Podcast
Little News Ears
Little News Ears is a podcast for parents, teachers, and anybody who wants to learn about the news in a simple and different way. With 10 different shows and counting, it is made for kids to improve their critical thinking skills and ultimately increase their understanding of democracy. Kids are free to make any type of news as long as it is based on the truth! All episodes are curated (and occasionally written) by Dan Buck, a school leader at an independent school in Texas with 20 years of exp...more
Episodes
News for Kids at LNE.news - Precious Presents...Award Shows!
Feb 04 2023
It's February 4, 2023. Precious teaches us about Award Shows! Emma Donoghue's 'Room,' Angela Bassett wins at the Golden Globes, Peter Pan and Wendy with Alexander Molony and Yara Shahidi. We also learn about the history of The Golden Globes, The Oscars, and The Tonys.
News for Kids at LNE.news - BoxerBlu and Bram - S4E6 - Should 10 Year-Olds Get Tattoos?
Feb 03 2023
It's February 3, 2023. Boxerblu and Bram are back. They are teaching kids about mass produced furniture creating too much waste in landfills, teachers sneakily teaching their students about climate change, the life and death of the comedian known as Gallagher, a new set of blood groups, and a ten year-old who got a tattoo and caused her mom and the tattoo artist to get arrested.Â
News for Kids at LNE.news - Veh's World: Interviewing the Little News Ears Team
Feb 01 2023
It's February 1st, 2023. Veh interviews Precious, Dan Buck, Morgan Tarrant, Michelle Mitas, Timmy Ong, and Glow, and they interview her.
News for Kids at LNE.news - World Kidlines with Paxton - We Lost Pele and a Pope!
Jan 29 2023
It's January 29, 2023. Paxton is back with 'world kidlines.' Today we learn about the loss of Pele and Pope Francis XVI, how an Australian nature preserve is trying to reintroduce a tortoise, the extreme popularity of panettone, and two news items about rare coins,
News for Kids at LNE.news - Dragon Ranger Owl - S2E5 - Is that Piet Mondrian Upside Down?
Jan 27 2023
It's January 27, 2023. Clementine and her dads are back with news for kids a different way. They focus on Aurelio Voltaire ("Gothic Homemaking"), an 8 year-old who successfully climbed El Capitan, a possible connection between nose-picking and Alzheimer's, Han Solo made out of bread, and whether a famous artwork by Piet Mondrian is right side-up or upside-down.
News for Kids at LNE.news - Little Jade Tree News - Asian American News for Kids - Messi in a Bisht?
Jan 22 2023
It's January 22, 2023. Glow is back with news for kids with an Asian American perspective. Today we will learn about the world's youngest jiu-jitsu champion, Japan's Sakamoto Kaori, Chock & Bates, the FIG Artistic Gymnastics World Championships, Messi wearing a bisht and causing an uproar, Japan's e-sport racing with the fastest American car!
News for Kids at LNE.news - Spontaneous Works of Earth - The 3 Rs
Jan 20 2023
It's January 21, 2023. Anika is back with a podcast episode about how we can take care of the earth better. Do you know what the 3 Rs are? How about composting? This episode is all for you!Â
News for Kids at LNE.news - Veh's World - What's an Emoji?
Jan 17 2023
It's January 17, 2023. Veh is back to teach us all about emojis. Check it out!
News for Kids at LNE.news - Spontaneous Works of Earth - The Disadvantages of Electric Cars...
Jan 15 2023
It's January 15, 2023. Anika is back with a follow-up episode about the advantages of electric cars: the disadvantages about electric cars. Check it out!
News for Kids at LNE.news - BoxerBlu and Bram - S4E5 - Let's Lengthen Our Legs?
Jan 13 2023
It's January 13, 2023. BoxerBlu and Bram are back with news for kids a different way. They focus on people who have surgery on their legs to be taller, a new video game called Trombone Champ, Bikers Against Child Abuse, bank robberies going down in popularity, and Virgin Australia offering $145,000 to people who choose the middle seat.Â
News for Kids at LNE.news - Veh's World - Sea Turtles
Jan 10 2023
It's January 10, 2023. Veh is back with some fun facts about sea turtles!
News for Kids at LNE.news - World Kidlines with Paxton - 2 Puppies are Causing Problems in S. Korea
Jan 08 2023
It's January 8, 2023. Paxton is back with news for kids about the world. We learn about a Manx renaissance, people trying to protect indigenous art in Australia, two dogs that are problems in South Korea, an Urdu poetry festival, and how witches may have helped win the World Cup for Argentina?
News for Kids at LNE.news - Chooki and Pleep - Science and Sports - January 2023
Jan 03 2023
It's January 3, 2023. Chooki and Pleep are back with Science and Sports news for kids. Today we're going to learn about Major League Baseball and black holes!Â
News for Kids at LNE.news - Veh's World - Fun Facts about New Year's Day
Jan 01 2023
It's January 1, 2023. Happy New Year! Veh is back to teach us some fun facts about New Year's Day!
