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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Oct 14, 2020 • 22min
Toxic air, pollution solution, turtle spies, dumb art thieves and swearing parrots
Special thanks again to Amaira and Anaira Mirza for their joint work on this week's fabulous artwork!
Oct 7, 2020 • 21min
Martian lakes, $23 million titanium toilet, longest highway tunnel, Solely Sunshine girl, COVID-19 dogs
Do lakes on Mars mean there’s Martian life? Also, find out why NASA sends an expensive titanium toilet to space, why India built the longest and highest highway tunnel in the world, who the Solely Sunshine girl is and how canines are sniffing out the coronavirus in Finland.
Sep 30, 2020 • 23min
US election fight, McDonald's fancy cups, a good Spanish sport, a heroic rat and int'l podcast day
We jump into the ring of the US presidential election. We also hear about McDonald’s embrace of the “re-use” cup culture in Britain, the Spanish athlete who takes being a “good sport” to a higher level and move over Mighty Mouse… find out how a hero rat is saving lives! Oh, and for International Podcast Day - we share our favorites!!
Sep 23, 2020 • 26min
Notorious RBG, data at sea, Delhi’s ballet dream, the master gobblefunker and a leopard in the house
Special thanks to Amaira and Anaira Mirza for their joint work on this week's fabulous artwork!
Sep 16, 2020 • 21min
Wildfires explained, our “Connected” world, rooftop alphorns, loneliest elephant, shocking fly trap
Why are fires tearing across the West Coast of America? We break it down. We also shout from the rooftops about our fav science show, Netflix's "Connected," we hear about a rooftop concert in Germany, the loneliest elephant in the world and a fly trap that goes wrong in France.
Sep 9, 2020 • 22min
Flying cars, jetpack flyers, delivery drones, poo fighters triumph and game-on for cricket
Hear how the skies are going to crowd with flying cars, jetpack flyers and delivery drones. Also those coronavirus poo fighters triumph in Arizona and it’s game-on for cricket's Indian Premier League.
Sep 2, 2020 • 23min
US race tensions, mysterious blue holes at sea, Nigeria's ballet boy and the anti-lion head butt
Hear special guests "Hey Black Child" on race tensions in the US, also about the ocean's mysterious blue holes, Nigeria's dancing sensation and the "cheeky" way to stop lions eating cows.
Aug 26, 2020 • 22min
Glacier gloom, pencil power, drive-in fright, the US's crazy league season and Switzerland's cocoa snow
Hear what Greenland's melting ice cap means for you, the high-tech power of low-tech pencils, Japan's answer to socially distanced haunted houses, the crazy league season in US sports and how it snowed cocoa in Switzerland.
Aug 19, 2020 • 22min
Storm season chaos, clever hand-washing contraption and the story of the sly fox and cat thief
The storm season is creating heavy monsoon rain in Asia and whipping up hurricanes in the Americas, also hear about a Kenyan boy's clever hand-washing contraption and the story of the sly fox and the cat thief all on this week's Newsy Jacuzzi!
Aug 12, 2020 • 19min
