Guest Contributors

Yuching Liu

Yuching Liu is from Taiwan, but has lived in New Delhi, India for two years. Just like her name, she always brings hope and happiness to her family. Yuching loves animals, especially dogs and parrots. When not playing with them, she can usually be found reading or doing gymnastics. At school she likes math and health best. Her dream is to be a story writer when she grows up.

Turkey earthquake, Chinese spy balloon, Beyoncé sweeps Grammys,...

7.8 earthquake rocks Turkey & Syria, US shoots down Chinese spy balloon, Beyoncé sweeps Grammys, Taiwan’s naughty parrot

Feb 8, 2023 Episode 137

Chimp gestures, new dino, seaspider butt, Ticketmaster apologies,...

Chimp gestures, new dino discovered, seaspider butts, Ticketmaster apologies to Taylor, Chinese Lantern Festival, Dutch treasure hunt

Feb 1, 2023 Episode 136

Chinese New Year, Oz marathon marathoner, drone dog-saver, epic...

Celebrating the Chinese New Year, Australia’s marathon marathoner, UK drone dog-saver, Bolivia’s epic search for missing cat

Jan 18, 2023 Episode 134

World Cup, Artemis rocket, Taylor’s tickets, Taiwan panda,...

World Cup 2022 kicks off, Artemis 1 rocket takes off, Taylor’s ticket woes, Taiwan’s peace panda dies, message in a bottle

Nov 23, 2022 Episode 126

Hungry Ghost, Day of the Dead, Diwali, Guy Fawkes and more!

From the Hungry Ghost Festival, Halloween, the Day of the Dead to Diwali, Guru Nanak, Bonfire Night and Thanksgiving!

Oct 26, 2022 Episode 122

China-Taiwan tensions, dog surfing, satellite girls,...

China-Taiwan tensions explained, surf’s pup – dog surfing, India’s satellite-making girls, “kidpreneurs” take off, Little Miss...

Aug 10, 2022 Episode 111

Happy Year of the Tiger, new coral reef found, animal rescue false...

Happy Chinese New Year of the Tiger, deep coral reef discovered near Tahiti, funny animal rescue false alarms

Jan 26, 2022 Episode 83

Christmas around the world!

Hear how Christmas is celebrated around the world, from beach barbecues to pooping Yuletide logs, nativity scenes to Santa’s on camels.

Dec 22, 2021 Episode 78

Taiwan drought, gas hack, UK hugs, Oz mice plague,...

Taiwan needs rain, US gas ransom hack explained, UK trade stiff-upper-lip for hugs, Australia overrun by mice, many-butted worm

May 19, 2021 Episode 47

Pandemic pet craze, happiest country, sushi name-change, Rubik’s...

Craze for pets takes effect! Find out which country is happiest, what people will do for free sushi and stunning Rubik’s Cube moves in...

Mar 24, 2021 Episode 39

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 huge snowflake and 17,000-year-old conch is...

Feb 17, 2021 Episode 34

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, terra carter

Special...

Feb 3, 2021 Episode 32

Best of Newsy Pooloozi 2020 Oddball Stories and… it’s...

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...

Dec 23, 2020 Episode 26

Hungry Ghosts Festival, Halloween and Day of the Dead plus the...

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...

Oct 28, 2020 Episode 18