News for Kids at LNE.news - Precious Presents - The Best of 2022 - What's to Come in 2023?
Dec 30 2022
It's December 30, 2022. Precious highlights some great moments from the year and things to look forward to in 2023! Avatar: The Way of the Water. Michael B. Jordan. Olivia Rodrigo. K-Pop, a new musical. Blackish. The Tina Turner Musical. Sundance Film Festival. Phantom of the Opera. The Color Purple. Beyonce. Miss Universe.
News for Kids at LNE.news - Veh's World: What are Memes?
Dec 28 2022
It's December 28, 2022. Veh is back to teach us all about memes! Â What's Godwin's Law? Who was the Dancing Baby?
News for Kids at LNE.news - World Kidlines with Paxton - UNESCO Embraces the Baguette!
Dec 25 2022
It's December 25th, 2022. If you celebrate Christmas, Merry Christmas! Morgan Tarrant takes over the role of Paxton to teach world headlines (kidlines) for kids. Today Paxton teaches us about France: UNESCO embraces the baguette, armed guards protect France's water supply, and a museum in France that won't say where 80,000 skulls come from. We also learn about a company called Protonmail 'warring' with Russia, how the death of Jiang Zemin has caused problems in China, pr...more
News for Kids at LNE.news - Veh's World - Fun Facts about Christmas
Dec 21 2022
It's December 21, 2022. Christmas is around the corner and Veh is here to teach us a lot of fun facts about Christmas and Hanukkah!
News for Kids at LNE.news - Talkin' with Ziga - World Cup Final!
Dec 19 2022
It's December 19, 2022. The World Cup ended yesterday and Argentina won!
News for Kids at LNE.news - Little Jade Tree News - Amazing Illusions in America's Got Talent
Dec 18 2022
It's December 17, 2022. Jade is back with news for kids for the Asian American community. She teaches us about the first Filipina to win a Junior Grand Slam Singles title, a Korean-American news anchor writing a book, the first time the names of Japanese Americans during WW2 have been collected, how Asian Americans voted last week in the Georgia runoff, and some amazing illusions by Asian Americans in America's Got Talent.
News for Kids at LNE.news - Dragon Ranger Owl - What's a Disco Nanny?
Dec 16 2022
It's December 16, 2022. Jasper, Jarvis, and Clementine are back for this final episode of Dragon Ranger Owl of 2022. They teach kids about disco nannies, the life and death of Lily Renée Phillips, The Via Ferrata climbing routes, a Galileo forgery discovered at The University of Michigan, and camping becoming even more popular after the pandemic.
Little News Ears - Talkin' with Ziga - World Cup Edition - Episode 9
Dec 15 2022
It's December 15, 2022. Ziga is back with her 9th World Cup Edition episode for kids about the World Cup.
News for Kids at LNE.news - Veh's World - Guinness Book of World Records
Dec 13 2022
It's December 13, 2022. Veh is back with news for kids about the Guinness Book of World Records. Check it out!
News for Kids at LNE.news - Talkin' with Ziga - World Cup Edition - Episode 8
Dec 12 2022
It's December 12, 2022. Ziga is back with a new World Cup edition about France v. England, Croatia v. Brazil, and France v. Morocco.
News for Kids at LNE.news - World Kidlines with Paxton - Jaguars are Back in Mexico!
Dec 11 2022
Our apologies! We mistakenly stated that Teodoro Obiang Nguema Mbasogo has been reelected as the President of The Central African Republic. Teodoro Obiang Nguema Mbasogo has been reelected as the President of Equatorial Guinea. It's December 11, 2022. Paxton is back with world 'kidlines' about the World Cup; jaguars thriving in Mexico; the reelection of Teodoro Obiang Nguema Mbasogo in Equatorial Guinea, and Merhan Karimi, who inspired Tom Hanks character in The Terminal, passed ...more
LNE.news for Kids - Talkin' with Ziga - World Cup Edition, Episode 7
Dec 08 2022
It's December 8, 2022. This one's all about the knock-out round! Goncalo Ramos. Bono the Goalie. Morocco v. Spain!
News for Kids at LNE.news - Precious Presents: Lauren Anderson, Houston Ballet's First Black Principal Dancer
Dec 07 2022
It's December 7, 2022. Precious interviews Lauren Anderson from Houston Ballet.
News for Kids at LNE.news - Talkin' with Ziga - World Cup Edition - Episode 6
Dec 07 2022
It's December 6, 2022. Ziga is back with news for kids about the World Cup. Episode 6!Â
News for Kids at LNE.news - Veh's World: What's Epcot Center Like?
Dec 04 2022
It's December 4, 2022. Veh is back and teaching us all about Epcot Center at Disney World!
