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320 episodes - English - Latest episode: about 1 hour ago - ★★★★★ - 1 ratingThis is a kids and family podcast - where parents and children can listen together. In each episode, a child from anywhere in the world chats with the host (Sangeetha from India). They discuss recent science discoveries, changing technologies, curious facts about animals and birds, how football, cricket and sports are evolving, what's up with global warming and even why countries fight wars. In each episode, they discuss one current event and unearth trivia & riddles about science, sports or even business. Snappy, witty and engaging.
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S2: E1: Why coins in the UK will now feature Harry Potter, Hogwarts and Dumbledore on them
June 17, 2023 04:30 - 13 minutes - 9.11 MBThe Harry Potter book series took the world by storm. Many a child today owes his / her love for reading from J.K.Rowling's creations. The thick, fat pages of Goblet of Fire or the Deathly Hallows hardly deterred 7 and 8 year olds around the world. For some children, it is hard to believe a world where there were no Harry Potter books. It was only 25 years ago that the first Harry Potter book - Philosopher's stone (or Sorcerer's stone in the US) was published. Commemorating this, the Royal...
Epi 120: From the diary of an alien - how 3D printers print cheescakes for children
May 22, 2023 00:30 - 8 minutes - 5.83 MBInk and paper was all that we think of, when the printer comes to our mind. But if we told you that you could order a cheesecake at the printer. Scientists at Columbia University recently introduced a 3D printing machine for children to choose which toppings and what flavours they would like on each cheesecake With this, we sign off our 120th episode of Season 1. We will be taking a short break this summer and will come back with more stories about the real world around us, in season 2. Do...
Epi 119: ChatGPT and Google - how do they differ? Is ChatGPT going to take over the world?
May 18, 2023 13:30 - 15 minutes - 11 MBIn this podcast episode, we dive into the fascinating world of artificial intelligence, exploring the distinctions between two powerful tools: ChatGPT and Google, and pondering the question of whether ChatGPT is poised to dominate the future. Drawing from personal experiences, 11-year-old Vidyut and 12-year-old Rohan explore how from using YouTube to expand our understanding of art to leveraging Google Translate for help with Tamil homework, technology has seamlessly integrated into our liv...
Epi 118: India won its first ever Men's Doubles Gold at Badminton Asia in 2023
May 11, 2023 15:30 - 15 minutes - 10.5 MBChirag Shetty and Satwiksairaj Rankireddy won the men's doubles finals at Badminton Asia - the first pair from India to have won this in 58 years. We are familiar with Saina Nehwal and P.V.Sindhu - two Indians who made India proud by winning Olympic medals. Now Chirag and Satwiksairaj bring badminton once again into centrestage. In this episode, 13-year old Eesha Vijay shares her thoughts on - 'how does it feel when you watch professionals playing badminton on TV' 'where did this game origi...
Epi 118: India won its first ever Men's Doubles Badminton Gold at Badminton Asia in 2023
May 11, 2023 15:30 - 15 minutes - 10.5 MBChirag Shetty and Satwiksairaj Rankireddy won the men's doubles finals at Badminton Asia - the first pair from India to have won this in 58 years. We are familiar with Saina Nehwal and P.V.Sindhu - two Indians who made India proud by winning Olympic medals. Now Chirag and Satwiksairaj bring badminton once again into centrestage. In this episode, 13-year old Eesha Vijay shares her thoughts on - 'how does it feel when you watch professionals playing badminton on TV' 'where did this game origi...
Epi 117: Why Pepsi changed its logo (part 2)
May 11, 2023 02:30 - 17 minutes - 12.3 MBWalt Disney used to take his children to neighbourhood parks. He felt disappointed with the kind of experiences these parks had to offer. He had grand ideas of building something more interesting. That's how Disney theme parks came to be about. About this time, he had already started making animation movies. So combining the fairy tale characters he was showing in his movies with the fabulous theme parks he built, we get the logo of Disney - castle plus the words DISNEY. Every logo has an i...
