the highlights of joy and good sportsmanship from Tokyo's Olympic 2020, India’s hockey triumphs, the human medicine that works on diseased coral and the underwater sculpture museum in Cyprus.
Olympic joys, India hockey triumph, coral lifesaver, underwater museum
August 11, 2021 08:04 - 19 minutes - 17.5 MBHear the highlights of joy and good sportsmanship from Tokyo's Olympic 2020, India’s hockey triumphs, the human medicine that works on diseased coral and the underwater sculpture museum in Cyprus.
Smart mouth-guards, new Olympic sports, Int'l Cat Day, two-headed turtle
August 04, 2021 09:12 - 18 minutes - 16.9 MBHear how smart mouth-guards can revolutionize high-impact sports, what surfers and skateboarders think of their sports' Olympic debut, a new app for International Cat Day and the tale of the two-headed turtle! This episode Leela is co-hosted by Leela and our Sports Correspondent, Porter Robbins.
Kid News This Week: Smart mouth-guards, new Olympic sports, Int'l Cat Day, two-headed turtle
August 04, 2021 09:12 - 18 minutes - 16.9 MBHear how smart mouth-guards can revolutionize high-impact sports, what surfers and skateboarders think of their sports' Olympic debut, a new app for International Cat Day and the tale of the two-headed turtle! This episode Leela is co-hosted by Leela and our Sports Correspondent, Porter Robbins.
World news “Quick Dip” plus guest episode
July 28, 2021 04:43 - 23 minutes - 21.5 MBLast of our slim summer “quick dips” into world news, followed by a guest episode from the Curious Kid Podcast (Curious About Sharks)!
"Quick Dip" of world news plus guest episode
July 21, 2021 05:27 - 50 minutes - 45 MBSo we're slimming down for summer this July, but since the news doesn't stop we're giving you a "quick dip" of world news, followed by a guest episode from the Cool Facts About Animals podcast (Mega Plastic episode)!
July special - weekly "Quick Dip" of world news
July 14, 2021 06:52 - 19 minutes - 17.5 MBHear our "quick dip" of world news, as we slim down for summer, followed by a guest episode from The Dorktales Storytime podcast - a "Hidden History" about native American engineer, Mary Golda Ross!
TOP FIVE stories of Newsy Jacuzzi's first year!
July 07, 2021 04:40 - 25 minutes - 23.9 MBHear the top five stories our loyal listers nominated as their favorite covered on Newsy Jacuzzi during our first year!
Newsy Jacuzzi is one year old!
June 30, 2021 05:00 - 27 minutes - 25.5 MBWe've produced a year's worth of weekly world news podcasts for kids (and quite a few adults too)! Hear us reflect back on the past year and play the top stories nominated by our listeners. And play the best (or worst!) of our bloopers as well!
Trees talk, new bamboo bat, calling all Bo-Peeps, Swedish embrace rain
June 23, 2021 02:10 - 18 minutes - 17.4 MBA major Hollywood movie is in the works about the Canadian “tree talk” pioneer, there's a new bamboo bat for cricket, a Spanish shepherdess school is calling all Bo-Peeps and a Swedish city embraces its rain
Hangry fruit flies, clean air breakthrough, Spain’s robot chef, “sky pool” scares
June 16, 2021 09:06 - 19 minutes - 18.6 MBBritish scientists discover fruit flies get hangry (who knew!), a New Delhi teen creates affordable air purifiers, Spain’s robot chef creates a stir and London’s sky-pool gives onlookers the heebeegeebees!
Mega space news, Sri Lanka plastic spill, EV batteries, “Hero Rat” retires
June 09, 2021 07:23 - 22 minutes - 20.8 MBMega space news from new missions to Venus, fly-by of Jupiter moon, worms head space and kites on Mars, plus a cargo ship fire leads to plastic pollution for Sri Lanka, EV battery recycling break-through and Megawa, the mine-sniffing "Hero Rat," retires .
Floating island city, TV space race, cicadas stink, slimy soap
June 02, 2021 08:32 - 22 minutes - 20.8 MBHear how the Maldives will create a "floating city" in hopes of combating rising seas that could wipe the archipelago out, how Russia and the US race to get dramatic in space, the latest on the swarms of stinky and tasty (oh, really?!) cicadas in the eastern part of America and one Frenchman's secret, snotty ingredient for soap!
UFOs are official, burger day for earthlings, dramarama craze, crazy word dispute
May 26, 2021 08:36 - 24 minutes - 22.5 MBThe US finally - openly - investigates UFOs, international burger day for earthlings (but maybe aliens too?!), dramarama online theatre workshops are all the rage and the quaint English take to croquet to battle out a word dispute.