Best of Newsy Jacuzzi 2020 Oddball Stories and... it's Xmas!!!

Corona resurgence, Japanese taste pops, glacier mice, Baby Shark and baseball!: It's a whirlpool of news for kids at Newsy Jacuzzi! The big story is the pesky corona virus resurgence - we hear what that means, plus discover a techno "taste display" from Japan and find out glacier mice aren't really mice at all. There's also news on Baby Shark, a tale of a real buried treasure and... baseball is back! by Newsy Pooloozi - The News Pod for Kids

18 min listen

Back to school (or not!), Facebook's TikTok, Olympic hope, digital chicken nuggets and fart-free cows: Hear us volley (with a real tennis ball!) the pros and cons about going back to school or not, muse over the cotton candy iPhone Photo Awards and Facebook's "reel" competition for TikTok, plus KFC are digitally printing chicken nuggets (yumm?!) and Burger King think they have the answer to making cows fart less. by Newsy Pooloozi - The News Pod for Kids

20 min listen

Best of Newsy Jacuzzi 2020 Animal Stories – ruff-ruff-meoooow!: Did you know there’s a new way to track dog years? Or how to make your cat smile? And what are your pets really thinking? How about the rat who saves lives, the mice that aren't mice, or coronavirus sniffing dogs? Have a listen to the best animal stories of the year! by Newsy Pooloozi - The News Pod for Kids

22 min listen

Martian lakes, $23 million titanium toilet, longest highway tunnel, Solely Sunshine girl, COVID-19 dogs: Do lakes on Mars mean there’s Martian life? Also, find out why NASA sends an expensive titanium toilet to space, why India built the longest and highest highway tunnel in the world, who the Solely Sunshine girl is and how canines are sniffing out the coronavirus in Finland. by Newsy Pooloozi - The News Pod for Kids

21 min listen

Hyperloop swooshes, broom goes "vroom," robot monster wolf, leopard pest, baseball’s first female GM: Hear how future travel will swoosh thanks to Virgin’s Hyperloop, how brooms go “vroom” in Brazil, Japan’s monster wolf robot, India’s leopards and baseball’s first female general manager. by Newsy Pooloozi - The News Pod for Kids

21 min listen

Storm season chaos, clever hand-washing contraption and the story of the sly fox and cat thief: The storm season is creating heavy monsoon rain in Asia and whipping up hurricanes in the Americas, also hear about a Kenyan boy's clever hand-washing contraption and the story of the sly fox and the cat thief all on this week's Newsy Jacuzzi! by Newsy Pooloozi - The News Pod for Kids

22 min listen

Newsy Jacuzzi - The Beginning!: Newsy Jacuzzi is a whirlpool of news and information for smart kids and curious adults! Hear how it all began when a certain half-Indian-half-American kid was stuck at home during the pandemic. Leela Sivasankar Prickitt is bubbling with curiosity about the world. Good thing her journalist mom, Lyndee Prickitt, is too. Together they produce a weekly world news podcast with the help of kid correspondents all over the globe. Great family entertainment and education! New podcasts out every Wednesday. Subscribe, rate and review! by Newsy Pooloozi - The News Pod for Kids

3 min listen

US race tensions, mysterious blue holes at sea, Nigeria's ballet boy and the anti-lion head butt: Hear special guests "Hey Black Child" on race tensions in the US, also about the ocean's mysterious blue holes, Nigeria's dancing sensation and the "cheeky" way to stop lions eating cows. by Newsy Pooloozi - The News Pod for Kids

23 min listen

Corona Poo Fighters, New Dog Years, Liverpool FC, Green Melodies and Monkey Menace: New frontline fighters in the battle against coronavirus, scientists recalculate dog years, Liverpool Football Club's bittersweet victory, a Spanish opera house reopens with a twist and monkey business gets a bite in Thailand - it's a whirlpool of news and information for kids (and some adults too)! by Newsy Pooloozi - The News Pod for Kids

17 min listen

Brink of extinction, mapping Mars, gaming console wars, France’s floating cinema and cycling’s Everesting craze: Find out why some lemurs and whales are almost extinct, why NASA needs your help, the big fight in video game consoles, the best socially distant event EVER and how the world’s highest mountain is inspiring a cycling craze that's getting a boost because of the pandemic. by Newsy Pooloozi - The News Pod for Kids

24 min listen

Notorious RBG, data at sea, Delhi’s ballet dream, the master gobblefunker and a leopard in the house: Who was the supreme rebel girl, RBG? Also hear the story of the data center sunk at sea, the success of the boy who learned ballet at 17, a taste of the words created by the master gobblefunker Roald Dahl and the sleek leopard who surprised guests at a fancy lodge in South Africa. by Newsy Pooloozi - The News Pod for Kids

26 min listen

Record turnout in US election, windy "traffic turbines," LA city of champions, odd animal election: Hear reports across the US as voters show up in record numbers, about dirty cars creating clean energy, the city of angels becoming the city of champions and an odd animal election that’s barking mad! by Newsy Pooloozi - The News Pod for Kids

21 min listen

Flying cars, jetpack flyers, delivery drones, poo fighters triumph and game-on for cricket: Hear how the skies are going to crowd with flying cars, jetpack flyers and delivery drones. Also those coronavirus poo fighters triumph in Arizona and it’s game-on for cricket's Indian Premier League. by Newsy Pooloozi - The News Pod for Kids

22 min listen

Wildfires explained, our “Connected” world, rooftop alphorns, loneliest elephant, shocking fly trap: Why are fires tearing across the West Coast of America? We break it down. We also shout from the rooftops about our fav science show, Netflix's "Connected," we hear about a rooftop concert in Germany, the loneliest elephant in the world and a fly trap that goes wrong in France. by Newsy Pooloozi - The News Pod for Kids