Epi 117: Stories about how people create n draw logos (part 2)
May 11, 2023 02:30 - 17 minutes - 12.3 MBWalt Disney used to take his children to neighbourhood parks. He felt disappointed with the kind of experiences these parks had to offer. He had grand ideas of building something more interesting. That's how Disney theme parks came to be about. About this time, he had already started making animation movies. So combining the fairy tale characters he was showing in his movies with the fabulous theme parks he built, we get the logo of Disney - castle plus the words DISNEY. Every logo has an i...
Epi 116: Why Pepsi changed its logo (part 1)
May 08, 2023 07:30 - 17 minutes - 11.8 MB5 rings bring images of sports and victories in the Olympic. 4 rings shift our minds towards cars and the company Audi. A tick mark takes us to shoes and the company Nike. The letter G now represents the all-important Gmail. Brands and logos are in front of us wherever we go. But why do companies change these, from time to time? Why does the company Pepsi keep changing the way its logo looks? Listen to two teenagers Mitansh Rajkotia and Anya Chaturvedi and Vibin from Headless Hippies shar...
Epi 115: Re-shark - why baby sharks are being grown in shark schools and released into the wild
May 04, 2023 23:30 - 12 minutes - 8.93 MBProject Re-shark is an initiative to bring more sharks into our oceans. While some people have been busy over-fishing sharks, a few others have taken it upon themselves to grow baby sharks in aquariums and then releasing them back into the wild. To talk about this interesting real life story, 7-year old Owen from New York (USA) joins us. While sharks are quite the thing that 7-year olds love to talk about, Owen also shares his opinions and ideas on - a) Are sharks really dangerous to human...
Epi 114: Why satellites from OneWeb will help us access youtube videos from ships, planes and thick forests
May 01, 2023 04:30 - 13 minutes - 9.62 MBNo longer do you need to worry if your mobile phones are near or far from telecom towers. No longer do you need to think about whether you'll get internet access when you are vacationing in some far off place, away from civilization, or up on a mountain or on a cruise ship far away from land. In this episode, Syed Ayan, a fourth grader from Kuala Lampur, Malaysia, explains how all of this will soon come true. He will also explain the story of OneWeb - the company that has launched satellite...
Epi 114: Why accessing youtube videos and google will become easier from ships and even airplanes
May 01, 2023 04:30 - 13 minutes - 9.62 MBNo longer do you need to worry if your mobile phones are near or far from telecom towers. No longer do you need to think about whether you'll get internet access when you are vacationing in some far off place, away from civilization, or up on a mountain or on a cruise ship far away from land. In this episode, Syed Ayan, a fourth grader from Kuala Lampur, Malaysia, explains how all of this will soon come true. He will also explain the story of OneWeb - the company that has launched satellite...
Epi 113: How do intelligent laptops draw, paint and colour on their own?
April 24, 2023 15:30 - 18 minutes - 13 MBIf there were a genie that said - name your wish and I'll show you a picture of how your wishes or dreams would look, we seem to have found it. It goes by the name 'artificial intelligence for art'. In the past few months, many such engines generate art after you give them a prompt. You could go wild with your imagination and even ask for - 'show me a picture of a lion sitting in an office typing out an email, with a unicorn munching a cracker next to it'. How do these engines create such w...
Epi 113: AI art - how do intelligent laptops draw, paint and colour on their own?
April 24, 2023 15:30 - 18 minutes - 13 MBIf there were a genie that said - name your wish and I'll show you a picture of how your wishes or dreams would look, we seem to have found it. It goes by the name 'artificial intelligence for art'. In the past few months, many such engines generate art after you give them a prompt. You could go wild with your imagination and even ask for - 'show me a picture of a lion sitting in an office typing out an email, with a unicorn munching a cracker next to it'. How do these engines create such w...
Epi 112: How can we make passwords safer?
April 21, 2023 10:30 - 13 minutes - 9.42 MBFrom email IDs to opening youtube accounts, passwords are some of the most common things we type, day in and day out. In this episode, ninth-graders Shambhavi Nautiyal and Advaith Nair from Ahlcon Public School, Delhi, share their thoughts on how we can make passwords safer. They also speaking of impending risks to our passwords from quantum computers. To answer the quiz at the end, the two passwords mentioned are (a) sharksnearvolcanoes123456$$ (b) coffee45olympics#cardboard#cub Do you ...
