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Explaining global news to a global audience: This is the mission of CNN 10, a 10-minute educational news show that appears as a daily digital video and audio podcast. CNN 10 serves a growing audience interested in compact on-demand news broadcasts ideal for explanation seekers on the go or in the classroom.
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Jul 4, 2025 • 12min
The Decision to Pay College Athletes
This week on CNN10: We'll discuss what might happen now that colleges can begin cutting checks to their college athletes, then we'll go inside a cockpit simulator to see what happens when a pilot loses communication with an airport, before seeing amazing video of two rival shark species sharing a meal. All this and more on this week's CNN10! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Jun 27, 2025 • 12min
This is Your Brain on ChatGPT
This Week on CNN10: Dr. Sanjay Gupta guest hosts for an episode where his expertise couldn't be more valuable: Analyzing a new study that shows what happens to our brain activity when we use an A.I. shortcut like ChatGPT. We'll also see what happens to our bodies when subjected to intense heat and humidity-- because portions of the country experienced dangerous heatwaves this week. Then, we'll see what it's like to endure an official NBA draft workout. All this and more on a special Summer Friday edition of CNN10! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Jun 20, 2025 • 12min
What We Know—and Don't Know—About Iran's Nuclear Program
This week on CNN 10, we get an update on the conflict between Israel and Iran as the two countries continue to trade airstrikes. We also see how some artificial intelligence videos called deepfakes are fooling the technology designed to detect them. And we'll get a close up look at some of the wild traditions that follow hockey's famous Stanley Cup, before finding out how a precious military medal found in a scrapyard was returned to a veteran's family. All this and more on this week's CNN 10! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Jun 13, 2025 • 13min
CNN 10 Friday Summer Special!
It's the scary Friday the 13th edition of CNN 10! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Jun 6, 2025 • 11min
How Fish Skin Saved a Child’s Life
This week on CNN 10: Coy takes a field trip to Asheville, NC and explores some of the amazing ways locals and small businesses have rebuilt and recovered since Hurricane Helene nine months ago. Then, we learn about an innovative medical procedure that uses fish skin to heal a child's severe wound, before sharing some amazing videos of a volcano eruption in Italy. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

May 30, 2025 • 11min
Visa Delays Could Leave International Students in Limbo
Welcome to our first of 10 Special Summer Friday Episodes!
This week we look at why the State Department just told embassies to pause new interview appointments for international student visas. Then, we tour a museum in Boston that fears it may not survive without its recently revoked federal funding. We'll watch SpaceX's most powerful rocket take off for a ninth time, before getting some words of wisdom from a childhood icon. All this and more on this week's CNN10! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

May 23, 2025 • 9min
A Visit to 'The Land of Enchantment'
Today on CNN 10, we take you to the largest gypsum dune field in the world and find out what makes the geological feature so unique. We'll also learn what type of humanitarian aid has been allowed into war-torn Gaza this week, before getting an update on the fight to protect the manatee's food source in a Florida lagoon. And we'll find out how one teen is going to great heights to raise awareness for pediatric cancer research. All this and more on today's CNN 10! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

May 22, 2025 • 11min
The Science Behind Tornado Formation
Today on CNN 10, we get an update on severe storms that devastated parts of the US and then learn the difference between a tornado watch and warning. We'll also find out how engineers are planning to use a tiny robot they created to help in emergencies. Then we'll learn what sport is getting ready to make its debut at the 2028 Olympics, before finding out how one community rallied to send a senior off to college with a special graduation gift. All this and more on today's CNN 10! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

May 22, 2025 • 11min
How a TikTok Star Learned Dozens of Languages
Today on CNN 10 we learn about the cancer diagnosis former President Joe Biden received and how he spent much of his political career battling the disease. We'll also meet a polyglot who can greet people in dozens of languages. And we'll check out an inspiring celebrity commencement speech, before finding out how a high school football team is helping their community recover from a severe storm. All this and more on today's CNN 10! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

May 20, 2025 • 11min
Teaching Girls to Skateboard in Gaza
Today on CNN 10, we learn how the FDA's approval of a diagnostic test could help slow the progression of Alzheimer's disease. We'll also find out how one man used a drone to help rescue a swimmer in rough waters. And we'll see how skateboarding is lifting the spirits of a group of kids in Gaza, before checking out a student program that's using 3D printing technology to provide prosthetic limbs to people thousands of miles away. All this and more on today's CNN 10! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices


