Newsy Pooloozi - The News Pod for Kids

Kid News This Week: Who knew busy bees like to play not just make honey?! Speaking of bees – their numbers are dropping, so the UK is creating special bus stops to attract bees and butterflies to help pollinate more plants. We’ll also give you the latest on the anti-hijab protest in Iran – with a woman rock-climber ditching her headscarf in a recent competition. Also, a major environment summit is taking place in Egypt – COP 27 – we’ll tell you what it means and why it’s important. Plus – new fashion in France for green cycling hearse for a pedestrian funeral procession. All that and more this week on the only world news podcast for kids (and adults too!).

Kid News This Week: Hear Earth’s magnetic field courtesy of the European Space Agency (ESA), the sad news of South Korea’s stampede and India’s bridge collapse, Taylor Swift tops the pops and breaks pop music records, candy inflation effects Halloween and nose picking primates discovered – yes, aye-ayes like to use their middle finger for a snot search! All that and more this week. 

Kids News This Week: Autum is a season full of festivals from the scary to the sweet - this autumn festival capsule has the story behind most of them. From Halloween in the US to Asia's Hungry Ghost Festival and Mexico's Día de los Muertos (Day of the Dead). Never mind the Indian festivals, including Diwali for Hindus and Guru Nanak, the biggest festival for the Sikhs. Oh, and did we mention the British Guy Fawkes festival, also called Bonfire Night? Have a listen to get into the festive mood!

Kids News This Week: Did you know mushrooms "chat" to each other? Or that dancing can be used to power a Scottish nightclub? Hear all about it,  plus a new era in tennis as sporting greats go from the court and a San Francisco cafe dishes up a posh dog's dinner for the city's many pups -- all this week on the only world news podcast for curious kids and adults!

Kid News This Week: We dive into the Nobel Prizes and what the “merchant of death” has to do with it?! We also tackle the story of the protests in Iran and explain why they are so important. Plus, California’s “plastic piranha” is unleased and India’s “mystic” temple crocodile dies. All that and more this week on the only world news podcast for curious kids and adults!

Kid News This Week: It’s the “invasion” of stink bugs in the US & spider crabs in France, India’s electric car built from scrap, M&M and Quality Street candy news, plus dogs detect stress with their noses – all that and more this week!Thanks also to Roa Music for supplying the backtrack to the Kids Listen promo.

Kid News This Week: Festive season in India is underway with Ganpati, Navratri and Dussehra festivals, NASA crashes asteroid, carp changes its name to tempt people in the US to eat the fish, in the UK TikTok might get fined and passengers on a flight to Hawaii get a ukulele treat!

Kid News This Week: NASA’s Artemis-1 moon rocket set to try launching again, Queen Elizabeth II’s epic funeral, UK Royal Mint releases Harry Potter coins, India’s running doctor defies traffic and deep-sea blue goo mystifies scientists in the Caribbean, plus the world wrap of news and the fab fact quiz!

Kid News This Week: UK mourns death of Queen Elizabeth II, chimps drum-talk, Taylor Swift announces album release date, California’s electric call-to-action and new “sus” words added to Merriam Webster dictionary, plus the world wrap and fab facts quiz this week on the coolest pool of news for curious kids and adults!

Kid News This Week: Oyster reefs fight land erosion in Bangladesh, scientist discovers spiders dream in their sleep, the world’s deepest pool in Dubai, weird British ice cream flavors from Heinz Baked Beans to Soy Sauce!