Epi 111: Why children and families are moving to smaller towns in Japan, away from big cities
April 17, 2023 15:30 - 13 minutes - 9.01 MBIf the word countryside and summer vacations reminds you of adventures of the Famous Five, children in Japan are being enticed to have just that - a lot of adventures by the village-side all year round! Japan is facing extreme pressure in its tightly congested cities such as Tokyo. The government is encouraging families to move to smaller towns by the city. They hope that the monetary incentive will prove strong enough a motive for counter-urbanisation. Will this really help? Has any other...
Epi 110: How to write a story? Tricks and tips for kids to get started
April 14, 2023 07:30 - 17 minutes - 12.1 MBRoald Dahl used to visit the chocolate factories near his school, as a boy. The multiple machinations and the workers in the factory all appeared to be a part of a magical world. Years later, these experiences would inspire the popular work of 'Charlie and the Chocolate Factory'. In this episode, you can listen to Ms. Geetanjali Shetty Kaul, a professional storyteller who chats with primary schoolers Avni Prasad and Ambika Gupta from Ahlcon Public School, Delhi, about how to write creative...
Epi 109: 100 years of Disney (part 3) - how does a Disney animator bring characters to life
April 09, 2023 16:30 - 17 minutes - 12.1 MBEver wondered how Mufasa's road appears majestic? or how Rapunzel's hair flows all around? or how Olaf jumps and hops around singing in the snow? You can find answers to a ton of such questions in this episode. Chatrasal Singh, an animator with Disney Studios at Burbank, California, joins us. 10-year old Shriya from Bengaluru and 12-year old Ananya Harish from Mumbai quiz him on how he helps create Elsa or Mirabel on screen. To participate in the quiz, please click here Do you like to read...
Epi 108: 100 years of Disney (part 2) - stories about recent Disney characters and movies
April 06, 2023 23:30 - 15 minutes - 10.3 MBThis is a 3-part podcast series, as Disney celebrates its 100 years of existence in 2023. This episode (which is part 2 of this series) covers the last couple of decades of Disney's existence. 12-year old Ananya Harish from Bunt Sangha's S.M.Shetty International School, Mumbai, India joins as the guest speaker in this episode. After much reading about Disney characters (esp. Disney princesses), Ananya says she is pleasantly surprised by the personality trait changes in recent years. 'How ...
Epi 107: Hundred years of Disney (Part 1) - stories of Walt Disney and a chat with an illustrator
April 02, 2023 11:30 - 20 minutes - 14.4 MBDisney studio was established in 1923. Rabbits, mice, ducks, cats and many more characters came alive on screen, thanks to Walt Disney and his team. Not happy with just showing his audience fairy tales on screen, Disney also expanded to develop theme parks. Now you could meet some of these characters in person and on rides, in these theme parks. As time went on, Disney studios brought bigger and richer folk tales from across the world (including stories such as Raya, the last Dragon). In th...
100 years of Disney (part 1) - stories of Walt Disney and a chat with an illustrator
April 02, 2023 11:30 - 20 minutes - 14.4 MBDisney studio was established in 1923. Rabbits, mice, ducks, cats and many more characters came alive on screen, thanks to Walt Disney and his team. Not happy with just showing his audience fairy tales on screen, Disney also expanded to develop theme parks. Now you could meet some of these characters in person and on rides, in these theme parks. As time went on, Disney studios brought bigger and richer folk tales from across the world (including stories such as Raya, the last Dragon). In th...
Epi 106: What's common between Lenovo's laptops, food delivery packets and pencils
March 30, 2023 16:30 - 17 minutes - 12.3 MBWhat's flaxseed got to do with Lenovo? What's peanut shells got to do with food delivery? What's a pencil got to do with our terrace gardens? The short answer is - packaging that is sustainable. In this episode, 9-year old Shanaya, 8-year old Dhanush and 9-year old Isabelle from the Children's Academy Group of schools, talk about these stories. While we often talk about moving away from single-use plastics, this episode covers stories about companies that are making an effort to make this e...
