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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Nov 15, 2023 • 26min
Autumn festivals from Diwali, Hungry Ghost, Day of the Dead, Guy Fawkes and more!!
We give you a special rerun this week of our Autumn Festivals Capsule -- from Asia's Hungry Ghost Festival, Diwali, Guru Nanak to the West's Halloween, Day of the Dead, Bonfire Night, Thanksgiving and more!
Nov 1, 2023 • 19min
Kid News This Week: Electric roads, Taylor joins new club, Rickrolled explained, mummy buried
In kids news this week… We’ve all heard of electric cars, but what about electric ROADS? Well, this is happening in Sweden where they’re charging on the move! In entertainment news, find out what new chart – typically dominated by middle-aged men – popstar Taylor Swift enters. And most of us have heard the expression (phenomenon!) of being “Rickrolled,” well in our second offering of Slange Explained we give you the entire wacky backstory. And did you know a small town in Pennsylvania had its very own mummy? Well, not anymore. Find out why on this week’s episode of Newsy Pooloozi!
Oct 18, 2023 • 19min
Kid News This Week: French bed bugs, Oz “Voice” vote, mixed-up world cup, camouflage frog
This week in world news for kids, topics include France's bed bug infestation causing national anxiety, Australia rejecting a referendum for Aboriginals' political voice, FIFA's announcement of a mixed-up World Cup in 2023, and the curious camouflaging abilities of the Wallace's flying frog.
Oct 11, 2023 • 18min
Kid News This Week: War in Israel, marathon record breaker, fast food outlets sued, elderly skydiver
In world news for kids this week… Israel wages war on Hamas in the Gaza Strip after the militant group bombards it with bombs and terror attacks, Kenyan’s marathon record breaker, US fast food outlets sued and a very elderly skydiver tries to break a world record – but just how old? You gotta listen to the pod to find out!
Oct 4, 2023 • 19min
Kid News This Week: Goat firefighters, melting Swiss glaciers, Neanderthal mixing, animals on the loose
This week in your favorite mix of wacky world news, goats and AI are used to fight fires in California, Swiss glaciers are melting at a record rate, humans have more of a Neanderthal mix than thought and animals are on the loose – from a bear that crashes a Mexican picnic to crocodiles in India and Malaysia that were not where they’re supposed to be, oh, and the alligator "support pet" that was not allowed into a major league baseball game… All that and more this week!
Sep 27, 2023 • 19min
Kid News This Week: Korean Thanksgiving, asteroid rocks, Taylor “Swiftposium,” Oz surfing snake
This week in news for kids... Koreans say "Chuseok jal bonaeseyo!" as they celebrate their autumn harvest festival, aka Thanksgiving. Also, NASA says hello to rocks from the Bennu asteroid, completing a seven-year mission to bring back the samples and Australia gets ready to host a Taylor “Swiftposium” – inspired by the US popstar’s songs. Also in Australia – some pets are not allowed to surf - find out which one this week in Newsy Pooloozi!
Sep 20, 2023 • 20min
Kid News This Week: Ocean voices, ancient cave art, stolen Van Gogh and lying down competition
In kid news this week… We hear the "voices of the ocean" and sounds of the sea (it's a noisy place!) and find out what they mean, also ancient cave art is discovered in Spain, a stolen Van Gogh is returned in a bloodied pillowcase in the Netherlands and the Laziest Citizen Competition nears a month – of participants just lying down – in Montenegro. All that and more in the coolest pool of news and information!
Sep 13, 2023 • 18min
Kid News This Week: Morocco & Libya natural disasters, G20 expands, Thai dino discovery, “barking mad” police
In world news this week – a 6.8 magnitude earthquake devastates Morocco, thousands die in Libya floods caused by Storm Daniel, India concludes the G20 and world leaders decide to let the Africa Union into the big economic club, Thailand’s big-but-small dinosaur discovery and “barking mad” police in the US use a creative way to catch car thieves – all that and more on Newsy Pooloozi!
Sep 6, 2023 • 25min
Kid News This Week: G20 explained, India rocket heads to sun, slang word “slay,” gravy wrestling
In kid news this week we decode the international summit – the G20 – as world leaders head to host-country India, after landing on the moon the Indian Space Research Organisation sends a spacecraft to explore the sun, in our debut segment of “Slang Explained” we give the story behind the popular slang word “slay,” and the quirky English are at it again – this time holding the World Gravy Wrestling Championships, because everyone likes to roll around and wrestle in gravy, right? All that and more this week!
Aug 30, 2023 • 16min
Kid News This Week: Pets to the rescue in Ukraine, cat allergy vaccine, India’s 1st surf competition, cat yoga twist
Discover inspiring stories of pets in Ukraine helping raise funds and provide emotional support during the war. Learn about a breakthrough cat allergy vaccine that allows people to enjoy the company of their feline friends without symptoms. Explore India's first surf competition featuring cows on the beach. Find out how a yoga studio in New Delhi is finding stray cats loving homes through cat yoga classes.
