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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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Movies, music, books, toys - 2022 brought new dinosaurs, BTS hiatus, Indian winning international booker and new Barbies
December 16, 2022 06:30 - 21 minutes - 14.7 MBIf you are feeling jolly good about Christmas being around, please gift us 2 mins of your time and fill this survey (https://s.surveyplanet.com/d79mitsl) 2022 brought interesting science to movies - all dinosaurs had feathers! 2022 also brought a temporary halt to the works of the much beloved BTS - no one is exempted from military service! The first time ever an Indian won the international booker this year and Barbie dolls are not just pretty faces anymore. Steven Spielberg did not ...
Wildlife in 2022 - All about cheetahs, sharks, tasmanian tigers, gorillas, King Kong and woolly mammoths
December 12, 2022 08:30 - 21 minutes - 15.1 MBFeeling festive? Please gift us 1 min of your time and fill this survey (https://s.surveyplanet.com/d79mitsl) Thanks in advance :) The year 2022 had a lot of interesting science discoveries, that had many young and curious minds really hooked. No, we are not claiming idly that kids were hooked to these news updates. You'll find this episode where an 8-yr old Dhruv, a 9-yr old Keshav and a 10-yr old Vihaan, delve into the depths of the wildlife discoveries - proof that curious kids and wild...
Climate Change in 2022 - Quick wrap of the floods, the pollution and how cities around the world are coping with it
December 08, 2022 23:30 - 25 minutes - 17.9 MBIf you are feeling jolly good about Christmas, please click here and gift us 2 mins of your time and share your ideas in this survey (https://s.surveyplanet.com/d79mitsl The year 2022 was a mixed bag when it comes to climate change. While news about heatwaves, floods, droughts and melting glaciers brought some angst, innovative ideas by local fishermen in Italy, pro-active efforts by political leaders at COP27 and conservation groups in Australia brought some smiles to our faces. Meher (G...
Climate Change in 2022 - Can Earth be bright and beautiful again?
December 08, 2022 23:30 - 25 minutes - 17.9 MBIf you are feeling jolly good about Christmas, please click here and gift us 2 mins of your time and share your ideas in this survey (https://s.surveyplanet.com/d79mitsl The year 2022 was a mixed bag when it comes to climate change. While news about heatwaves, floods, droughts and melting glaciers brought some angst, innovative ideas by local fishermen in Italy, pro-active efforts by political leaders at COP27 and conservation groups in Australia brought some smiles to our faces. Meher (G...
Geopolitics in 2022: funniest and most interesting stuff from countries around the world!
December 05, 2022 14:30 - 15 minutes - 10.6 MBWe are always looking for ways to improve our podcast. Please click here to fill this survey questionnaire (2 min.) to help us. (https://s.surveyplanet.com/d79mitsl In this wrap-up about news from countries and events around the world, 4 curious children join the host Sangeetha, to talk about what they found the most interesting this year. Ananya Mathur from DPS Nagpur, Thejas Reddy from VIS, Delhi and Trayee from AAIS Chennai, discuss stories about Taiwan, Ukraine, the UK, the Yemen confl...
Epi 83: How a high-schooler created a universe on the video game Minecraft
December 01, 2022 23:30 - 14 minutes - 9.66 MBTo listen to episodes on space and video games, click here Children and adults love making creations - whether it is building sandcastles on the beach, or houses with cardboard boxes, or creating an Iron Man using Lego blocks. One teenager took up an interesting challenge - depicting the entire universe on a video game Minecraft. This was no frivolous pass-time. It involved making complex mathematical calculations and even sky-diving, to envisage how earth would look like, from space. To...
Epi 82: How a video game Pong pits itself against an artificial brain
November 27, 2022 23:30 - 16 minutes - 11.5 MBIf you have pondered ways of testing your smarts against a computer, a game of chess will likely pop into your head. But some scientists decided to make things fun. They decided to use a 1970s video game called Pong, to test some real smarts. Think black and white screen, a paddle moving up and down, and a ball that bounces off the sides of the screen. Sounds odd? I mean, in this day and age, why not use an Xbox right? Here's the real clincher. The scientists did NOT test a real person's br...