21 min listen

Glacier gloom, pencil power, drive-in fright, the US's crazy league season and Switzerland's cocoa snow: Hear what Greenland's melting ice cap means for you, the high-tech power of low-tech pencils, Japan's answer to socially distanced haunted houses, the crazy league season in US sports and how it snowed cocoa in Switzerland. by Newsy Pooloozi - The News Pod for Kids

22 min listen

New covid school rules, SpaceX landing, Indian asteroid discovery, Salzburg music festival, and 3D dinosaurs: We explore the likely “Covid Code of Conduct” when school reopens, hear the show goes on in Austria, how private space travel is making history, about the two Indian schoolgirls who discovered an asteroid and how you can get 3D dinosaurs in your living room, really! by Newsy Pooloozi - The News Pod for Kids

22 min listen

Weird voting, suffrajitsus, detect pet’s mood and make cats smile, Starman and space nugget: The US election fight enters last the round, but voting will be weird. Find out who the suffrajitsus were. Also, can you tell what your pooch or puss is thinking? A new app can! And find out how to make your cat smile. Plus weird things in space from The Starman to a chicken nugget! by Newsy Pooloozi - The News Pod for Kids

24 min listen

Hungry Ghosts Festival, Halloween and Day of the Dead plus the mystery of the killer whales and more!: On our Spooky Special episode, hear about Asia’s Hungry Ghost Festival, America’s Halloween and Mexico’s Day of the Dead, which all have more in common than you think. But that’s not all, we also have the mystery of killer whales that go bump at sea and Japan’s drive-in haunted houses. by Newsy Pooloozi - The News Pod for Kids

21 min listen

India's Diwali, England's Bonfire Night, H&M recycling, Finland's Dirty Daycare: Festival season is underway in India – Happy Diwali! – while England’s bonfire night marks a big explosion that never happened. In science news clothing giant H&M turn old clothes into new yard and in Finland they prove dirty daycares are good for kids! by Newsy Pooloozi - The News Pod for Kids

22 min listen

Thankful for vaccines, violins and the super squid bot, plus India’s excess sugar and US Thanksgiving: Gratitude for COVID-19 vaccines, but what’s it really mean? Plus hear about the violin thank you, the virus survivor who got bit by a cobra, the super robot squid, Thanksgiving in America and the strange advice to eat more sugar! by Newsy Pooloozi - The News Pod for Kids

22 min listen

Promising vaccine, college sports on hold, NEOWISE comet, no noisy windows, Canada's drive-in art and England's shocking pub: Hear about the race to find a COVID19 vaccine and how US college sports are on hold, also how to spot the biggest comet of your lifetime, never mind block your noisy neighbors. Find out about Toronto's drive-in art gallery and an English pub that goes to shocking lengths to maintain social distancing. by Newsy Pooloozi - The News Pod for Kids

20 min listen

OCEAN SPECIAL: spectacular sea station, SOS sailors, microbes awakened, packed beaches and a blue lobster: In our special Ocean Episode hear the spectacular plans for an underground sea station, what woke up after being asleep at sea for a 100 million years, about lost sailors rescued from a tiny island, why Spanish beaches are surprisingly packed and the blue lobster found… at a Red Lobster restaurant! by Newsy Pooloozi - The News Pod for Kids

19 min listen

Vaccine relief, kids for parks, real magic wands and space sounds: Happy new year – the vaccines are here! Plus kids speak for parks, magic wands are real and space sort of makes sounds! by Newsy Pooloozi - The News Pod for Kids

17 min listen

Toxic air, pollution solution, turtle spies, dumb art thieves and swearing parrots: India’s pollution menace returns, but scientists brew up a pollution solution, high tech helps track turtle thieves in Costa Rica, Hong Kong police crack the case of the dumb art thieves and potty mouth parrots are sent to the naughty corner in England. by Newsy Pooloozi - The News Pod for Kids

22 min listen

Best of Newsy Jacuzzi 2020 Oddball Stories and... it's Xmas!!!: It’s Christmas! Find out what that means for our reporters around the world. Plus, it’s that time of the year when we take stock of the last twelve months and as a special Xmas treat we give you our wackiest and weirdest Newsy Jacuzzi Oddball stories of 2020! by Newsy Pooloozi - The News Pod for Kids

28 min listen

Mysterious monolith, decking the halls, Guru Nanak, White House pets and Oz's innovative kick: It’s beginning to look like… an alien left something in the Utah desert? Hear about the mysterious monolith, White House pets, big holiday for Sikhs, Oz girl’s kick-start and an Indian tale of perseverance. by Newsy Pooloozi - The News Pod for Kids

21 min listen

Clever plastic solutions, “spider slug,” new Van Gogh, snoring Imam: From bricks to clothes – plastic solutions, slug dangles like spider, new Van Gogh painting surfaces, world's most expensive video and snoring Imam by Newsy Pooloozi - The News Pod for Kids

22 min listen

Real face of St Nick revealed! Also Hanukkah explained, gaming is good for you, India kicks plastic: Updated face of Saint Nicholas revealed, why Hanukkah is 8 days, study says video games are good for you, Indian Rail gets rid of plastic cups and three oddballs to make you smile. by Newsy Pooloozi - The News Pod for Kids

24 min listen

Five crazy spring stories - Easter to candy to Mars - one will April Fool you!: Spring celebrations, Spain's 4-day week, pollution eating plant, NASA's breath box and crazy candy! Which story will fool you? by Newsy Pooloozi - The News Pod for Kids

22 min listen

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! by Newsy Pooloozi - The News Pod for Kids

20 min listen

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