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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Mar 10, 2021 • 18min
Women’s day, cashier-free shop, electric oranges, cat rescue
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.
Mar 3, 2021 • 22min
Clever plastic solutions, “spider slug,” new Van Gogh, snoring Imam
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!
Feb 24, 2021 • 20min
Rover on Mars, cloned ferret, flying car, Stonehenge moved, foul fatberg
Stunning videos show Perseverance landing on Mars, an endangered ferret is cloned, flying cars ready for take-off, second-hand Stonehenge, rowing teacher triumph and foul fatberg clogs London sewer!
Feb 17, 2021 • 22min
Year of the Ox, US snow storms, Finnish snowflake art, ancient conch
What the Year of the Ox means and how it’s celebrated, winter storms grip US, Finnish artist makes humungous snowflake (out of snow?!), teenager gives away car and a 17,000-year-old conch is played - all that and more!This week's art is courtesy of Edie Cizeika Bower.
Feb 10, 2021 • 18min
Space tourism, sea-grass balls, purple island and cactus smuggler
Tourism to the cosmos takes off, Spain’s sea-grass balls eat plastic, South Korea paints an island purple and New Zealand’s cactus smuggler is caught - all that and more in this week's Newsy Jacuzzi whirlpool!
Feb 3, 2021 • 22min
Dog news, bubblicious concert, wombat poo, Prince’s earth charter
How dogs went from predators to pets, app translates dog-talk, Flaming Lips bubble gig, wombat poo mystery solved, Prince Charles' terra carter plan and more!Special thanks this week to artist Edie Cizeika Bower for the fab cover art!
Jan 27, 2021 • 20min
EVs, solar motorbikes, driverless cars, cave pigs, wheelchair climber
Electric vehicles, driverless cars, solar motorbikes are here, plus warty pig cave drawing and wheelchair man climbs skyscraper!
Jan 20, 2021 • 19min
Cricket history, microplastics, fungi footwear, yummy mealworms
India's cricket team makes sporting history, microplastics pollute the Arctic, Adidas fungi footwear and mealworms for dinner, anyone?
Jan 13, 2021 • 17min
US democracy tested, Pompeii’s "dhaba," chopstick art, rice ATM
This week hear how the storming of the US Capitol tests democracy, about the ancient café uncovered in Pompeii, how millions of chopsticks are reused and an Indian man's rice ATM. SHOW NOTES: Do check out the BEST KIDS PODCAST 2021 list we made it onto - thank you, Feedspot!Also, here is a link to the super cool Pompeii discovery and the chopstick recycler.
Jan 6, 2021 • 17min
Vaccine relief, kids for parks, real magic wands and space sounds
Hello and happy new year! We are temporarily reporting from London for the next few weeks - yep, lockdown central. Help us usher in the new year by hitting subscribe wherever you listen to podcasts and also joining the Newsy Jacuzzi Facebook community here. Watch and hear NASA's space 'sounds' here.Plus for two really great articles on the vaccines and the virus check out:https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/health-51665497https://www.nytimes.com/2020/12/16/well/live/life-after-covid.html