Epi 82: How a video game Pong helped test the smarts of an artificial brain
November 27, 2022 23:30 - 16 minutes - 11.5 MBIf you have pondered ways of testing your smarts against a computer, a game of chess will likely pop into your head. But some scientists decided to make things fun. They decided to use a 1970s video game called Pong, to test some real smarts. Think black and white screen, a paddle moving up and down, and a ball that bounces off the sides of the screen. Sounds odd? I mean, in this day and age, why not use an Xbox right? Here's the real clincher. The scientists did NOT test a real person's br...
Epi 81: Adventures of Elon Musk in Twitter land
November 24, 2022 23:30 - 14 minutes - 10.3 MBThe world's richest man wants to let everyone have an equal say in the world. He wants everyone to share their ideas - no matter if they are Thanos or one of the Avengers. Elon Musk went ahead and bought a company Twitter to allow just that - all for all. No half measures. In this episode, Mitansh from DPS Nagpur discusses the dash of 'spices' that Elon Musk has brought along. Rocked by a lot of loans to be paid off, Musk has begun firing most of the staff. Mitansh describes what he thinks ...
Epi 80: Climate Change - Are the rich finally going to help the rest of the world this COP27?
November 21, 2022 05:30 - 14 minutes - 9.91 MBTo listen to episode 75 about animatronic dolphins, please click here Planet Earth is getting warmer. Some leaders meet every year to talk about what they can do to combat climate change. Few countries go home and do something to reduce their emissions. In the midst of all this rather gloomy news is another interesting twist - although poor countries have hardly emitted any greenhouse gases, they are facing storms and floods. Some island nations could be at the brink of being submerged fore...
Epi 79: Space: How space-tech and satellites work during the Ukraine-Russia war
November 17, 2022 23:30 - 15 minutes - 10.4 MBThe war in Ukraine took several unexpected turns, first with the Ukrainian defence of its capital Kiev and the united support of several Western countries. 13-year old Neil from G.D.Goenka School, Lucknow, who has taken a keen interest in tracking the events of the Ukraine war, walks us through initial attack by Russia. He also explains the kind of support that the US and other countries lent Ukraine to help it fend off the attacks by Russia. Also joining us in this episode is 11-year old T...
Epi 78: Environment - How beautiful underwater sculptures near Italy are protecting life under water
November 14, 2022 03:30 - 15 minutes - 10.7 MBTo listen to episode 45 about Marvel characters, please click here To listen to episode 55 about cheetahs coming back to India, please click here Paolo Fanciulli, a fisherman who lives in Italy was always fascinated by shipwrecks and the fish and the algae that grew in them. He noticed also how it was getting harder to get any fish while casting his fishing nets thanks to trawling by large fishing companies. He noticed that nobody really cared about how these trawling nets were destroying t...
Epi 78: Environment - How beautiful underwater sculptures near Italy are protecting life under water
November 14, 2022 03:30 - 15 minutes - 10.7 MBTo listen to episode 45 about Marvel characters, please click here To listen to episode 55 about cheetahs coming back to India, please click here Paolo Fanciulli, a fisherman who lives in Italy was always fascinated by shipwrecks and the fish and the algae that grew in them. He noticed also how it was getting harder to get any fish while casting his fishing nets thanks to trawling by large fishing companies. He noticed that nobody really cared about how these trawling nets were destroying t...
Epi 77: Global perspectives - why Taiwan is at the centre of a tug of war between China and US
November 10, 2022 23:30 - 12 minutes - 8.61 MBListen to a lively episode on Queen Elizabeth and her heir (Epi 63) by clicking here The island of Taiwan which is 100 miles away from China is key for us to create this podcast and for you to listen to it. In case you are wondering, the host of this podcast does not live there. But our recording equipments, our editing tools and the device on which you are now listening to this podcast - are most likely made with one important part called the semi-conductor chip. Taiwan is the single large...