Epi 105: Young Avengers - who might be the next in Marvel Cinematic Universe?
March 26, 2023 23:30 - 18 minutes - 12.7 MBSuperheroes have captivated our imagination for eons. The Marvel Cinematic Universe - Spiderman, Doctor Strange and many more, has been one of the most successful superhero franchises. But a void has now arisen. With Iron Man and Black Widow dead, Steve Rogers retired and Captain Marvel busy protecting other galaxies, the case for a new band of Young Avengers is high. In this episode, 7-year old Adwitya Goyal and 10-year old Rudransh Das from Children's Academy group of schools, Mumbai, s...
Epi 104: How signing a High Seas Treaty will protect octopuses, coral reefs and more
March 23, 2023 23:30 - 15 minutes - 10.5 MBIn the story 'Finding Nemo', the journey undertaken by Marlin and Dory kept us all on the edge of our seats. Some of us may have also heaved a sigh of relief when the clownfish Nemo is saved and is back home. What if we told you that a band of humans have come together to save many more creatures of the sea, the ocean floor and much more. Yayy! It's true. Listen to 8-yr old Tweesha, 9-year old Saatvik and 9-year old Rachita - all of whom go to the Children's Academy Group of Schools in Mumb...
Epi 103: NASA appoints its first ever Woman 'Head of Science'
March 20, 2023 03:30 - 14 minutes - 9.84 MBIn 64 years, for the first time, Dr.Nicola Fox, a British-origin scientist has been appointed to head science projects at NASA. Her dad loved science and especially space, and some of that seemed to have rubbed off on her. She also went to a girls' school and felt fully at home in science laboratories. There were no boys around, so no one told her that science may be for boys (mainly). In this episode, discussing lots of stories about her childhood and school years, is a vivacious 11-year...
Epi 102: Islands without vehicles & wheels - what life would be like
March 16, 2023 23:30 - 17 minutes - 11.7 MBImagine going on a holiday, where you can get around in only one of three ways - walking, riding a donkey or riding a bicycle. You would also have to carry your suitcases and bags around with no taxi to transport it around. This would be true if you went to places like the island Hydra in Greece, the city of Ghent in Belgium and many islands in Maldives. To talk about how interesting or difficult life would be in such islands, we are joined by Renee Agarwal from Emerald Heights Internat...
Epi 102: Did you know that there are places on earth where no vehicles are allowed?
March 16, 2023 23:30 - 17 minutes - 11.7 MBImagine going on a holiday, where you can get around in only one of three ways - walking, riding a donkey or riding a bicycle. You would also have to carry your suitcases and bags around with no taxi to transport it around. This would be true if you went to places like the island Hydra in Greece, the city of Ghent in Belgium and many islands in Maldives. To talk about how interesting or difficult life would be in such islands, we are joined by Renee Agarwal from Emerald Heights Internat...
Epi 101: How bacteria can help us make new smartphones and laptops
March 12, 2023 17:30 - 14 minutes - 9.94 MBMan will soon begin to build houses on moon. Check. The James Webb Telescope might soon tell us how the universe began its journey. Check. Bacteria can help us make new smartphones and laptop. Err...Not sure if we have lost our mind here? Pinch yourself. This is reality. In this episode with 10-year old Agastya Deshpande from Nahar International School, Mumbai, you will hear all about scientists who have discovered new uses for bacteria. They have the ability to accelerate the process of e...
Epi 100: Behind the scenes - making of the 'What's new today' podcast
March 09, 2023 15:30 - 20 minutes - 13.9 MBOur excitement at the prospect of having reached the 100th episode milestone must be palpable - in our voices, the podcast cover and even in our sound tracks :) In this episode, 8-year old Devansh from Kolkata and 12-year old Eesha from Chennai (who have both appeared in previous episodes on science & wildlife stories) talk about their experiences. We answer questions such as - 'Is there a script for each episode?' 'How do the children prepare for each episode?' 'How does the podcast channe...
