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
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Mar 31, 2021 • 22min
Five crazy spring stories - Easter to candy to Mars - one will April Fool you!
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!
Mar 24, 2021 • 23min
Pandemic pet craze, happiest country, sushi name-change, Rubik’s Cube shock
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
Mar 17, 2021 • 24min
Clean wings, ice music, singing ban lifted, lost walrus, self-beheading snail
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
Mar 11, 2021 • 41sec
Newsy Pooloozi Trailer!
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!
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!