Epi 76: How NASA sent a spacecraft to crash into an asteroid
November 06, 2022 20:30 - 13 minutes - 9.47 MBTo listen to Space related episodes, please click here To listen to Wildlife related episodes, please click here If you remember the tales about why dinosaurs went extinct, one of the common stories is that a meteorite crashed into earth. Some scientists in NASA who were thinking about this story were curious to see if we could avoid such a fate, if a meteorite came crashing into earth. And humans might become extinct. In this episode, 10-year Arav from Emerald Heights school, Indore, desc...
Epi 75: Robotics: Real dolphins - please return to the oceans. Animatronic dolphins will dance and swim in water parks
November 04, 2022 02:30 - 15 minutes - 10.8 MBListen To Episode 55 about cheetahs being re-introduced in India by clicking here More than 50 years ago, a young and happy orca whale called Lolita (4 yrs old) was swimming with her mother and 6 siblings in the Pacific Ocean. She was captured and sold to an aquarium in the US. Lolita has been living in a tiny water tank in Miami, where she has been performing stunts and entertaining people. Lolita has not had a chance to meet or greet another orca whale. In this episode, 10-year Taanvi f...
Epi 75: Robotics: You can soon swim with animatronic sharks and dolphins in water parks
November 04, 2022 02:30 - 15 minutes - 10.8 MBListen To Episode 55 about cheetahs being re-introduced in India by clicking here More than 50 years ago, a young and happy orca whale called Lolita (4 yrs old) was swimming with her mother and 6 siblings in the Pacific Ocean. She was captured and sold to an aquarium in the US. Lolita has been living in a tiny water tank in Miami, where she has been performing stunts and entertaining people. Lolita has not had a chance to meet or greet another orca whale. In this episode, 10-year Taanvi f...
Epi 74: Nobel Prize (part 2) - 3 children share their thoughts on money, banks, curing diseases and writing about your own experiences
November 02, 2022 10:30 - 13 minutes - 9.61 MBThis is Part 2 of the Nobel Prize winners for 2022. If you would like to listen to the super-fun stories in Part 1, please click here to listen to episode 69. The winners for Chemistry, according to 10-year old Vidyut might open the doors for curing diseases such as cancer. As Vidyut explains, these laureates have discovered something called click chemistry, which is a lot like letting two lego blocks click together. The winners for Economics, as 11-yr old Adya explains, might keep our mo...
Epi 74: Nobel Prize (part 2) - How Lego blocks' style clicks can be used to cure diseases and more...
November 02, 2022 10:30 - 13 minutes - 9.61 MBThis is Part 2 of the Nobel Prize winners for 2022. If you would like to listen to the super-fun stories in Part 1, please click here to listen to episode 69. The winners for Chemistry, according to 10-year old Vidyut might open the doors for curing diseases such as cancer. As Vidyut explains, these laureates have discovered something called click chemistry, which is a lot like letting two lego blocks click together. The winners for Economics, as 11-yr old Adya explains, might keep our mo...
Epi 73: Robotics - A robotic fish that can eat plastics and clean our oceans
October 30, 2022 22:30 - 14 minutes - 10.1 MBTo listen to episode 38 on Video Game characters, please click here or scroll below on our episode list. Remote controlled cars and planes are toys we are familiar with. A remote-controlled fish that can not just swim, but also eat the plastic pieces floating in the water is now around. Chinese scientists from Sichuan University have developed this little piece of marvel, in a bid to keep our oceans clean. 10-year Anura from Emerald Heights School, Indore, describes how micro-plastics is a ...
Episode 73: Robotics - A robotic fish that can eat plastics and clean our oceans
October 30, 2022 22:30 - 14 minutes - 10.1 MBTo listen to episode 38 on Video Game characters, please click here or scroll below on our episode list. Remote controlled cars and planes are toys we are familiar with. A remote-controlled fish that can not just swim, but also eat the plastic pieces floating in the water is now around. Chinese scientists from Sichuan University have developed this little piece of marvel, in a bid to keep our oceans clean. 10-year Anura from Emerald Heights School, Indore, describes how micro-plastics is a ...
