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Ten News Gets Extra: ⚾ Still thinking about baseball? We are! 🧢 Ten News correspondents Kenny Curtis and Nathalie Alonso are talkin' the behind the scenes of covering baseball. 🗞️ And Nathalie shares her experience as a reporter for MLB.com. 🍿 And test your baseball knowledge in today's Trivia on the Ten. ✅ 📧 Email us your curious facts, funny stories, and eye rolling jokes at: hello@thetenne...

In today’s episode: ⏰ Daylight Saving Time is almost here! 🎉 Are you ready to turn your clock back on November 7th? ⌛ Correspondent Anya Schultz shares the history of why we change our clocks twice a year. 😴 And get some interesting facts about Daylight Saving Time around the world. 🗞️ In the news: A big climate summit and pet scorpions? 🎡 And test your time-zone knowledge in today's Trivia o...

In today’s episode: 🗳️ Time to head to the polls for Election Day 2021.🎉 Get the lowdown on the importance of local elections and why a vote today could impact rules at your school. 🏫 Correspondent LizaBanks Campagna takes us to Virginia and its closely watched race for Governor. 🗞️ In the news: Wild weather and a big spin. 🎡 And test your election knowledge in today's Trivia on the Ten. ✅ 📧 ...

Ten News Gets Extra: 👻 More Halloween spooky fun! 🕯️Correspondent Sarah Namias hits the streets of Salem, MA and meets some Hocus Pocus fans. ✨ Learn about November 1st holiday, Dia de los Muertos. 🍬 Are you pro or con about candy corn? Our Ten'ers share their opinions. 🎃 And test your candy knowledge in today's Trivia on the Ten. ✅ 🎃 Get some pumpkin craft ideas and print outs for crafting...

In today’s episode: 👻 Halloween is almost here and we're getting our costumes ready. 🦇 Creepy correspondent Ryan Nerz shares the history of Halloween and trick or treating. 🕯️Spooky host Bethany Van Delft talk about animals that are cute but deadly. 💀 In the news: A ghostly tablet and vomiting buzzards. 🎃 And test your pumpkin knowledge in today's Trivia on the Ten. ✅ 📧 Email us your curious...

In today’s episode: 🧢 It's a special episode to kick off Major League Baseball's World Series. 🎉 Before the Astros and the Braves hit the field, hear from our sports correspondent Kenny Curtis about baseball's creepiest curses! 👻 And test your MLB post-season knowledge in today's Trivia on the Ten. ✅ 📧 Email us your curious facts, funny stories, and eye rolling jokes at: hello@thetennews.com...

Ten News Gets Extra: Join us to learn about Down Syndrome Awareness Month. Host Bethany Van Delft speaks with Dr. Nicole Baumer about Down Syndrome and and how we are more alike than different. 💖 Special guest, actress and model Kassie Mundhenk shares what it is like to be an actress and her favorite thing to do when not working. Any roller coaster fans out there? 🎢 And test your knowledge in to...

In today’s episode: 💰 Hold on to your piggy bank, we are talking about money. Learn what inflation is and the impact on your allowance. 🤑 Correspondent Pamela Kirkland breaks down this price impacting term. 💸 Can the government run out of money? Listen in as we explain what the debt ceiling is and why it is a hot topic in Congress. 🗞️ In the news: Pumpkin shortages and a sword from the deep. 🎃...

In today’s episode: 👣 Learn what a carbon footprint is and what do gassy cows have to do with it? 🐮Nature Nerds' Laine Farber shares ways to reduce your footprint. 🌎 Give ten snaps to some cool kids making an impact. 🗞️ In the news: Tornado Alley and a special turtle. 🌪️ And test your carbon footprint knowledge in today's Trivia on the Ten. ✅ 📧 Email us your curious facts, funny stories, and...

Ten News Gets Extra: 🤸🏾‍♀️ Get the scoop on what it is like to be an Olympic medalist in U.S. Women's gymnastics. 🏅Correspondent Kenny Curtis talks with Olympic champion Dominique Dawes about her experience and her advice for young athletes and their families.💖 Listen in as she shares her thoughts on Simone Biles and why she was motivated to start her own gymnastic academy. 💯 And test your gy...

In today’s episode: 🌋 Get caught up on the news about the very active volcano in La Palma, Spain. ♨️ Then we head to Hawaii to check in on another volcano making noise! 🗞️ In the news: Mosquitoes and a very big tooth. 🦖 And test your volcanic knowledge in today's Trivia on the Ten. ✅ 📧 Email us your curious facts, funny stories, and eye rolling jokes at: hello@thetennews.com 🎇 Follow the show...

In today’s special episode: ✨ It's Indigenous Peoples' Day!🎙️ Correspondent Pamela Kirkland speaks with Mahtowin Munro, a leader of the United American Indians of New England, to talk about the change from Columbus Day to Indigenous Peoples' Day. 📓 Hear our breakdown of the different terms used in the Indigenous communities. 🗞️ In the news: An oil spill and a big NASCAR moment. 🏆 And test your...

