Monthly Archives: November 2020
5 Fab Facts (Episode 22)
Below are the top 5 Fab Facts heard on Episode 22 of Newsy Pooloozi! In this episode we talked about being grateful for the COVID-19 vaccines – thanks, science! But what does that really mean for you and me? We broke it down. Plus we told...
Nov 26, 2020
Take the Autumn Festivities Quiz
Autumn is here. And with it we officially mark the festive season. I hope you caught our previous episode on the spooky season and how cultures around the world commemorate the dead. Haven’t listened to it yet? No worries, here you go:...
Nov 25, 2020
Vroom Broom VS Magical Mask
Brazil is a country in South America where art and innovation often come together. And sometimes the results are… wacky. Wonderfully wacky. And we have two examples of this. We couldn’t decide which story was the best, so we did both and...
Nov 19, 2020
5 Fab Facts (Episode 21)
Below are the top 5 Fab Facts heard on Episode 21 of Newsy Pooloozi! Buckle up, because in it was a fast and wacky, science and techy episode of Newsy Pooloozi this week! Virgin’s Hyperloop made us whoooosh – hear how the high-speed...
Nov 19, 2020
Happy Diwali! (Wait, what is Diwali?)
India’s festive season kicked off several weeks ago. While there is a huge variety of religions and cultures in India, the Hindu holiday Diwali is considered the peak of the festive season. The “festival of lights” means many things...
Nov 14, 2020
H&M magic machine – turns old clothes into yarn
Have you ever wondered what happens to your old t-shirt you throw away? Sure, we give away as much as we can, but we don’t always, do we? And what happens then? Trash can. Rubbish heap. Landfill. Even if we all only throw away a couple of items...
Nov 13, 2020
5 Fab Facts (Episode 20)
Below are the top 5 Fab Facts heard on Episode 20 of Newsy Pooloozi! In this episode we mentioned just a little bit about the US election because, well, we thought maybe everyone’s had enough of that. But mostly because… It’s...
Nov 11, 2020
Best. Fan mail. Ever.
We were over-the-moon, de-light-ed to receive this in our inbox: “I have a little poem I wrote about this boiling-hot Pooloozi! I request you to read it out too! I’m Sahasra Sridhar and I’m 11 years old. I live in Chennai,...
Nov 9, 2020
5 Fab Facts (Episode 19)
Below are the top 5 Fab Facts heard on Episode 19 of Newsy Pooloozi! In this episode we dove into the big US election with reports from our kid correspondents from the capital, Washington DC, the battleground states of Florida and Texas, and...
Nov 6, 2020
Whoa, we were on BBC Asia Network!
It was so much fun being on the BBC Asia Network this week. We spoke with Qasa Alom for a good quarter of an hour all about Newsy Pooloozi, why news is important for kids, recording under our bed and the US election. In fact Leela was even...
Nov 6, 2020