Epi 99: Book recommendations for young readers - adventure and fantasy genres
March 05, 2023 23:30 - 18 minutes - 12.8 MBLove solving puzzles? Enjoy listening to mythological stories? You're very likely to enjoy the two book series that our child co-host in this episode recommends. 11-year old Saathvika who goes to New Albany Elementary School from Columbus , Ohio (USA) shares her thoughts on two book series - the Aru Shah series and the Greystone Secrets series. Listen to her to find out what these two book series are about. She also has plenty of reflection questions - both for the host Sangeetha and our li...
Epi 99: Adventure Book series recommended for young readers by a tween
March 05, 2023 23:30 - 18 minutes - 12.8 MBLove solving puzzles? Enjoy listening to mythological stories? You're very likely to enjoy the two book series that our child co-host in this episode recommends. 11-year old Saathvika who goes to New Albany Elementary School from Columbus , Ohio (USA) shares her thoughts on two book series - the Aru Shah series and the Greystone Secrets series. Listen to her to find out what these two book series are about. She also has plenty of reflection questions - both for the host Sangeetha and our li...
Epi 99: Adventure and Fantasy genre (book series) recommended for young readers
March 05, 2023 23:30 - 18 minutes - 12.8 MBLove solving puzzles? Enjoy listening to mythological stories? You're very likely to enjoy the two book series that our child co-host in this episode recommends. 11-year old Saathvika who goes to New Albany Elementary School from Columbus , Ohio (USA) shares her thoughts on two book series - the Aru Shah series and the Greystone Secrets series. Listen to her to find out what these two book series are about. She also has plenty of reflection questions - both for the host Sangeetha and our li...
Epi 98: How AI cameras help save elephants and lions - a World Wildlife Day Trivia special
March 01, 2023 15:30 - 12 minutes - 8.47 MBA world where cameras do not just take pictures, but also tell you when and how to smile - is no longer the stuff of science fiction. For now, artificially intelligent cameras are already helping save the lives (and possibly the smiles) of people and endangered wildlife. These AI cameras placed in multiple points throughout forests can alert forest rangers if any wild animals stray from their regular paths. Often times, these wild animals enter the habitats of humans, when they change thei...
Epi 97: Why are the canals of Venice running dry and how boats are stuck in the mud
February 27, 2023 16:30 - 10 minutes - 7.42 MBLong long ago, so long ago, that most people do know how long ago (because some people have read history textbooks), Venice was nothing more than a collection of marshlands. A few fishermen eeked their living by selling fish and making salt. In time, this group of islands became a place of refuge and grew into a large town. 10-year old Pragnya and 11-year old Trayee describe the history of Venice in a short story at the beginning of this episode. For those of us, the word Venice conjures i...
Epi 96: Losar festival - Where Tibetans meet their New Year
February 23, 2023 12:30 - 14 minutes - 10.2 MBThree days of festivities surround the lives of thousands of the Tibetan diaspora, as they welcome their new year - Losar. About the time when the winter chills dissipate and fresh harvest yields fill their granaries, the Tibetans (much like their Venetian friends) don masks and dance to ring in their new year. In this episode, Puranjoy Bhattacharya, a student at the Sikkim Manipal Institute of Technology, shares his first-hand experiences of what it is like for an outsider to witness some ...
Epi 95: Video game review of FIFA from EA sports (part 2)
February 20, 2023 14:30 - 13 minutes - 9.34 MBEA sports is parting ways with FIFA. The video game that millions of players are used to calling FIFA, will soon be renamed EA Sports FC. Getting used to that? In this episode, which is the second part of a review of this video game (one of the highest downloaded games of all times), we are joined by 3 football fans. Archisman Mandal and Aarush Jaiswal - both sixth graders from Emerald Heights International School share their experiences of playing the game. Vinith Muralidharan who spends ...