Epi 72: Sports - The tale of two tennis stars who recently took a bow
October 27, 2022 23:30 - 15 minutes - 10.4 MBIf you would like to listen to the entertaining episode (13) on micro-plastics, please click here. Serena Williams and Roger Federer are synonymous with tennis. Both of them have dominated the sport, with a trail of Grand Slam titles and plenty of tennis records shattered. In this episode, 13-year Amogh from Michigan, a teen fond of playing both tennis and golf, walks us through the careers of these two tennis stars. Serena showed incredible promise as a sportsperson even when she was just ...
Epi 72: Sports - Tennis stars Federer and Serena Williams take a bow
October 27, 2022 23:30 - 15 minutes - 10.4 MBIf you would like to listen to the entertaining episode (13) on micro-plastics, please click here. Serena Williams and Roger Federer are synonymous with tennis. Both of them have dominated the sport, with a trail of Grand Slam titles and plenty of tennis records shattered. In this episode, 13-year Amogh from Michigan, a teen fond of playing both tennis and golf, walks us through the careers of these two tennis stars. Serena showed incredible promise as a sportsperson even when she was just ...
Epi 71: Wildlife - Why lobsters, horses, pigs and octopuses feel more emotion than we think
October 20, 2022 23:30 - 15 minutes - 10.8 MBTo get a FREE subscription to Newsahoot, please click here (https://bit.ly/3VKPZHU Horses running around freely have brainwaves that are calming in nature, while those that are cooped in their lonely stables are depressed. Or at-least that's what the headset worn by horses show us in an experiment. If this reminds you of our times during the lockdown at home, you are right. Animals like pigs, lobsters, crabs, octopuses and many more have been found sentient (which means, they can feel emot...
Epi 70: Why lights on Eiffel tower and skyscrapers in Europe will be turned off this winter
October 16, 2022 23:30 - 14 minutes - 10 MBEiffel tower is synonymous with its colourful lights at night. But the electricity shortage in Europe has forced the mayor of Paris to announce that lights will be turned off on the Eiffel tower an hour earlier than usual (by 11pm). Many monuments and government buildings across Europe (Germany and Spain included) will be turning off lights at night for the first time in decades. People have been asked to save electricity by not heating their homes beyond 19C. What's worse, many parts of Eu...
Epi 69: Nobel prizes 2022 (Part 1): What's brewing in physics, medicine and peace?
October 14, 2022 00:30 - 19 minutes - 13.1 MBClick here to answer the quiz questions (or copy paste this link onto your browser) to win a story book as a prize! Quiz link: https://s.surveyplanet.com/5d17xb1v When Alfred Nobel read his obituary (much to his surprise), he was horrified to read its contents. His invention (the dynamite) had caused much destruction in the world. The newspapers wrote unflattering remarks about his achievements. Much affected by what he read about himself, Nobel set upon working towards bequeathing his weal...
Epi 68: Entertainment - Why toys that look like astronauts and scientists help kids dream differently
October 10, 2022 00:30 - 12 minutes - 8.52 MBBarbie has long held a unique place and symbolised pretty looks. Not anymore. The company Mattel which makes Barbie dolls has pivoted towards showing Barbie dolls with a stronger personality. Barbie dolls are no longer just pretty faces with fancy shoes and bags. They also represent women with a purpose, profession and positive perspective. In this episode, 10th grader Anya Chaturvedi from DPS Nagpur speaks eloquently about Mattel's pivot in its line-up of Barbie dolls. Mattel, in a survey,...
Epi 68: Entertainment - Why Barbie dolls now look like astronauts, scientists and mathematicians
October 10, 2022 00:30 - 12 minutes - 8.52 MBBarbie has long held a unique place and symbolised pretty looks. Not anymore. The company Mattel which makes Barbie dolls has pivoted towards showing Barbie dolls with a stronger personality. Barbie dolls are no longer just pretty faces with fancy shoes and bags. They also represent women with a purpose, profession and positive perspective. In this episode, 10th grader Anya Chaturvedi from DPS Nagpur speaks eloquently about Mattel's pivot in its line-up of Barbie dolls. Mattel, in a survey,...
