Newsy Pooloozi - The News Pod for Kids

Leela Sivasankar Prickitt, Lyndee Prickitt
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Sep 29, 2021 • 21min

Newsy gets a new name! Plus “batsman” is out and new spider app

Goodbye Newsy Jacuzzi, hello Newsy Pooloozi! We tell you why, plus the game of cricket also gets a name change, the UK spends millions on carbon suckers and a new spider app helps arachnophobia.
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Sep 22, 2021 • 20min

Kid News This Week: Everyday astronauts, A.I. helps art, Spain’s volcano, Germany’s moo-loo

Hear about the everyday astronauts - private citizens who spent three days in space, plus how artificial intelligence lends a helping hand in art, Spain’s spewing volcano and Germany’s Moo-Loo!
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Sep 15, 2021 • 21min

Kid News This Week: India’s festive season, “fan-plastic” food wrap, tennis wonder, Ig Nobel prizes

India’s four-month festival season begins with Ganpati, new “fan-plastic” biodegradable food wrap, Emma Raducanu wows the world and Ig Nobel prizes make us laugh!
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Sep 8, 2021 • 21min

Kid News This Week: Flash floods, tuna is back, Asian Marvel, “out of the box” art

News Update: Hear how and why US flash floods cause havoc, that tuna is back from the brink of extinction, Marvel's first Asian superhero “marvels” the box office and the Japanese artist who's literally “out of the box!”. Artwork this week is courtesy of Edie Cizeika Bower
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Sep 1, 2021 • 22min

Kid News This Week: Four-legged whale, hurricane explainer, new baseball, flying cows, hearty sheep

News Update: Ancient "god of death" whale fossil found (in a  desert?!), hear our hurricane explainer and about baseball’s new spit-free ball,  also Switzerland’s flying cows and Australia’s hearty sheep
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Aug 25, 2021 • 22min

Kid News This Week: Predicting lightning, new kids vaccine, Int'l Dog Day, bumblebee “Bee-FF” pet

News Update: This week find out how researchers can predict when and where lightning will strike, new vaccine for kids on the block, longest vaccination trek, Int'l Dog Day, bumblebee pet
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Aug 18, 2021 • 20min

Kid News This Week: Beyond the blimp – Airship 2.0, Afghan turmoil, well-mannered apes

News Update: Move over Zeppelins – airships get a rebirth, turmoil in Afghanistan as US troops leave and Taliban take over, research shows apes like to mind their manners – find out how on this week’s episode!
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Aug 11, 2021 • 19min

Kid News This Week: Olympic joys, India hockey triumph, coral lifesaver, underwater museum

News Update: Hear the highlights of joy and good sportsmanship from Tokyo's Olympic 2020, India’s hockey triumphs, the human medicine that works on diseased coral and the underwater sculpture museum in Cyprus.
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Aug 4, 2021 • 18min

Kid News This Week: Smart mouth-guards, new Olympic sports, Int'l Cat Day, two-headed turtle

Hear how smart mouth-guards can revolutionize high-impact sports, what surfers and skateboarders think of their sports' Olympic debut, a new app for International Cat Day and the tale of the two-headed turtle! This episode Leela is co-hosted by Leela and our Sports Correspondent, Porter Robbins.
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Jul 28, 2021 • 24min

World news “Quick Dip” plus guest episode

Last of our slim summer “quick dips” into world news, followed by a guest episode from the Curious Kid Podcast (Curious About Sharks)!

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