Newsy Pooloozi - The News Pod for Kids

Taiwan drought, gas hack, UK hugs, Oz mice plague, "centibutt" sea worm

Hear how Taiwan lives through its worst drought in 56 years, plus we explain the US gas ransom hack, how Brits trade their stiff-upper-lip for hugs, how Australia's overrun by mice and the discovery of the many-butted marine worm we like to call the "cetibutt!" 

Happy Eid, COVID kindness, biggest plane, butterfly back, sheep-V-lawnmowers

A quarter of humanity celebrates Eid, COVID is making us kinder, biggest plane on path to rocket launch, Duke of Burgundy butterfly flutters back from brink of extinction and which is better for urban lawns? It's sheep versus lawnmowers. All that and more on this week's episode!   Thanks to Eestends for the music: Travis Scott RODEO X Kanye Type Beat  used in the Sheep V Lawnmower story. 

Swarming cicadas, germ warrior, cookie meltdown, book club craze, ugly fish

Get ready - the cicadas are coming to the US! Also, bacteria fights microplastic, Girl Scout cookie meltdown, bookworms get crazy for book clubs, lamprey bloodsucker fish fights extinction in Australia.  (This week's art is courtesy of Yule Liu!)

India’s COVID crisis, world dance day, virtual Olympics, Asian dog holiday

As India buckles under a COVID crisis, we hear from our kid correspondent who’s recovered from the virus, plus an episode full of distraction hacks from dancing, to Olympic "gaming" (yes, gaming), a civics lesson in US trials plus pet love in Central Asia 

Epic US verdict, NASA makes history, soccer Super League, spider talk

Hear why Derek Chauvin's guilty verdict is important for America, how NASA makes space history with the first-ever flight on another planet, soccer's Super League skirmish and MIT researchers translate spider "talk."  All that and more on this week's episode!   And a huge thank you to Yule Liu for her delightful artwork rendition of NASA's Ingenuity. Courtroom sketch is Reuters/Jane Rosenberg. 

Ancient city found, Georgia voting, baguette love, Lego thieves, Candy Land

Hear about the discovery of Egypt’s lost “golden city," Georgia’s debate over a new voting law, the French love for French-bread, Lego larceny (stop thief!) and the real (ish) Candy Land in California and more this week!

Shipping chaos, portable space center, Mississippi mud and mummy march

Hear about the cargo ship chaos, space center on-the-go, how The Mississippi River got clean, Nat’l Poetry Month and Cairo's march of the mummies

Five crazy spring stories - Easter to candy to Mars - one will April Fool you!

Happy Holi, Happy Easter and April Fools'! Hear about Spring celebrations, Spain's 4-day week, the cotoneaster pollution-eating plant, NASA's breath box on Mars and crazy Easter candy! Five unbelievable stories - four are totally true, but one will April Fool you!

Pandemic pet craze, happiest country, sushi name-change, Rubik’s Cube shock

The craze for pets during the pandemic takes effect! Find out which country is happiest, what people will do for free sushi and stunning Rubik’s Cube moves in India - all that and more in this week's Newsy Jacuzzi! And for more of what you heard... See the list of the UK's  most popular pandemic pet names here: UK’s most popular lockdown pet names revealed - CBBC Newsround Check out the Rubik's cube moves here: 8-year-old from Bengaluru solves 3 Rubik’s Cubes using his hands and feet. Wat...

Clean wings, ice music, singing ban lifted, lost walrus, self-beheading snail

Water and solar powered planes, instruments made from ice, Afghan girls singing ban lifted, raccoon friend, lost walrus and the snail that severs its own head! All that and more on this week's dip in the whirlpool of news and information!   Some links of items covered on our show... The Dodo - Raccoon Brings Her Baby To Meet Her Human Best Friend | Facebook Minor Swing Django Reinhardt by Ice Music Sweden | Free Listening on SoundCloud https://www.nationalgeographic.com/travel/article/p...

Newsy Jacuzzi Trailer!

