Newsy Pooloozi - The News Pod for Kids
Newsy Pooloozi is a weekly, world news podcast for smart kids and curious adults, covering science, animals, space, tech, culture, entertainment, sports… and even politics! The family friendly podcast is presented by a British-Indian-American mother-and-daughter duo, covering the world in a fun and engaging way. Newsy Pooloozi also has kid correspondents from all over the world — Asia, Africa, Europe and North America. The New York Times calls us a "news variety show." We're also on the NYT's Top 30 Podcast For Kids list (under our former name, Newsy Jacuzzi)! We are a proud Kids Listen member too. @newsypooloozi www.newsypooloozi.com
Latest episodes
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!
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
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
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
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!
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.
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.
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)!
Jul 21, 2021 • 50min
"Quick Dip" of world news plus guest episode
So we're slimming down for summer this July, but since the news doesn't stop we're giving you a "quick dip" of world news, followed by a guest episode from the Cool Facts About Animals podcast (Mega Plastic episode)!
Jul 14, 2021 • 19min
July special - weekly "Quick Dip" of world news
Hear our "quick dip" of world news, as we slim down for summer, followed by a guest episode from The Dorktales Storytime podcast - a "Hidden History" about native American engineer, Mary Golda Ross!
