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S2 E77: Why are people in Finland the happiest in the world
What's new today - April 19, 2024 05:30 - 23 minutes ★★★★★ - 1 ratingA Scandinavian country, deep into the Arctic, is home to one of the happiest peoples in the world. What factors help them stay happier than people in many other developed countries (such as the US / western Europe / Japan)? Why are the children in Finland happier than their peers elsewhere? Lis...
S2 E76: Who are 'Save and Rescue' dogs? How did Roger help during the most recent earthquake in Taiwan
What's new today - April 15, 2024 11:30 - 11 minutes ★★★★★ - 1 ratingIn the most recent earthquake in Taiwan, lives were lost and property destroyed. A group of dogs (called search and rescue dogs) came to the attention of many people through their valiant efforts at rescuing people caught under the rubble. This is a story of one such dog called Roger - who was e...
S2 E76: How a dog called Roger, a labrador retriever, saves and rescues people caught in earthquakes
What's new today - April 15, 2024 11:30 - 11 minutes ★★★★★ - 1 ratingIn the most recent earthquake in Taiwan, lives were lost and property destroyed. A group of dogs (called search and rescue dogs) came to the attention of many people through their valiant efforts at rescuing people caught under the rubble. This is a story of one such dog called Roger - who was e...
S2 E75: 20 Qns: Ideas of school kids that won India's National Innovation Awards
What's new today - April 11, 2024 21:30 - 15 minutes ★★★★★ - 1 ratingA teenager from Gujarat came up with a novel solution to provide access to learning content on devices. Rather than rely on the goodwill of NGOs to provide devices and internet, Karthik Joshi, a 12th grader suggested a way by which students could 'pay' for this, without actually having to pay us...
S2 E74: History of Bengaluru and why it has a water crisis
What's new today - April 09, 2024 08:30 - 16 minutes ★★★★★ - 1 ratingThis episode captures the history of Bengaluru from over a 1000 years ago. Small settlements created fertile pastures in an otherwise arid region. The ingenuity they used to build a series of lakes and tanks is to be much admired. This is all the more evident in the backdrop of how we squandered...
S2 E73: (20 Qns Game) - A secret agent in the UK who turns up every night to clean a shed
What's new today - April 04, 2024 23:30 - 13 minutes ★★★★★ - 1 ratingEver read - the Elves and the Shoemaker? This story is a lot like that, except, in this case, they aren't making shoes. Someone has been turning up every night in the shed of a 75-year old photographer who lives in the UK. This photographer used to leave his work shed in a state of chaos at the ...
S2 E72: 20 Questions - A special certification received by a tiger reserve in India
What's new today - April 01, 2024 09:30 - 16 minutes ★★★★★ - 1 ratingThe Pench tiger reserve in India has received a special certification. It is the first of its kind for a wildlife park in India to received this, although wildlife parks / national parks in other parts of the world have received this certification. This is related to the skies above Pench. What ...
S2 E71: Book review of 'Wonder' - children discuss why bullies emerge in schools and why they liked the author's style of writing
What's new today - March 29, 2024 09:30 - 32 minutes ★★★★★ - 1 ratingA group of 8-15 year olds joined us in reviewing the book 'Wonder' by R.J.Palacio. This is a powerfully narrated story about a 10-year old whose face looks nothing like what most people have. The book goes onto narrate the traumatic experiences he has in school, the friends he makes and how many...
S2 E70: 20 questions: How do people sail solo in a race to circumnavigate the globe (as part of the Golden Globe Race)
What's new today - March 25, 2024 00:30 - 20 minutes ★★★★★ - 1 ratingThere are sailors who boldly sail into the Southern Ocean and brave the winds and the waves. They do it all by themselves. This is part of a race called the Golden Globe Race (GGR), which tests the mettle of the best of sailors. In its most recent edition, Kirsten Neuschafer from South Africa be...
S2 E69: Who were the 'Original Nine' that helped change the tide in women's tennis
What's new today - March 19, 2024 01:30 - 14 minutes ★★★★★ - 1 ratingThis is an #EqualPayDay story. Tennis is one of the few major sports where men and women get equal pay. For that, we have nine women tennis players from the 1970s to thank for. What did Billie Jean King and eight of her friends do, in 1970? This is the story of how they went ahead and set up th...