Newsy Jacuzzi is a weekly world news podcast for smart kids and curious adults - it's a whirlpool of news and information! Or as the New York Times put it, "a news variety show" for kids by kids - one of their "30 best" podcasts for kids, in fact. It's great family entertainment (and, shhhhh, it's educational too!). New podcasts out every Wednesday. Subscribe, rate and review!

Newsy Jacuzzi Trailer

Newsy Jacuzzi is a weekly world news podcast for smart kids and curious adults - it's a whirlpool of news and information! Or as the New York Times puts it, "a news variety show" for kids by kids. It's great family entertainment and education. New podcasts out every Wednesday. Subscribe, rate and review!

Newsy Jacuzzi Trailer !

Newsy Jacuzzi is a weekly world news podcast for smart kids and curious adults - it's a whirlpool of news and information! Or as the New York Times put it, "a news variety show" for kids by kids - one of their "30 best" podcasts for kids, in fact. It's great family entertainment (and, shhhhh, it's educational too!). New podcasts out every Wednesday. Subscribe, rate and review!

Newsy Pooloozi Trailer!

Newsy Pooloozi is a weekly world news podcast for smart kids and curious adults - a splashy pool of news and information! Or as the New York Times put it, "a news variety show" for kids by kids - one of their "30 best" podcasts for kids, in fact. It's great family entertainment (and, shhhhh, it's educational too!). New podcasts out every Wednesday. Subscribe, rate and review!

Women’s day, cashier-free shop, electric oranges, cat rescue

How did International Women’s Day begin and where’s it going, Amazon shakes up shopping with cachier-free shops, oranges spark electricity and a “purr”fect rescue of four cats at sea in Thailand. All that and more in this week's episode!   The art for this week's episode is thanks once again to Edie Cizeika Bower. 

Clever plastic solutions, “spider slug,” new Van Gogh, snoring Imam

From bricks to clothes – clever plastic waste solutions, a slug dangles like a spider, a new Van Gogh painting surfaces, world's most expensive video and the snoring Imam - all that and more!

Rover on Mars, cloned ferret, flying car, Stonehenge moved, foul fatberg

Stunning videos show Perseverance landing on Mars, an endangered ferret is cloned, flying cars ready for take-off, second-hand Stonehenge, rowing teacher triumph and foul fatberg clogs London sewer!  

Year of the Ox, US snow storms, Finnish snowflake art, ancient conch

What the Year of the Ox means and how it’s celebrated, winter storms grip US, Finnish artist makes humungous snowflake (out of snow?!), teenager gives away car and a 17,000-year-old conch is played - all that and more! This week's art is courtesy of Edie Cizeika Bower.

Space tourism, sea-grass balls, purple island and cactus smuggler

Tourism to the cosmos takes off, Spain’s sea-grass balls eat plastic, South Korea paints an island purple and New Zealand’s cactus smuggler is caught - all that and more in this week's Newsy Jacuzzi whirlpool!

Dog news, bubblicious concert, wombat poo, Prince’s earth charter

How dogs went from predators to pets, app translates dog-talk, Flaming Lips bubble gig, wombat poo mystery solved, Prince Charles' terra carter plan and more! Special thanks this week to artist Edie Cizeika Bower for the fab cover art!

EVs, solar motorbikes, driverless cars, cave pigs, wheelchair climber

Electric vehicles, driverless cars, solar motorbikes are here, plus warty pig cave drawing and wheelchair man climbs skyscraper!

Cricket history, microplastics, fungi footwear, yummy mealworms

India's cricket team makes sporting history, microplastics pollute the Arctic, Adidas fungi footwear and mealworms for dinner, anyone?

US democracy tested, Pompeii’s "dhaba," chopstick art, rice ATM

This week hear how the storming of the US Capitol tests democracy, about the ancient café uncovered in Pompeii, how millions of chopsticks are reused and an Indian man's rice ATM.   SHOW NOTES:  Do check out the BEST KIDS PODCAST 2021 list we made it onto - thank you, Feedspot! Also, here is a link to the super cool Pompeii discovery and the chopstick recycler.   

