Podcast
Newsy Jacuzzi
Newsy Jacuzzi is a weekly, family-friendly news podcast reporting on science, animals, space, tech toys and tools, culture, entertainment, sports… and even politics! It’s presented by a British American mother-and-daughter duo based in India, covering the world in a fun and engaging way. Newsy Jacuzzi also has kid correspondents from all over the world — Asia, Africa, Europe and North America. Proud Kids Listen member too! @newsyjacuzzi www.newsyjacuzzi.com
Episodes
Cricket history, microplastics, fungi footwear, yummy mealworms
Jan 20 2021
India's cricket team makes sporting history, microplastics pollute the Arctic, Adidas fungi footwear and mealworms for dinner, anyone?
US democracy tested, Pompeii’s "dhaba," chopstick art, rice ATM
Jan 13 2021
This week hear how the storming of the US Capitol tests democracy, about the ancient café uncovered in Pompeii, how millions of chopsticks are reused and an Indian man's rice ATM. SHOW NOTES: Do check out the BEST KIDS PODCAST 2021 list we made it onto - thank you, Feedspot!Also, here is a link to the super cool Pompeii discovery and the chopstick recycler.
Vaccine relief, kids for parks, real magic wands and space sounds
Jan 06 2021
Hello and happy new year! We are temporarily reporting from London for the next few weeks - yep, lockdown central. Help us usher in the new year by hitting subscribe wherever you listen to podcasts and also joining the Newsy Jacuzzi Facebook community here. Watch and hear NASA's space 'sounds' here.Plus for two really great articles on the vaccines and the virus check out:https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/health-51665497https://www.nytimes.com/2020/12/16/well/live/life-after-covid.html
Best of Newsy Jacuzzi 2020 Animal Stories – ruff-ruff-meoooow!
Dec 30 2020
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!
Best of Newsy Jacuzzi 2020 Oddball Stories and... it's Xmas!!!
Dec 23 2020
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!
Best of Newsy Jacuzzi 2020 Tech Stories!
Dec 16 2020
From 3D dinosaurs (in your living room!), Japan’s Norimaki synthesizer “taste pop,” the super squid bot, the revolutionary Hyperloop, H&M’s magic loom and the tech power of the… pencil!
Real face of St Nick revealed! Also Hanukkah explained, gaming is good for you, India kicks plastic
Dec 09 2020
Digital facial reconstruction of Saint Nicholas courtesy of Image Foundry.
Mysterious monolith, decking the halls, Guru Nanak, White House pets and Oz's innovative kick
Dec 02 2020
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.
Thankful for vaccines, violins and the super squid bot, plus India’s excess sugar and US Thanksgiving
Nov 25 2020
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!
Hyperloop swooshes, broom goes "vroom," robot monster wolf, leopard pest, baseball’s first female GM
Nov 18 2020
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.
India's Diwali, England's Bonfire Night, H&M recycling, Finland's Dirty Daycare
Nov 11 2020
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!
Record turnout in US election, windy "traffic turbines," LA city of champions, odd animal election
Nov 04 2020
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!
Hungry Ghosts Festival, Halloween and Day of the Dead plus the mystery of the killer whales and more!
Oct 28 2020
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.
Weird voting, suffrajitsus, detect pet’s mood and make cats smile, Starman and space nugget
Oct 21 2020
Big thanks to some special contributions this week from fellow podcasters at the Kids Listen network: The Past and the Curious and Curious Kid Podcast. https://www.kidslisten.org/https://thepastandthecurious.com/https://curiouskidpodcast.buzzsprout.com/
Toxic air, pollution solution, turtle spies, dumb art thieves and swearing parrots
Oct 14 2020
Special thanks again to Amaira and Anaira Mirza for their joint work on this week's fabulous artwork!
Martian lakes, $23 million titanium toilet, longest highway tunnel, Solely Sunshine girl, COVID-19 dogs
Oct 07 2020
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.
US election fight, McDonald's fancy cups, a good Spanish sport, a heroic rat and int'l podcast day
Sep 30 2020
We jump into the ring of the US presidential election. We also hear about McDonald’s embrace of the “re-use” cup culture in Britain, the Spanish athlete who takes being a “good sport” to a higher level and move over Mighty Mouse… find out how a hero rat is saving lives! Oh, and for International Podcast Day - we share our favorites!!
Notorious RBG, data at sea, Delhi’s ballet dream, the master gobblefunker and a leopard in the house
Sep 23 2020
Special thanks to Amaira and Anaira Mirza for their joint work on this week's fabulous artwork!
Wildfires explained, our “Connected” world, rooftop alphorns, loneliest elephant, shocking fly trap
Sep 16 2020
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.
Flying cars, jetpack flyers, delivery drones, poo fighters triumph and game-on for cricket
Sep 09 2020
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.
US race tensions, mysterious blue holes at sea, Nigeria's ballet boy and the anti-lion head butt
Sep 02 2020
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.
Glacier gloom, pencil power, drive-in fright, the US's crazy league season and Switzerland's cocoa snow
Aug 26 2020
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.
Storm season chaos, clever hand-washing contraption and the story of the sly fox and cat thief
Aug 19 2020
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!
OCEAN SPECIAL: spectacular sea station, SOS sailors, microbes awakened, packed beaches and a blue lobster
Aug 12 2020
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!
New covid school rules, SpaceX landing, Indian asteroid discovery, Salzburg music festival, and 3D dinosaurs
Aug 05 2020
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!
Back to school (or not!), Facebook's TikTok, Olympic hope, digital chicken nuggets and fart-free cows
Jul 29 2020
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.
Promising vaccine, college sports on hold, NEOWISE comet, no noisy windows, Canada's drive-in art and England's shocking pub
Jul 22 2020
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.
Brink of extinction, mapping Mars, gaming console wars, France’s floating cinema and cycling’s Everesting craze
Jul 15 2020
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.
Corona Poo Fighters, New Dog Years, Liverpool FC, Green Melodies and Monkey Menace
Jul 08 2020
Music and sound effects obtained from https://www.zapsplat.com
Corona resurgence, Japanese taste pops, glacier mice, Baby Shark and baseball!
Jul 01 2020
Music and sound effects obtained from https://www.zapsplat.com
Newsy Jacuzzi Trailer (an introduction to us!)
Jun 30 2020
Fab music ("Father Time, Mother Earth" by the talented David Gywn Jones) and some sound effects obtained from https://www.zapsplat.com - thanks y'all!