S2 E68: 20 Questions Game: Can man-made stuff outweigh living creatures?
What's new today - March 12, 2024 05:30 - 16 minutes ★★★★★ - 1 ratingIn a recent article published in the Scientific American, scientists compared the weight of everything that man has made, with the weight of all life on earth. This exercise was repeated many times over from 1900 onwards and a trend emerged. The opening lines of the article summarises this tren...
S2 E67: Select stories - How someone set a record for 104 marathons
What's new today - March 08, 2024 09:30 - 7 minutes ★★★★★ - 1 ratingJacky Hunt Broersma is a cancer survivor. This led to one of her legs being amputated. With a prosthetic leg, she first began to jog a little every day and gradually built up her stamina. Before she knew, she had run her first ever marathon. Over the next few years, she set a world record. Run 1...
S2 E66: 20 Questions Game: Which artifact related to football (soccer) will soon be going up for auction
What's new today - March 04, 2024 15:30 - 20 minutes ★★★★★ - 1 ratingA piece of football (or soccer) artifact is soon to go up for auction. It is a piece that will go down as marking one of the pivotal points in soccer history. What are we talking point? Listen on to find out more Co-hosts: Devansh (4th grader) from Kolkata and Arjun (5th grader) from Mumbai ...
S2 E66: 20 Questions: Which artifact related to football (soccer) will soon be going up for auction
What's new today - March 04, 2024 15:30 - 20 minutes ★★★★★ - 1 ratingA piece of football (or soccer) artifact is soon to go up for auction. It is a piece that will go down as marking one of the pivotal points in soccer history. What are we talking point? Listen on to find out more Co-hosts: Devansh (4th grader) from Kolkata and Arjun (5th grader) from Mumbai ...
S2 E65: 20 Questions: Typing vs Writing - is there a difference in how the brain behaves
What's new today - February 26, 2024 13:30 - 14 minutes ★★★★★ - 1 ratingA group of researchers in Norway observed the brain patterns of students who wrote vs students who typed. The content was the same in both cases. However, their brain patterns displayed many differences. Discover what these differences were by listening to the full episode. Co-hosts: 9-year ol...
S2 E65: Human Science - How do children learn when they type vs write?
What's new today - February 26, 2024 13:30 - 14 minutes ★★★★★ - 1 ratingA group of researchers in Norway observed the brain patterns of students who wrote vs students who typed. The content was the same in both cases. However, their brain patterns displayed many differences. Discover what these differences were by listening to the full episode. Co-hosts: 9-year ol...
S2 E64: Science - Why is the sea blue? A question that led to a Nobel Prize!
What's new today - February 23, 2024 09:30 - 9 minutes ★★★★★ - 1 ratingSir C.V.Raman was traveling aboard a ship that was crossing the Atlantic. It was his first trip across the Mediterranean Sea and its colours sparkled in front of him. Standing there he pondered why the sea was blue. The experiments he did to find out the answer to this question led him to discov...
S2 E63: 20 Questions Game: Who was the spy caught by India and later released?
What's new today - February 19, 2024 10:30 - 17 minutes ★★★★★ - 1 ratingRecently, Indian authorities released a spy who had been kept in detention for over 8 months. This spy was suspected to act on behalf of the Chinese. Later, the spy was found to be innocent and was released. Who was this spy? Why was this spy released? That is what our 2 participants in this ep...
S2 E62: Sports: Rohan Bopanna world's oldest No. 1 in Men's doubles; Sinner youngest ever to win an Australian open
What's new today - February 15, 2024 23:30 - 13 minutes ★★★★★ - 1 ratingIt was a weekend of records in the world of tennis. Rohan Bopanna was ranked No. 1 in Men's Doubles. This makes him the oldest to have been ranked No. 1. At the grand age of 43, when many others slow down and often retire from the game, Bopanna seems to only get fitter and stronger. The same...
S2 E61: The Great Backyard Bird Count (part 2) - about birds wandering off track, bird superpowers and a world without birds
What's new today - February 12, 2024 07:30 - 16 minutes ★★★★★ - 1 ratingIn this episode, which is the second part 2 of our podcast series on the Great Backyard Bird Count (GBBC), we chat with the Project Head of GBBC from Cornel Lab of Ornithology (Becca Rodomsky Bish) and three children - Shravan, Taanvi and Adya. They chat about (a) what would happen if there wer...
