Newsy Pooloozi - The News Pod for Kids

As India buckles under a COVID crisis, we hear from our kid correspondent who’s recovered from the virus, plus an episode full of distraction hacks from dancing, to Olympic "gaming" (yes, gaming), a civics lesson in US trials plus pet love in Central Asia 

Hear why Derek Chauvin's guilty verdict is important for America, how NASA makes space history with the first-ever flight on another planet, soccer's Super League skirmish and MIT researchers translate spider "talk."  All that and more on this week's episode! And a huge thank you to Yule Liu for her delightful artwork rendition of NASA's Ingenuity.Courtroom sketch is Reuters/Jane Rosenberg. 

Hear about the discovery of Egypt’s lost “golden city," Georgia’s debate over a new voting law, the French love for French-bread, Lego larceny (stop thief!) and the real (ish) Candy Land in California and more this week!

Hear about the cargo ship chaos, space center on-the-go, how The Mississippi River got clean, Nat’l Poetry Month and Cairo's march of the mummies

Happy Holi, Happy Easter and April Fools'! Hear about Spring celebrations, Spain's 4-day week, the cotoneaster pollution-eating plant, NASA's breath box on Mars and crazy Easter candy! Five unbelievable stories - four are totally true, but one will April Fool you!

The craze for pets during the pandemic takes effect! Find out which country is happiest, what people will do for free sushi and stunning Rubik’s Cube moves in India - all that and more in this week's Newsy Jacuzzi!And for more of what you heard...See the list of the UK's  most popular pandemic pet names here: UK’s most popular lockdown pet names revealed - CBBC NewsroundCheck out the Rubik's cube moves here: 8-year-old from Bengaluru solves 3 Rubik’s Cubes using his hands and feet. Watch | Hindustan Times 

Water and solar powered planes, instruments made from ice, Afghan girls singing ban lifted, raccoon friend, lost walrus and the snail that severs its own head! All that and more on this week's dip in the whirlpool of news and information! Some links of items covered on our show...The Dodo - Raccoon Brings Her Baby To Meet Her Human Best Friend | FacebookMinor Swing Django Reinhardt by Ice Music Sweden | Free Listening on SoundCloudhttps://www.nationalgeographic.com/travel/article/playing-it-cool-these-artists-make-music-with-ice

Newsy Pooloozi is a weekly world news podcast for smart kids and curious adults - a splashy pool of news and information! Or as the New York Times put it, "a news variety show" for kids by kids - one of their "30 best" podcasts for kids, in fact. It's great family entertainment (and, shhhhh, it's educational too!). New podcasts out every Wednesday. Subscribe, rate and review!

How did International Women’s Day begin and where’s it going, Amazon shakes up shopping with cachier-free shops, oranges spark electricity and a “purr”fect rescue of four cats at sea in Thailand. All that and more in this week's episode! The art for this week's episode is thanks once again to Edie Cizeika Bower. 

From bricks to clothes – clever plastic waste solutions, a slug dangles like a spider, a new Van Gogh painting surfaces, world's most expensive video and the snoring Imam - all that and more!