Vaccine relief, kids for parks, real magic wands and space sounds

Hello and happy new year! We are temporarily reporting from London for the next few weeks - yep, lockdown central. Help us usher in the new year by hitting subscribe wherever you listen to podcasts and also joining the Newsy Jacuzzi Facebook community here.   Watch and hear NASA's space 'sounds' here. Plus for two really great articles on the vaccines and the virus check out: https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/health-51665497 https://www.nytimes.com/2020/12/16/well/live/life-after-covid.html

Best of Newsy Jacuzzi 2020 Animal Stories – ruff-ruff-meoooow!

Did you know there’s a new way to track dog years? Or how to make your cat smile? And what are your pets really thinking? How about the rat who saves lives, the mice that aren't mice, or coronavirus sniffing dogs? Have a listen to the best animal stories of the year!

Best of Newsy Jacuzzi 2020 Oddball Stories and... it's Xmas!!!

It’s Christmas! Find out what that means for our reporters around the world. Plus, it’s that time of the year when we take stock of the last twelve months and as a special Xmas treat we give you our wackiest and weirdest Newsy Jacuzzi Oddball stories of 2020!

Best of Newsy Jacuzzi 2020 Tech Stories!

From 3D dinosaurs (in your living room!), Japan’s Norimaki synthesizer “taste pop,” the super squid bot, the revolutionary Hyperloop, H&M’s magic loom and the tech power of the… pencil!

Real face of St Nick revealed! Also Hanukkah explained, gaming is good for you, India kicks plastic

Digital facial reconstruction of Saint Nicholas courtesy of Image Foundry. 

Mysterious monolith, decking the halls, Guru Nanak, White House pets and Oz's innovative kick

It’s beginning to look like… an alien left something in the Utah desert? Hear about the mysterious monolith, White House pets, big holiday for Sikhs, Oz girl’s kick-start and an Indian tale of perseverance.

Thankful for vaccines, violins and the super squid bot, plus India’s excess sugar and US Thanksgiving

Gratitude for COVID-19 vaccines, but what’s it really mean? Plus hear about the violin thank you, the virus survivor who got bit by a cobra, the super robot squid, Thanksgiving in America and the strange advice to eat more sugar!

Hyperloop swooshes, broom goes "vroom," robot monster wolf, leopard pest, baseball’s first female GM

Hear how future travel will swoosh thanks to Virgin’s Hyperloop, how brooms go “vroom” in Brazil, Japan’s monster wolf robot, India’s leopards and baseball’s first female general manager.

India's Diwali, England's Bonfire Night, H&M recycling, Finland's Dirty Daycare

Festival season is underway in India – Happy Diwali! – while England’s bonfire night marks a big explosion that never happened. In science news clothing giant H&M turn old clothes into new yard and in Finland they prove dirty daycares are good for kids!

Record turnout in US election, windy "traffic turbines," LA city of champions, odd animal election

Hear reports across the US as voters show up in record numbers, about dirty cars creating clean energy, the city of angels becoming the city of champions and an odd animal election that’s barking mad!

Hungry Ghosts Festival, Halloween and Day of the Dead plus the mystery of the killer whales and more!

Weird voting, suffrajitsus, detect pet’s mood and make cats smile, Starman and space nugget

Big thanks to some special contributions this week from fellow podcasters at the Kids Listen network: The Past and the Curious and Curious Kid Podcast.   https://www.kidslisten.org/ https://thepastandthecurious.com/ https://curiouskidpodcast.buzzsprout.com/  

Toxic air, pollution solution, turtle spies, dumb art thieves and swearing parrots

Special thanks again to Amaira and Anaira Mirza for their joint work on this week's fabulous artwork!

Martian lakes, $23 million titanium toilet, longest highway tunnel, Solely Sunshine girl, COVID-19 dogs

Do lakes on Mars mean there’s Martian life? Also, find out why NASA sends an expensive titanium toilet to space, why India built the longest and highest highway tunnel in the world, who the Solely Sunshine girl is and how canines are sniffing out the coronavirus in Finland.