Epi 94: Video game review of FIFA from EA sports (part 1)
February 17, 2023 11:30 - 15 minutes - 10.7 MBWhat do you do when older kids in your school don't let you play striker and relegate you to defence? You fight your way in the ground or pick up the FIFA video game and play whichever position you want to your heart's content. In this episode with Archisman and Aarush from Emerald Heights International school, Indore (both sixth graders), we are joined by Vinith Muralidharan - a child at heart, a diehard football fan who also visits the offices of Britannia to help them with their marketin...
Epi 93: Remarkable stories from Radio Land on World Radio Day
February 13, 2023 17:30 - 17 minutes - 11.9 MBRadio was this device in many homes that held a place of awe and respect for decades. It brought into many households the first pieces of information of what was going on in the real world. It also made entertainment commonplace. Be it classical or popular music, families clustered around the radio, for wholesome entertainment a few decades ago. Today is the World Radio Day and we trace some interesting stories along the way of radio's evolution. Do you like to read stories? Read our news...
Epi 92: The inspiring story of women taking command positions in the Indian army
February 10, 2023 04:30 - 15 minutes - 10.5 MBDid you know that Asian lions lead their pride whereas African lionesses often defend their pride and territory? A recent newspaper headlining 'Capt. Shiva Chauhan is the first women army officer to be posted in the Siachen Glacier' caught the attention of two super enthusiastic children from Delhi, who join us in this episode. They explore the news story, alongside their observations on how this moulds with what we see in the wildlife. 12 yr old Riya Mishra and 14 yr old Madhu Kumari, fro...
Epi 91: The story of the flashing green comet that's come back to visit us after 50,000 years
February 05, 2023 18:30 - 17 minutes - 12.2 MBComets come and go about a dozen times in a year without much fanfare. But a green comet that's flashing its pretty smile at us, is causing much celebration around the world. There are excellent reasons why each one of us should look into our night skies to say hello to this comet. To begin with, how often do you get to meet something that's last met Neanderthals roaming the face of this earth. In this episode with fifth grader Luptha from Ohio and seventh grader Aadya from Kolkata, we exp...
Epi 90: How to be a part of the Great Backyard Bird Count (part 2)
February 02, 2023 23:30 - 20 minutes - 14.2 MBIn part 1 of this series (Epi 89), we discussed what the Great Backyard Bird Count was all about. In this episode, we answer questions on how to participate in it. There are lots of curious questions about birds too, that we have tried to answer in this episode. One of the three organisations that puts together the GBBC is the Cornell Lab of Ornithology. The Project Leader of GBBC - Becca Rodomsky Bish joins us in this episode to chat about birds and this event. Also on this episode are 3 c...
Epi 89: What is the Great Backyard Bird Count (part 1)
January 30, 2023 15:30 - 17 minutes - 11.9 MBThe Great Backyard Bird Count (GBBC) doesn't come our way everyday. But birds do. If you love observing birds, or are curious about them, or even just love to paint or draw pictures of birds - here's an event that you can be a part of. An event where the input of each one of us from around the world can help conserve bird species and populations. One of the three organisations that puts together the GBBC is the Cornell Lab of Ornithology. The Project Leader of GBBC - Becca Rodomsky Bish joi...
Epi 88: Look into your water pipes and you might see tiny robots fixing leaks
January 26, 2023 23:30 - 11 minutes - 7.63 MBThe UK loses 3 billion litres of water every day through leaks in its underground water pipes. That's a LOT of water. Enough to fill a few hundred Olympic size swimming pools. Imagine all the fun kids can have splashing in these pools? But no, all that water is lost! But now, the UK plans to use tiny robots to keep crawling through these pipes all year round. These robots will fix leaks faster than any humans can. 11-year Trayee from India tells us a lot more about this news story that she...
Epi 88: How robots are crawling through underground pipes and helping the world conserve water
January 26, 2023 23:30 - 11 minutes - 7.63 MBThe UK loses 3 billion litres of water every day through leaks in its underground water pipes. That's a LOT of water. Enough to fill a few hundred Olympic size swimming pools. Imagine all the fun kids can have splashing in these pools? But no, all that water is lost! But now, the UK plans to use tiny robots to keep crawling through these pipes all year round. These robots will fix leaks faster than any humans can. 11-year Trayee from India tells us a lot more about this news story that she...