S2 E60: The Great Backyard Bird Count (GBBC) is here! (part 1)
What's new today - February 08, 2024 23:30 - 15 minutes ★★★★★ - 1 ratingThe 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 w...
S2 E59: Ask me questions: Why are dogs in an Italian town getting their DNA tested?
What's new today - February 04, 2024 23:30 - 13 minutes ★★★★★ - 1 ratingIn a town in Italy, all dog owners have to pay 65 euros to the city corporation. This is to get their dog's DNA tested. Why is this being mandated? Three children (4th grader Smyan, 4th grader Dhruv and 8th grader Aadya) ask the host Sangeetha questions, to decipher why dogs in this Italian cit...
S2 E59: 20 questions Game: Dogs in an Italian town are getting their DNA tested - Why?
What's new today - February 04, 2024 23:30 - 13 minutes ★★★★★ - 1 ratingIn a town in Italy, all dog owners have to pay 65 euros to the city corporation. This is to get their dog's DNA tested. Why is this being mandated? Three children (4th grader Smyan, 4th grader Dhruv and 8th grader Aadya) ask the host Sangeetha questions, to decipher why dogs in this Italian cit...
S2 E58: Ask me questions: To improve attendance in schools, what one district in Ohio wants to do
What's new today - February 01, 2024 23:30 - 16 minutes ★★★★★ - 1 ratingIn one district in Ohio, the public school students have recorded high rates of absenteeism. So the district government has proposed a new policy. What is this policy? Three children (4th grader Smyan, 4th grader Dhruv and 8th grader Aadya) ask the host Sangeetha questions, to decipher what the...
S2 E58: 20 questions Game: School attendance is falling - what trick one Ohio district wants to do
What's new today - February 01, 2024 23:30 - 16 minutes ★★★★★ - 1 ratingIn one district in Ohio, the public school students have recorded high rates of absenteeism. So the district government has proposed a new policy. What is this policy? Three children (4th grader Smyan, 4th grader Dhruv and 8th grader Aadya) ask the host Sangeetha questions, to decipher what the...
S2 E57: India's tricolour flag (part 2) - Interesting stories about the man who designed the flag
What's new today - January 29, 2024 11:30 - 12 minutes ★★★★★ - 1 ratingThe man who designed India's tricolour flag - Pingali Venkaiyya is one of India's forgotten heroes. He joined the army under the British rule. He was a trained geologist. He also taught agriculture at a college. He was a polyglot who could learn and speak many languages with great ease and fluen...
S2 E56: India's tricolour flag (part 1) - How different was India's flag? Stories behind how it changed
What's new today - January 24, 2024 18:30 - 14 minutes ★★★★★ - 1 ratingThe tricolour Indian flag with the Ashok Chakra has a pride of place in India's Republic Day celebrations. But the Indian flag was not always like this. How different was it during India's freedom struggle? Listen to the full episode to find out more. Co-host: Taksh Solanki, 3rd grader from As...
S2 E55: Space news - Peregrine lander may fail and how this affects NASA's Mission Artemis
What's new today - January 22, 2024 09:30 - 16 minutes ★★★★★ - 1 ratingMan may want to build a settlement on the moon. This is no longer the stuff of science fiction, but already a reality that space agencies are working towards. NASA's Mission Artemis is working towards building a community that can live on the moon. But it requires a lot of planning. One of the m...
S2 E54: A fishing town in Iceland tried saving itself from a volcano
What's new today - January 19, 2024 12:30 - 12 minutes ★★★★★ - 1 ratingIceland is famed not just for its ice, but also its fire. It's a land that sees volcanic eruptions once every four-five years. People of the land are hardy and used to these interruptions to daily life. But a fault line that had maintained volcanic silence for over 800 years (the last time it sa...
S2 E53: Science discovery - Women used to hunt in ancient times and men also spent time gathering fruits and leaves
What's new today - January 15, 2024 09:30 - 15 minutes ★★★★★ - 1 ratingIn the Stone Age, women were fine hunters and men were adept at collecting fruits. The myth that men did all the hunting and women gathered food was recently shattered by new scientific evidence. Archaeology, human studies and simple biology - explains it all! There was nearly 100% gender equali...
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