Epi 67 - Wildlife: How Hero Rats and Cyborg cockroaches can save human lives!
October 06, 2022 20:30 - 18 minutes - 12.5 MBMost of us have played with a remote-controlled car that we like to guide across several surfaces - both inside and outside our homes. It appears that the child in us (who loves such remote controlled cars) never left the minds of some Japanese scientists. Recently, they created a cyborg cockroach. Its movements are controlled remotely by scientists. They guide it to crawl under the debris and rubble of earthquakes. The camera attached to this cockroach can help people identify any humans w...
Epi 67 - Wildlife: How Hero Rats and Cyborg cockroaches can save human lives!
October 06, 2022 20:30 - 18 minutes - 12.5 MBMost of us have played with a remote-controlled car that we like to guide across several surfaces - both inside and outside our homes. It appears that the child in us (who loves such remote controlled cars) never left the minds of some Japanese scientists. Recently, they created a cyborg cockroach. Its movements are controlled remotely by scientists. They guide it to crawl under the debris and rubble of earthquakes. The camera attached to this cockroach can help people identify any humans w...
Select short pieces from episodes where our co-hosts had us at our wits end
October 03, 2022 00:30 - 12 minutes - 8.52 MBA special episode where we do a throwback to our earlier episodes where our co-hosts had us at our wits end and rolling with laughter. Links to the episodes featured on this podcast are below: Episode 53: Why the earth spun super fast and we had the shortest day in 60 years Episode 44: How your car will soon get a fitness and medical certificate Episode 36: The curious case of sharks near a volcano Episode 50: Climate news - How cities, smart or not, might look like in future Episod...
Select short pieces from episodes where our co-hosts had us at our wits end
October 03, 2022 00:30 - 12 minutes - 8.52 MBA special episode where we do a throwback to our earlier episodes where our co-hosts had us at our wits end and rolling with laughter. Links to the episodes featured on this podcast are below: Episode 53: Why the earth spun super fast and we had the shortest day in 60 years Episode 44: How your car will soon get a fitness and medical certificate Episode 36: The curious case of sharks near a volcano Episode 50: Climate news - How cities, smart or not, might look like in future Episod...
Epi 66: Climate alert - Why glaciers are melting in the Himalayas and rivers are flooding Pakistan
September 29, 2022 20:30 - 14 minutes - 9.95 MBFrom faraway in space, if an alien happened to use a pair of binoculars, he might have easily mistaken Pakistan for a large river, or a bunch islands sticking out an inland sea. Certainly not for one of the most fertile lands growing fragrant and aromatic spices and rice. More than a fifth of Pakistan is underwater and is witness to one of the largest natural catastrophes. Sadly Pakistan maybe paying the price of global warming despite contributing to less than 1% of global greenhouse emissi...
Epi 66: Climate change - The Third Pole near Pakistan that flooded the country
September 29, 2022 20:30 - 14 minutes - 9.95 MBFrom faraway in space, if an alien happened to use a pair of binoculars, he might have easily mistaken Pakistan for a large river, or a bunch islands sticking out an inland sea. Certainly not for one of the most fertile lands growing fragrant and aromatic spices and rice. More than a fifth of Pakistan is underwater and is witness to one of the largest natural catastrophes. Sadly Pakistan maybe paying the price of global warming despite contributing to less than 1% of global greenhouse emissi...
Curious questions about moon, Ukraine, virtual reality and books
September 26, 2022 09:30 - 11 minutes - 8.06 MBCurious children can send us their questions via email at [email protected] or DM us on Instagram here. In this episode, we answer questions that kids have sent us earlier via email. Thanks a lot for sharing your thoughts to those who have sent us their answers and questions so far. Do you like to read stories? Read our newsletters here Get Whatsapp alerts here Follow us on Instagram Email your comments at [email protected].
