Newsy Pooloozi - The News Pod for Kids

Leela Sivasankar Prickitt, Lyndee Prickitt

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

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20 episodes
Updated May 28

Episodes20

Newest first

May 28 · 24 min
Kid News This Month: Asia’s dim-sum debate and wow-cafes, Eiffel Tower stairs, school bus save, weird straw prank
Kid News This Month: China’s dim-sum debate, Korea’s wow-cafes, a part of Paris is for sale, US school kids save a bus and the weird straw prank
March 30 · 21 min
Kid News This Month: Iran war explained, Meta fined, China’s flying windmill, Spain’s therians, Japan mystery pipe
Kid News This Month: US-Israel-Iran war explained, social media app gets a slap, China’s flying windmill, Spain’s therian meet-up that wasn’t, Japan’s mystery pipe
February 24 · 24 min
Kid News This Month: Year of horse, mushroom traders, ancient graffiti, fiery horses, nosey dogs
We’re back! Happy new year of the horse, magical mushroom powers, Egypt’s ancient Indian graffiti, Spain’s fiery horses and spying dogs
January 28 · 6 min
GUEST EPISODE: Hidden History of Mumbai
We’re still on break – so have a listen to this insightful guest episode!
Dec 18, 2025 · 23 min
GUEST EPISODE: Kid’s Listen Big Emotions series
We’re on holiday – have a listen to this great guest episode!
Nov 28, 2025 · 24 min
Kid News This Month: Hi-tech saves coral, NZ bird comp, Spain’s animal march, stolen skull, stinky cave spiders
Kid News This Month: Hi-tech efforts to save coral reefs, New Zealand’s global bird competition, Spain’s animal march, a stolen skull and stinky cave spiders
Oct 22, 2025 · 30 min
Kid News This Month: Israel’s shaky ceasefire, India’s 75-day festival, chimp expert passes away, US fat bear competition, Ig-Nobel prize winners
Kid News This Month: Israel’s shaky ceasefire, India’s 75-day festival, world’s most famous chimp expert passes away, US fat bear competition, Ig-Nobel prize winners. The cover image is courtesy of Nikhil Verma.
Sep 17, 2025 · 29 min
Kid News This Month: Pets as food, crazy-colored shark, end of tech batteries, searching for Amelia, Taylor gets hitched, little League World Series, tossing tomatoes in Spain
Kid News This Month: Pets as food in Denmark (the cycle of life decoded), Costa Rica's crazy-colored shark, the end of gadget batteries, searching for Amelia, Taylor gets engaged, the little League World Series and tossing tomatoes in Spain
Aug 14, 2025 · 28 min
Newsy Pooloozi turns 5!! Plus a LOT of news – from wars to AI, chess to Taylor, and tons of weird animals
Newsy Pooloozi turns 5! Plus world conflicts, AI in schools, chess at E-Sports World Cup, Taylor’s new album, chimps and orcas act strange, toddler fights snake (snake loses – find out how!)
Jun 4, 2025 · 22 min
Kid News This Episode: Spain tourism backlash, PSG violent soccer celebrations, UK piano prodigy, Panama’s kidnapping monkeys, Japan’s curious cheerleaders
Kid News This Episode: Spain is sick of tourists, Paris soccer celebrations turn violent, UK piano prodigy, Panama’s kidnapping monkeys and Japan’s curious cheerleaders
May 21, 2025 · 22 min
Kid News This Week: New pope, India-Pakistan-ceasefire, China-US tariffs, lost Oz dog reunion, blobfish of the year
Kid News This Week: Vatican and Chicago reports on new pope, India-Pakistan aerial dogfight, China-US agree on tariffs, return of lost Oz dog, NZ blobfish of the year
May 7, 2025 · 21 min
Kid News This Week: Decode Indus Valley Civilization script, Indian Army hits Pakistani targets, US snake-fan blood, China’s humanoid marathon, NZ sharktopus ride
Kid News This Week: Decode Indus Valley Civilization script for $1 million, Indian Army hits Pakistani targets, US snake-fan blood antidote, human-v-robot marathon, dangerous sharktopus ride
Apr 23, 2025 · 21 min
Kid News This Week: Pope passes away, dive wolf puppies de-extinct, AI models replace humans, helping-hands bookstore move, Australia’s missing dog
Kid News This Week: Farewell to Pope Francis, prehistoric dive wolf brought back from extinction, AI models replace humans, helping hands bookstore move, Australia’s missing dog
Apr 10, 2025 · 30 min
Kid News This Week: US tariffs, Asia MANY happy new year’s, Mexico’s jun food ban, rats to the rescue, Ghibli-fication
Kid News This Week: The US taxes the world, Asia celebrates MANY happy new year’s, Mexico’s school junk food ban, rats to the rescue and the Ghibli-fication craze
Mar 26, 2025 · 25 min
Kid News This Week: Flying car, astronauts return, Eid festival, 3D-printed train station, egg-cellent egg news
Kid News This Week: California debuts the flying car, stuck in space astronauts return, Eid celebration, 3D printed train station, US walking on eggshells
Mar 5, 2025 · 25 min
Kid News This Week: New Orlean’s Mardi Gras, Trump and diplomacy, innovative squid-sponge, lost deep-sea creatures
Kid News This Week: A Mardi Gras lowdown, Trump and diplomacy, innovative squid-sponge combats microplastics, lost creepy deep-sea creatures
Feb 19, 2025 · 23 min
Kid News This Week: India’s mega Kumbh Mela, polar bear’s super power, Valentine’s Day Venus, money-saving rodents
Kid News This Week: India’s mega “Maha” Kumbh Mela (festival), polar bears’ ice-free super power, Valentine’s Day Venus, Czech money-saving rodents
Feb 5, 2025 · 33 min
Kid News This Week: End to Israeli war, Chinese New Year, debate over athletic horses, bottled bones
Kid News This Week: Hear from Israeli and Palestinian kids, extreme weather hurts education, happy year of the snake, horse debate, bottled bones help solve crimes
Dec 18, 2024 · 21 min
Kid News This Week: Xmas down-under, Germany's advent calendar, India’s new chess champ, killer whales fashion
Kid News This Week: We go down-under for a beachy Christmas, Germany's real life advent calendar, India’s new young chess champ and fishy fashion for killer whales
Dec 4, 2024 · 24 min
Kid News This Week: Oz teens SM ban, giraffes go bye-bye, Notre Dame reopens, Moana smashes box-office, hamsters run amok
Kid News This Week: Australian gov’t bans teens from social media, giraffes going bye-bye, Notre Damel reopens, Moana smashes the box-office and hamsters run amok on Portugal plane