Newsy Pooloozi - The News Pod for Kids

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Epic US verdict, NASA makes history, soccer Super League, spider talk Apr 21, 2021

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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 translate spider "talk." All that and more on this week's episode!

And a huge thank you to Yule Liu for her delightful artwork rendition of NASA's Ingenuity.

Courtroom sketch is Reuters/Jane Rosenberg.

Ancient city found, Georgia voting, baguette love, Lego thieves, Candy Land Apr 14, 2021

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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 California and more this week!

Shipping chaos, portable space center, Mississippi mud and mummy march Apr 07, 2021

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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! Mar 31, 2021

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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 unbelievable stories - four are totally true, but one will April Fool you!

Pandemic pet craze, happiest country, sushi name-change, Rubik’s Cube shock Mar 24, 2021

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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 Newsy Jacuzzi!

And for more of what you heard...

See the list of the UK's most popular pandemic pet names here: UK’s most popular lockdown pet names revealed - CBBC Newsround

Check out the Rubik's cube moves here: 8-year-old from Bengaluru solves 3 Rubik’s Cubes using his hands and feet. Watch | Hindustan Times

Clean wings, ice music, singing ban lifted, lost walrus, self-beheading snail Mar 17, 2021

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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 the whirlpool of news and information!

Some links of items covered on our show...

The Dodo - Raccoon Brings Her Baby To Meet Her Human Best Friend | Facebook

Minor Swing Django Reinhardt by Ice Music Sweden | Free Listening on SoundCloud

https://www.nationalgeographic.com/travel/article/playing-it-cool-these-artists-make-music-with-ice

Newsy Pooloozi Trailer! Mar 11, 2021

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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 of their "30 best" podcasts for kids, in fact. It's great family entertainment (and, shhhhh, it's educational too!). New podcasts out every Wednesday. Subscribe, rate and review!

Women’s day, cashier-free shop, electric oranges, cat rescue Mar 10, 2021

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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 that and more in this week's episode!

The art for this week's episode is thanks once again to Edie Cizeika Bower.

Clever plastic solutions, “spider slug,” new Van Gogh, snoring Imam Mar 03, 2021

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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 Feb 24, 2021

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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!