Newsy Pooloozi - The News Pod for Kids
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
- Update frequency
- every 9 days
- Average duration
- 20 minutes
- Episodes
- 207
- Years Active
- 2020 - 2025
Swarming cicadas, germ warrior, cookie meltdown, book club craze, ugly fish
Get ready - the cicadas are coming to the US! Also, bacteria fights microplastic, Girl Scout cookie meltdown, bookworms get crazy for book clubs, lamprey bloodsucker fish fights extinction in Austral…
India’s COVID crisis, world dance day, virtual Olympics, Asian dog holiday
As India buckles under a COVID crisis, we hear from our kid correspondent who’s recovered from the virus, plus an episode full of distraction hacks from dancing, to Olympic "gaming" (yes, gaming), a …
Epic US verdict, NASA makes history, soccer Super League, spider talk
Hear why Derek Chauvin's guilty verdict is important for America, how NASA makes space history with the first-ever flight on another planet, soccer's Super League skirmish and MIT researchers transla…
Ancient city found, Georgia voting, baguette love, Lego thieves, Candy Land
Hear about the discovery of Egypt’s lost “golden city," Georgia’s debate over a new voting law, the French love for French-bread, Lego larceny (stop thief!) and the real (ish) Candy Land in Californi…
Shipping chaos, portable space center, Mississippi mud and mummy march
Hear about the cargo ship chaos, space center on-the-go, how The Mississippi River got clean, Nat’l Poetry Month and Cairo's march of the mummies
Five crazy spring stories - Easter to candy to Mars - one will April Fool you!
Happy Holi, Happy Easter and April Fools'! Hear about Spring celebrations, Spain's 4-day week, the cotoneaster pollution-eating plant, NASA's breath box on Mars and crazy Easter candy! Five unbelieva…
Pandemic pet craze, happiest country, sushi name-change, Rubik’s Cube shock
The craze for pets during the pandemic takes effect! Find out which country is happiest, what people will do for free sushi and stunning Rubik’s Cube moves in India - all that and more in this week's…
Clean wings, ice music, singing ban lifted, lost walrus, self-beheading snail
Water and solar powered planes, instruments made from ice, Afghan girls singing ban lifted, raccoon friend, lost walrus and the snail that severs its own head! All that and more on this week's dip in…
Newsy Pooloozi Trailer!
Newsy Pooloozi is a weekly world news podcast for smart kids and curious adults - a splashy pool of news and information! Or as the New York Times put it, "a news variety show" for kids by kids - one…
Women’s day, cashier-free shop, electric oranges, cat rescue
How did International Women’s Day begin and where’s it going, Amazon shakes up shopping with cachier-free shops, oranges spark electricity and a “purr”fect rescue of four cats at sea in Thailand. All…
Clever plastic solutions, “spider slug,” new Van Gogh, snoring Imam
From bricks to clothes – clever plastic waste solutions, a slug dangles like a spider, a new Van Gogh painting surfaces, world's most expensive video and the snoring Imam - all that and more!
Rover on Mars, cloned ferret, flying car, Stonehenge moved, foul fatberg
Stunning videos show Perseverance landing on Mars, an endangered ferret is cloned, flying cars ready for take-off, second-hand Stonehenge, rowing teacher triumph and foul fatberg clogs London sewer! …
Year of the Ox, US snow storms, Finnish snowflake art, ancient conch
What the Year of the Ox means and how it’s celebrated, winter storms grip US, Finnish artist makes humungous snowflake (out of snow?!), teenager gives away car and a 17,000-year-old conch is played -…
Space tourism, sea-grass balls, purple island and cactus smuggler
Tourism to the cosmos takes off, Spain’s sea-grass balls eat plastic, South Korea paints an island purple and New Zealand’s cactus smuggler is caught - all that and more in this week's Newsy Jacuzzi …
Dog news, bubblicious concert, wombat poo, Prince’s earth charter
How dogs went from predators to pets, app translates dog-talk, Flaming Lips bubble gig, wombat poo mystery solved, Prince Charles' terra carter plan and more!
Special thanks this week to artist Edie C…
EVs, solar motorbikes, driverless cars, cave pigs, wheelchair climber
Electric vehicles, driverless cars, solar motorbikes are here, plus warty pig cave drawing and wheelchair man climbs skyscraper!
Cricket history, microplastics, fungi footwear, yummy mealworms
India's cricket team makes sporting history, microplastics pollute the Arctic, Adidas fungi footwear and mealworms for dinner, anyone?
US democracy tested, Pompeii’s "dhaba," chopstick art, rice ATM
This week hear how the storming of the US Capitol tests democracy, about the ancient café uncovered in Pompeii, how millions of chopsticks are reused and an Indian man's rice ATM.
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Vaccine relief, kids for parks, real magic wands and space sounds
Hello and happy new year! We are temporarily reporting from London for the next few weeks - yep, lockdown central. Help us usher in the new year by hitting subscribe wherever you listen to podcasts a…