Ten News Gets Extra: 🧽 Do you love SpongeBob? We do! Host Bethany Van Delft talks with Frankie Grande and Hector Navarro about their new podcast, "SpongeBob BingePants." 📺 Hear what they learned while re-watching the TV series. 🌊 And test your Bikini Bottom knowledge in today's Trivia on the Ten. ✅ 🎧 Check out the new podcast, "SpongeBob BingePants!" 📧 Email us your curious facts, funny stor...

In today’s episode: 🎉 We are getting ready for International Day of the Girl on October 11th! 💪 Hear about a new comic book hero, "Whistle," the first Jewish superhero. 📘 Host Bethany Van Delft sits down with "Whistle" author E. Lockhart 🗞️ In the news: 📣 Greta speaks out and Afghan soccer squad finds a new home. ⚽ And test your girl power knowledge in today's Trivia on the Ten. ✅ 📧 Email u...

In today’s episode: 🍎 Let's show support for our educators with World Teachers' Day! 📚 Learn how this special day is celebrated around the world. 🗞️ In the news: 🏆 New honorees and a new dinosaur species. 🦕 And test your teacher knowledge in today's Trivia on the Ten. ✅ 📧 Email us your curious facts, funny stories, and eye rolling jokes at: hello@thetennews.com 🎇 Follow the show on Instagra...

Ten News Gets Extra: 🏃🏽‍♂️ We are grabbing our shin guards and hitting the field to talk soccer! 🏟️ Will the U.S. Men's National Team make it to the 2022 World Cup? Our sports correspondent Kenny Curtis breaks down how the qualifiers work ahead of the next match on October 7th. Hear our favorite soccer facts about this popular sport. 🏆 And test your World Cup knowledge in today's Trivia on the...

In today’s episode: 🔥 Learn what fire season means in California and hear the history behind controlled burns. 🚒 What is it like to be in the path of a wildfire? Correspondent Ryan Nerz speaks with a California resident who lost her home. 🗞️ In the news: 🌋 Volcano activity and students saving salmon. 😮 And test your firefighting knowledge in today's Trivia on the Ten. ✅ ⭐ See the picture of...

In today’s episode: 🏈 Get ready for kick-off, we're talking about the National Football League. 🏟️ Correspondent Kenny Curtis shares how the NFL is working towards being a more inclusive and diverse organization. 🏳️‍🌈 Hear why Commissioner Roger Goodell says "representation matters." 🗞️ In the news: NASA plans and very old handprints. 😮 And test your football knowledge in today's Trivia on the...

Ten News Gets Extra: 🧬 Discover why a company, called Colossal, is trying to bring back the woolly mammoth.🐘⁠ Do animals have accents when they speak? Nature Nerds' Laine Farber shares some interesting mole-rat research. 🧪 And test your animal research knowledge in today's Trivia on the Ten. ✅ 🦏 See how a rhinoceros is transported and read why it is important to conserve the species. 📧 Email...

In today’s episode: 🍿It's movie time! We're talking about Marvel's "Shang-Chi and the Legend of the Ten Rings." 🎞️ Hear about why the film is a big moment in representation in film. 🤩Correspondent Pamela Kirkland gets the scoop on the red carpet premiere with CBC Kids correspondent Arjun Ram. 🗞️ In the news: Students' speak up and a message in a bottle! 🌊And test your Marvel knowledge in today'...

In today’s episode: 🍂 The Autumnal Equinox is here. Find out what it is and why it is the start of the Fall. 🗓️ Animals start their migrations this year and the monarch butterfly if one of them. 🧳 Hear from Nature Nerds' Laine Farber about this butterfly on the move. 🗞️ In the news: Space walks and tennis superstars! 🎾 And test your Harvest Moon knowledge in today's Trivia on the Ten. ✅ 📧 Ema...

In today’s episode: 🧠 It's back to school time and our brains are pumped! Hear Five Fun Facts about our inner computers. 💻 Why is everyone telling us to watch our heads? Correspondent Kenny Curtis breaks it down. 🏈 And test your noggin knowledge in today's Trivia on the Ten. ✅ 🏃‍♂️ How hard is it to run in a brain costume? See the U.K. runner Bryce Alford, in his brain costume. 📧 Email us yo...

In today’s episode: 📜 Dig in to the Constitution with author and expert, Ben Sheehan. Hear about his new book, “What Does the Constitution Say? A Kid’s Guide to How Our Democracy Works." 🗳️ Did you hear about the California Recall Election? Learn all about it and the outcome. 📰 In the news round-up: 🏈 A big NFL moment and roaming zebras. 🦓 And test your election knowledge in today's Trivia on...

In today’s episode: 🎉 Let's get ready for the start of National Hispanic Heritage Month on September 15th. Correspondent Nathalie Alonso breaks down the correct usage of Hispanic and Latino. ✏️ And hear five historical facts about the month. 📋 In the news round-up: 🌞 Solar energy and updating history. 🎶 And test how well you know Lin-Manuel Miranda in today's Trivia on the Ten. ☑️ 📓 Learn mor...

In this special episode: It is the 20th anniversary of September 11, 2001. 🤍 Learn about what happened that day and the lasting impacts of 9/11. 🇺🇸 Correspondent Pamela Kirkland speaks with author Alan Gratz about his book, "Ground Zero, A Novel of 9/11." 🎧 Listen in as Gratz talks about why he includes young narrators in the book and shares the challenges in putting the novel together. 📖 Hear...