Epi 65: Books -The father of science fiction and how he shaped modern Marvel and Geronimo Stilton works
September 23, 2022 04:30 - 14 minutes - 10.1 MBIf you have heard of the 'time-machine', you are already familiar with the father of science fiction - H.G.Wells. Sep 21 was H.G.Wells' birthday and we look at the works he has created, in this episode. When he wrote his works of science fiction, little may he have imagined that he was going to inspire generations of authors and children. Marvel and DC characters are richer thanks to the elements of science fiction woven into them - whether it is Iron Man's tech-fired suit or the ability of ...
Epi 64: Space - Are we really going to the moon on the 'Artemis' missions?
September 19, 2022 10:30 - 15 minutes - 10.4 MBQuite recently, NASA launched its next set of missions named 'Artemis' - the Greek Goddess of the moon, to send people once again back to the moon. The last time we set foot on the moon, astronauts went aboard the space shuttle Apollo, who is the twin of the Greek Goddess Artemis. NASA's current mission to the moon hopes to take off from where Apollo left off. In this episode, with a vibrant 7-year old Advik from India, we explore how this mission is also expected to bring greater racial an...
Epi 63: Global perspectives - What does Queen Elizabeth II passing away mean for you and me
September 15, 2022 19:30 - 12 minutes - 8.49 MBQueen Elizabeth II, the oldest reigning British monarch recently passed away. She had ruled Britain for over 70 years and had many firsts to her name. Including, the first monarch to send an email. If the word 'queen' brings to your mind images of a lady declaring wars and riding her army into the battleground, well, this is not the royal duty she discharged. Kings and queens in the modern world don't have the power they had earlier. In this episode, 11-year old Adya explains how they are re...
Epi 62: Science - How an extinct Tasmanian tiger is being brought back to life
September 11, 2022 19:30 - 13 minutes - 9.2 MBJurassic Park is a movie (and book) filled with an equal measure of wonders and horrors. It's a story of a park filled with a group of extinct species - dinosaurs - brought to life. This episode contains a story quite similar - an extinct species of the Tasmanian tiger being brought back to life. The only difference is that this is real. It is not a piece of fiction - it is happening here and now. Ninth-grader Umang from DAV school, Durgapur speaks about the science behind this, and about ho...
Epi 61: Science news - Why humans speak and gorillas shriek
September 08, 2022 19:30 - 13 minutes - 9.24 MBHave you wondered why humans like you and I speak in long steady voices, while gorillas, apes and chimpanzees often bounce about trees and shriek in high-pitched voices? Have you also wondered what would happen if you spoke in a shrill voice for a long time? Go ahead and try it. Or better, listen to this episode to find out what an 8-yr old boy called Devansh has found about this in a recent Science journal . A group of scientists studied our vocal chords and compared it with that of primat...
Episode 60: Space alert: Celebrating 10 years of Curiosity Rover on Planet Mars
September 05, 2022 02:30 - 11 minutes - 7.86 MBWhen NASA sent the Curiosity Rover to Mars in 2012, they expected the rover to last all of one year on the Red Planet. Much to their consternation and the rest of the world's delight, the rover shows no signs of slowing down. Who would have thought we owe much to dust for this? Like our brooms at home, the dust clouds on Mars help keep the solar panels on the rover clean, and keep them running. The rover was sent to answer an important question 'Could Mars have supported life at any time'? ...
Celebrating 10 years of Curiosity Rover on Planet Mars
September 05, 2022 02:30 - 11 minutes - 7.86 MBWhen NASA sent the Curiosity Rover to Mars in 2012, they expected the rover to last all of one year on the Red Planet. Much to their consternation and the rest of the world's delight, the rover shows no signs of slowing down. Who would have thought we owe much to dust for this? Like our brooms at home, the dust clouds on Mars help keep the solar panels on the rover clean, and keep them running. The rover was sent to answer an important question 'Could Mars have supported life at any time'? ...
Epi 60: Space news - Celebrating 10 years of Curiosity Rover on Planet Mars
September 05, 2022 02:30 - 11 minutes - 7.86 MBWhen NASA sent the Curiosity Rover to Mars in 2012, they expected the rover to last all of one year on the Red Planet. Much to their consternation and the rest of the world's delight, the rover shows no signs of slowing down. Who would have thought we owe much to dust for this? Like our brooms at home, the dust clouds on Mars help keep the solar panels on the rover clean, and keep them running. The rover was sent to answer an important question 'Could Mars have supported life at any time'? ...
