Newsy Pooloozi - The News Pod for Kids
Leela Sivasankar Prickitt, Lyndee Prickitt
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
Episodes
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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!
Jul 7, 2021 • 26min
TOP FIVE stories of Newsy Jacuzzi's first year!
Hear the top five stories our loyal listers nominated as their favorite covered on Newsy Jacuzzi during our first year!
Jun 30, 2021 • 28min
Newsy Jacuzzi is one year old!
We've produced a year's worth of weekly world news podcasts for kids (and quite a few adults too)! Hear us reflect back on the past year and play the top stories nominated by our listeners. And play the best (or worst!) of our bloopers as well!
Jun 23, 2021 • 19min
Trees talk, new bamboo bat, calling all Bo-Peeps, Swedish embrace rain
A major Hollywood movie is in the works about the Canadian “tree talk” pioneer, there's a new bamboo bat for cricket, a Spanish shepherdess school is calling all Bo-Peeps and a Swedish city embraces its rain
Jun 16, 2021 • 20min
Hangry fruit flies, clean air breakthrough, Spain’s robot chef, “sky pool” scares
British scientists discover fruit flies get hangry (who knew!), a New Delhi teen creates affordable air purifiers, Spain’s robot chef creates a stir and London’s sky-pool gives onlookers the heebeegeebees!
Jun 9, 2021 • 22min
Mega space news, Sri Lanka plastic spill, EV batteries, “Hero Rat” retires
Mega space news from new missions to Venus, fly-by of Jupiter moon, worms head space and kites on Mars, plus a cargo ship fire leads to plastic pollution for Sri Lanka, EV battery recycling break-through and Megawa, the mine-sniffing "Hero Rat," retires .
Jun 2, 2021 • 22min
Floating island city, TV space race, cicadas stink, slimy soap
Hear how the Maldives will create a "floating city" in hopes of combating rising seas that could wipe the archipelago out, how Russia and the US race to get dramatic in space, the latest on the swarms of stinky and tasty (oh, really?!) cicadas in the eastern part of America and one Frenchman's secret, snotty ingredient for soap!
May 26, 2021 • 24min
UFOs are official, burger day for earthlings, dramarama craze, crazy word dispute
The US finally - openly - investigates UFOs, international burger day for earthlings (but maybe aliens too?!), dramarama online theatre workshops are all the rage and the quaint English take to croquet to battle out a word dispute.
May 19, 2021 • 22min
Taiwan drought, gas hack, UK hugs, Oz mice plague, "centibutt" sea worm
Hear how Taiwan lives through its worst drought in 56 years, plus we explain the US gas ransom hack, how Brits trade their stiff-upper-lip for hugs, how Australia's overrun by mice and the discovery of the many-butted marine worm we like to call the "cetibutt!"