Epi 87: ChatGPT: where you combine coding and learning with a dose of fun
January 20, 2023 09:30 - 13 minutes - 9.38 MBThe world has been abuzz with a secret new weapon that can turn every student's essay into a worthy A+ piece of paper. This weapon can also turn every worst programmer's nightmare into a dream. By generating lines of code with no bugs. It is also a weapon that has turned every teacher's dream into a nightmare. Having to figure out if the essay was really written by their student of this secret weapon. This is an episode on ChatGPT. The language processing AI tool that has taken the world by...
Epi 86: Why the Dead Sea is really dying?
January 12, 2023 23:30 - 15 minutes - 10.8 MBThe word Dead sea conjures images of people relaxing in the sea, floating with books in hand or just enjoying the starry images of the sky and the beaches around. But, if you plan on enjoying this anytime, you might need to make it there sooner rather than later. In this episode, 13-year old Inaaya Ijaz, a climate activist from London, UK, talks about the Dead Sea and why it might be dying. There's also trivia about Cleopatra, Egyptian mummies and ghosts from the Harry Potter books to keep...
Epi 85: 8 billion people - is Earth overflowing?
January 09, 2023 04:30 - 10 minutes - 7.05 MBIt has taken us a short 11 years from 2011 to 2022 to touch 8 billion people on this world. Babies are born all over the world. But if you did take a time machine into the future, you are most likely to see those babies born in Africa and Asia and emptier maternity hospitals in the western countries. In this episode with 8-year old Jairam from Redwood Montessori School, Chennai, you will be fascinated by what a young curious child thinks of having more kids in his neighbourhood, of how we ...
Epi 84: Tiger sharks carrying cameras on their back - whoever heard of such a thing
January 05, 2023 20:30 - 14 minutes - 10 MBWhat does the grass lying on the bottom of the ocean have to do with the cars we drive? Here's a trivia that will help you make the connection. The seagrass absorbs way more carbon than the tall trees on land. So, weep not, if you have been worried about the Amazon rainforests getting the axe. Help is at hand. In this episode with 9-year old Ahalya Niranjan from Redwood Montessori School, Chennai, you can listen to the story about how some ingenious scientists use tiger sharks to help us m...
Sports wrap 2022: FIFA world cup, T20 world cup and Tennis GOATs
December 24, 2022 07:30 - 24 minutes - 16.9 MBPlease click here to fill our survey and tell us what you think we can do to make the episodes better 2022 was a year like none other. The FIFA final in 2022 was perhaps the greatest nail-biter in all FIFA finals. A year where Messi fulfilled his life-long dream. Also, a year where a team from Africa reached the semi-finals for the first time (that would be Morocco, if you were wondering). 2022 was another year when India did NOT win the T20 world cup. The sub-continent was less affected ...
Space exploration in 2022: All that's colourful from James Webb telescope, Mission DART crashing into an asteroid and why the ISS may be losing a member
December 22, 2022 23:30 - 15 minutes - 11 MBIf you are feeling jolly good about Christmas, please gift us 2 mins of your time and fill this survey to tell us what more we can do, to make this podcast channel fun and interesting (https://s.surveyplanet.com/d79mitsl) After a few decades of lull, space exploration saw a lot of action in 2022. Visiting the moon is back on our plate. Asteroids crashing into earth is no longer a worry. Hold your questions about how earth was really formed, for JWST may have answers to this and more. In th...
Robotics in 2022 - VR goggles, video-game characters, cyborg cockroaches and electric autos
December 18, 2022 23:30 - 18 minutes - 12.5 MBPlease be our Santa Claus and gift us 2 mins of your time by filling this survey https://s.surveyplanet.com/d79mitsl Virtual reality is no more just a fantasy place where gamers like to go. Doctors are beginning to use VR goggles to help people become calm and even forget pain. Electric batteries now don't need to be discarded. Old ones can be used to power smaller autos - as one company Nunam showed us this year. Video game characters are becoming more diverse - no longer do you need...