

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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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.

Aug 23, 2023 • 18min
Kid News This Week: New space race, world weather woes, Spain’s soccer champs, Texas snake fight
This week's podcast covers the new space race to the south side of the Moon, worldwide weather challenges, Spain's victory in soccer along with a controversial incident, and a Texas woman's bizarre encounter with a falling snake.

Aug 16, 2023 • 53min
We're back next week - enjoy the Kids Listen Summer Sampler in the meantime!
Sadly, summer is over… but happily we're back in action next week! Yes, from next Wednesday we’ll be bringing you a weekly round-up of the world's most important – and most weird – world news. Until then, enjoy the Kids Listen Summer Sampler and discover some cool new pods to add to your playlist!Learn more about Kids Listen at https://www.kidslisten.org/Girl Tales: www.girltalespodcast.comBook Club for Kids: http://www.bookclubforkids.orgLike You: www.likeyoupodcast.comPower Dog Adventures: https://www.powerdogadventures.com/Unspookable: www.soundsingtonmedia.comStoopkid Stories: https://stoopkidstories.com/Peace Out: www.peaceoutpodcast.comWhat If World: http://www.whatifworldpodcast.com/Newsy Pooloozi: https://www.newsypooloozi.com/Dorktales Storytime Podcast: http://dorktalesstorytime.comFina Mendoza Mysteries: http://finamendozamysteries.comKids Listen audio transitions by Dan Saks of www.noodleloafshow.comSummer Sampler artwork by Jodi Murphy of http://dorktalesstorytime.comKL Summer Sampler 2023 produced by Lynn Hickernell of http://goodwordspodcast.com

Jun 7, 2023 • 17min
Summer Break announcement and "Suzie with a Z" pod swap
Hey folks! We've been going non-stop for almost three years at Newsy Pooloozi and we're (finally) taking a little time off world news podcasting to do some real world traveling! This week we'll leave you with a darling new storytelling podcast, Suzie with a Z, for curious kids who like mysteries. Then for a few weeks there won't be any new episodes, swaps or even quick dips of news. But never fear, in July we'll be back in your feed with more wacky world news from your favorite fun news pod, Newsy Pooloozi!

May 31, 2023 • 18min
Kid News This Week: US debt ceiling saga, killer whales rampage, k-leather debate, Spain’s cleaning app
This week we dive deep with our easy-to-understand explainer on the US debt ceiling crisis, plus a report from Spain on boat-bumping orcas (yes, killer whales are on the rampage), in Australia they debate K-leather (no idea what that is, well, it’s nothing to do with K-pop – you gotta listen to find out more, but here’s a clue: it’s a debate that keeps “bouncing around”) and for anyone bickering over who in their house does the most chores, we have a special report on a new app offering some help.

May 24, 2023 • 17min
Kid News This Week: Centipede bot, highest rail bridge, 13-year-old hero, Japanese smile again
This week hear how Georgia Tech creates a centipede robot to help in natural disasters, India completes the world’s highest railway bridge in Kashmir, a 13-year-old with no cell phone becomes a US hero and after hiding behind COVID masks the Japanese take lessons to learn to smile again – plus the world wrap of other headline news and the Fab Fact Quiz!

May 17, 2023 • 18min
Kid News This Week: Giraffes do math, cannibal fish, nonstop runner, conductor no duchess
This week hear about the Spanish researchers who find that giraffes understand basic math, also twilight-zone, cannibal fish wash ashore in Oregon, and hear how about the Cambodian runner winning hearts because she didn’t stop even when the odds were against her and we finish this week with the they tall-tale of the Welsh conductor who was not a duchess in disguise at King Charles III’s coronation!