US election fight, McDonald's fancy cups, a good Spanish sport, a heroic rat and int'l podcast day

We jump into the ring of the US presidential election. We also hear about McDonald’s embrace of the “re-use” cup culture in Britain, the Spanish athlete who takes being a “good sport” to a higher level and move over Mighty Mouse… find out how a hero rat is saving lives! Oh, and for International Podcast Day - we share our favorites!!

Notorious RBG, data at sea, Delhi’s ballet dream, the master gobblefunker and a leopard in the house

Special thanks to Amaira and Anaira Mirza for their joint work on this week's fabulous artwork!

Wildfires explained, our “Connected” world, rooftop alphorns, loneliest elephant, shocking fly trap

Why are fires tearing across the West Coast of America? We break it down. We also shout from the rooftops about our fav science show, Netflix's "Connected," we hear about a rooftop concert in Germany, the loneliest elephant in the world and a fly trap that goes wrong in France.

Flying cars, jetpack flyers, delivery drones, poo fighters triumph and game-on for cricket

Hear how the skies are going to crowd with flying cars, jetpack flyers and delivery drones. Also those coronavirus poo fighters triumph in Arizona and it’s game-on for cricket's Indian Premier League.

US race tensions, mysterious blue holes at sea, Nigeria's ballet boy and the anti-lion head butt

Hear special guests "Hey Black Child" on race tensions in the US, also about the ocean's mysterious blue holes, Nigeria's dancing sensation and the "cheeky" way to stop lions eating cows.

Glacier gloom, pencil power, drive-in fright, the US's crazy league season and Switzerland's cocoa snow

Hear what Greenland's melting ice cap means for you, the high-tech power of low-tech pencils, Japan's answer to socially distanced haunted houses, the crazy league season in US sports and how it snowed cocoa in Switzerland.

Storm season chaos, clever hand-washing contraption and the story of the sly fox and cat thief

The storm season is creating heavy monsoon rain in Asia and whipping up hurricanes in the Americas, also hear about a Kenyan boy's clever hand-washing contraption and the story of the sly fox and the cat thief all on this week's Newsy Jacuzzi!

OCEAN SPECIAL: spectacular sea station, SOS sailors, microbes awakened, packed beaches and a blue lobster

New covid school rules, SpaceX landing, Indian asteroid discovery, Salzburg music festival, and 3D dinosaurs

We explore the likely “Covid Code of Conduct” when school reopens, hear the show goes on in Austria, how private space travel is making history, about the two Indian schoolgirls who discovered an asteroid and how you can get 3D dinosaurs in your living room, really!

Back to school (or not!), Facebook's TikTok, Olympic hope, digital chicken nuggets and fart-free cows

Hear us volley (with a real tennis ball!) the pros and cons about going back to school or not, muse over the cotton candy iPhone Photo Awards and Facebook's "reel" competition for TikTok, plus KFC are digitally printing chicken nuggets (yumm?!) and Burger King think they have the answer to making cows fart less.

Promising vaccine, college sports on hold, NEOWISE comet, no noisy windows, Canada's drive-in art and England's shocking pub

Hear about the race to find a COVID19 vaccine and how US college sports are on hold, also how to spot the biggest comet of your lifetime, never mind block your noisy neighbors. Find out about Toronto's drive-in art gallery and an English pub that goes to shocking lengths to maintain social distancing.

Brink of extinction, mapping Mars, gaming console wars, France’s floating cinema and cycling’s Everesting craze

Find out why some lemurs and whales are almost extinct, why NASA needs your help, the big fight in video game consoles, the best socially distant event EVER and how the world’s highest mountain is inspiring a cycling craze that's getting a boost because of the pandemic.

Corona Poo Fighters, New Dog Years, Liverpool FC, Green Melodies and Monkey Menace

Music and sound effects obtained from https://www.zapsplat.com