News for Kids at LNE.news - Talkin' with Ziga - World Cup Edition - Episode 5
Dec 03 2022
It's December 3, 2022. Ziga is back with more World Cup stats! The Round of 16 is underway!
News for Kids at LNE.news - BoxerBlu and Bram - S4E4 - When the Queen Died, the Bees Were Told
Dec 02 2022
It's December 2nd, 2022. BoxerBlu and Bram are back to teach kids about superstitions surrounding the death of important people (like Queen Elizabeth II) and their bees; the death of Rommy Hunt Revson (inventor of the scrunchie); The Space Force's new hymn (Semper Supra); a ten year-old painter who is rocking it (Andres Valencia); and Camp Indigo, a summer camp for trans youth.
News for Kids at LNE.news - Talkin' with Ziga - World Cup, Episode 4
Nov 30 2022
It's November 30, 2022. Ziga is back with all the World Cup winners and losers. Who will go to the Round of 16?
News for Kids at LNE.news - Talkin' with Ziga - World Cup, Episode 3
Nov 28 2022
It's November 28, 2022. Ziga is back with the latest news about the World Cup. Who is in? Who is out?
News for Kids at LNE.news - Veh's World: Who is Elon Musk?
Nov 27 2022
It's November 27, 2022. Veh is back to teach us all about Elon Musk. Space-X, Tesla, Twitter, and more!
News for Kids at LNE.news - World Kidlines with Paxton - Halloween in Saudi Arabia?
Nov 25 2022
It's November 25, 2022. Paxton is back with world 'kidlines' about BTS enlisting in military service in South Korea, archaeological finds in Russia and Finland, Halloween celebrations in Saudi Arabia, and Nigerian Tiktokers getting caned for making fun of a governor.
News for Kids at LNE.news - Talkin' with Ziga - World Cup Edition, Episode 2
Nov 24 2022
It's November 23, 2022. Ziga is back with the latest World Cup stats for kids. Canada, Croatia, Japan? It's all there!
News for Kids at LNE.news - Talkin' with Ziga: World Cup, Qatar 2022, Episode 1
Nov 22 2022
It's November 22, 2022. The World Cup is here! Ziga teaches us all about it, including scores from yesterday's game and controversies. Morgan Freeman, Ghanim Al Muftah, and John Jungkook from BTS are mentioned as well!
News for Kids at LNE.news - Veh's World: What's Online School Like?
Nov 20 2022
It's November 20, 2022. Veh is back to teach us all about learning virtually.
Dragon Ranger Owl - News for Kids at LNE.news - Andy Warhol, Different Rules for Prince?
Nov 18 2022
It's November 18, 2022. The family at Dragon Ranger Owl is back to teach kids about the life and death of Mad Magazine's Paul Coker, an upcoming Supreme Court case questioning whether Andy Warhol could modify Prince's likeness without paying royalties, the growing popularity of salvage stores, people trying to save the lanternfly, and corporal punishment returning to schools in the US.
News for Kids at LNE.news - Little Jade Tree News - First Asian American on US Currency!
Nov 16 2022
It's November 16, 2022. Glow is back with Little Jade Tree News, news for the Asian American community. Anna May Wong will be the first Asian American on US currency. A man becomes a mixed martial arts hero on the NYC subway. An Asian American rocks at the US Chess Championships. The US celebrates Diwali. And the best schools in the world? Asian American.
News for Kids at LNE.news - Veh's World! Coming soon!
Nov 14 2022
It's November 14, 2022. The premiere of Veh's World at Little News Ears is happening next week! See you soon!
News for Kids at LNE.news - World Kidlines with Paxton - 11-11-2022: Taxing Cow Burps and Pee?
Nov 11 2022
It's November 11, 2022. Paxton is back with world news kidlines about Elnaz Rekabi maybe being under house arrest, activists in Paris using parkour to turn out lights, The Great Star of Africa diamond and some controversy; Rishi Sunak as the new Prime Minister of the UK; and a proposal in New Zealand to tax cow burps and pee in order to stave off climate change.
Queen Zina - November 2022 - Bringing Spiders Back to Life?
Nov 10 2022
It's November 10, 2022. Queen Zina is back to teach us about how scientists brought a spider back to life, how a bald eagle was seen in line at an airport, and how a man in China was trapped in a hydrogen balloon!
News for Kids at LNE.news - Precious Presents Breast Cancer Awareness Month
Nov 08 2022
It's November 8, 2022. Precious is back to teach us about Breast Cancer Awareness Month, as well as tidbits from the entertainment world, including news about Tina Turner: The Musical, Keke Palmer's KeyTV, and Disney Plus's The Mysterious Benedict Society. Precious focuses on Marvel Entertainment's inclusion of breast cancer awareness in the new Thor movie as well as The Pink Song!