Climate alert: A Great Green Wall springs out of a desert
September 02, 2022 01:30 - 14 minutes - 9.8 MBHello wildlife geeks, we are holding a Wildlife Quiz on 18-Sep. Come, join us to have lots of fun discussing wildlife trivia and register for the wildlife quiz by clicking here. The Sahara desert has been spreading southwards, as global warming and deforestation have been on the rise. To prevent its spread, the idea of a great green wall - a wall made of trees, rather than forests, was mooted in 2007. The trees, plants and shrubs are to help the local communities find more jobs, grow their o...
Episode 60: The story of a great green wall rising out of the sands of a desert
September 02, 2022 01:30 - 14 minutes - 9.8 MBHello wildlife geeks, we are holding a Wildlife Quiz on 18-Sep. Come, join us to have lots of fun discussing wildlife trivia and register for the wildlife quiz by clicking here. The Sahara desert has been spreading southwards, as global warming and deforestation have been on the rise. To prevent its spread, the idea of a great green wall - a wall made of trees, rather than forests, was mooted in 2007. The trees, plants and shrubs are to help the local communities find more jobs, grow their o...
Climate alert: Great Green Wall
September 02, 2022 01:30 - 14 minutes - 9.8 MBHello wildlife geeks, we are holding a Wildlife Quiz on 18-Sep. Come, join us to have lots of fun discussing wildlife trivia and register for the wildlife quiz by clicking here. The Sahara desert has been spreading southwards, as global warming and deforestation have been on the rise. To prevent its spread, the idea of a great green wall - a wall made of trees, rather than forests, was mooted in 2007. The trees, plants and shrubs are to help the local communities find more jobs, grow their o...
Epi 59: Politics for kids - Stories of migrants and medicines - a new order of the phoenix
August 29, 2022 06:30 - 12 minutes - 8.94 MBIn the Journey to the Atlantis by Geronimo Stilton, a boy who speaks an unknown language and with blue skin lands up in a new place. The mouselings set out to discover ways to help him. In this episode with the fourth grader Dhruv Agarwal from Kolkata India, we discuss the news story of how California's new law might help people who come to their country, just like Thea Stilton set out to help the boy in blue skin. Dhruv comes with answers to questions like 'who is a migrant?' and 'what ha...
Episode 59: Stories of migrants and medicines - a new order of the phoenix
August 29, 2022 06:30 - 12 minutes - 8.94 MBIn the Journey to the Atlantis by Geronimo Stilton, a boy who speaks an unknown language and with blue skin lands up in a new place. The mouselings set out to discover ways to help him. In this episode with the fourth grader Dhruv Agarwal from Kolkata India, we discuss the news story of how California's new law might help people who come to their country, just like Thea Stilton set out to help the boy in blue skin. Dhruv comes with answers to questions like 'who is a migrant?' and 'what ha...
Epi 59: Countries & global news - Why migrants get free medicines
August 29, 2022 06:30 - 12 minutes - 8.94 MBIn the Journey to the Atlantis by Geronimo Stilton, a boy who speaks an unknown language and with blue skin lands up in a new place. The mouselings set out to discover ways to help him. In this episode with the fourth grader Dhruv Agarwal from Kolkata India, we discuss the news story of how California's new law might help people who come to their country, just like Thea Stilton set out to help the boy in blue skin. Dhruv comes with answers to questions like 'who is a migrant?' and 'what ha...
Episode 58: How coral reefs are being brought back to good health
August 25, 2022 23:30 - 17 minutes - 11.8 MBFor long we have been hearing news about how our marine ecosystem has been declining. In this episode, we discuss some positive developments in our oceans. The Great Barrier Reef is showing signs of recovering in nearly a third of the area, which had almost been bleached until a few years ago. Many government and not-for-profit organisations have instituted measures that help clean up coral reefs. An almost 7-year old Ayaansh who joins us to discuss this news story, also discusses the singl...