Newsy Pooloozi - The News Pod for Kids

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!

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 no...

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 - fi...

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...

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!

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...

This is a fun, feline-packed episode with pets to the rescue in Ukraine, a breakthrough cat allergy vaccine (that your cat takes - not you!) and cat yoga with an adoption twist makes for the purrrrrfect pose, plus India’s 1st World Surf League (WSL) competition takes place in Tamil Nadu - all that and more this week!

Kid News This Week: There's a new space race to the south side of the Moon, weather woes from wildfires to fast-floods rattle the world, is Spain’s soccer championship betrayed by a kiss, and a Texas woman is caught in the middle of a fight between a Harris hawk and snake - that fell from the sky! All that and more this week! 

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.com Bo...

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 fea...

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 o...

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!

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...

This week hear why and how bird drones take flight in New Mexico, a special report from Italy about the Napoli soccer stunner that saw the city party for days, plus a new box jellyfish is discovered in China and hear the silly story of the Spanish map-makers that… lost their way!

Kid News This Week: We have two special reports – one from London and one from the shires (as in the countryside!) – on the grand coronation of UK King Charles III, plus a story of art destruction in South Korea that’s just “bananas” and a Derbyshire cat on the prowl gives real meaning to “cat thief!”

Kid News This Week: India dethrones China as the world’s most populous country, SpaceX Starship rocket explodes during unmanned test – but not everyone is upset, Australia’s Take 3 for the Sea – what it means for you and me and Belgium holds a screechy seagull competition that you have to hear to believe! All that and more this week on Newsy Pooloozi!

Kid News This Week: Hear about the giant seaweed blob – sargassum – heading to the coast of Florida? We have a special report from Florida to explain all. Plus, JUICE rockets to Jupiter – no, not a rocket full of OJ! But a mission to find water (and maybe life?) on three of Jupiter’s moons. Happy Vaisakhi! No idea what that means – we’ll tell you all! And have you heard about New York City’s rat p...

Kid News This Week: Happy Songkran! We take a deep dive into Thailand’s wacky, annual water festival. That’s not all – sleeper trains are back on track in Europe as overnight travel sees a revival. Plus, you’ve heard of “pleather” but have you heard of “fleather?” Find out about India’s new vegan leather. And you won’t believe what the giant furball, found by Canadian gold miners, turned out to be...

Happy Easter! We have special reports on the unusual Easter traditions in Ethiopia and Spain, plus it’s Olive Ridley turtle nesting season in India and Australian scientists create a mammoth meatball coming from a woolly mammoth in the Netherland. Plus we’ll reveal last week’s April Fool’s spoof story! All that and more on this weeks news pod for kids. 

This week in kid news – we keep up our annual April Fool’s Day tradition – we have five wacky world news stories, four are real but one will fool you:   Meta is sued over causing social media addiction in teenagers and Utah adopts strict social media regulations, US fashion designer Jeremy Scott revs up the upcycling creating auto-part fashion, China’s 2400-year-old flushing toilet discovered, “Pu...

In world news for kids this week: What to do with a forest of wood planted for paper production not needed now in the digital age? Well, a company in Finland is innovating – creating sustainable batteries out of the wood! Also, Taylor Swift sings 44 songs in 3 hours during her first concert in five years. We’ll also explain Int’l Autism Day and how researchers think the “fish-lizard” – ichthyosaur...

Kid News This Week: Aukus nuclear-powered submarine project upsets China, Valentine asteroid heading to Earth in 2046, the 95th Academy Awards show without the red carpet and the Fosbury Flopper who revolutionized the high jump dies – we share his inspiring story, plus the Fab Facts quiz and World Wrap of other news making headlines around the world!

Kid News This Week: Environmental triumph - Earth's ozone hole is getting smaller, UN launches ozone video game, no room for old stones in UK museums and new discovery about the loud, haunting sounds whales make – turns out they have extra nosey (and noisy) lips!

Kid News This Week: People go crazy for ChatGPT – we explain what it and chatbots are (including what GPT actually stands for), Cameroons Goliath frog being saved, Italy’s oily coffee on offer in Starbucks - all that and more this week! 

Kid News This Week: Carnival season ends and Lent begins - we explain what it all means, plus a special report from Germany's Fasching, Kenya’s 2.9-million-year-old tools redefines humanity, Australia’s 3 new spider species, Ecuador’s “Lord of the Ring” frog and more!