‘What’s New Today’ is a kids and family podcast. In every episode, a child from anywhere in the world joins the host – Sangeetha – to explore one story from what’s happening around us. These are free-wheeling conversations with children which and are full of spontaneous reactions, curious quips and guaranteed laughs.
Episode One: Introducing ‘What’s new today’Created by: Sangeetha
Started: September 20th, 2021
Status: Active, 248 episodes
Kind: Episodic
Language: English
<a href="https://soundcarrot.com/shows/shows/whats-new-today/page/12/" title="SoundCarrot.com - Children's podcasts"><img src="https://soundcarrot.com/img/sc-sm.png" alt="Listen On SoundCarrot" style="width: 200px; height: auto" /></a>The Chennai airport saw a crowd milling with flowers and sweets, waiting to welcome one of the city's greatest heroes. This was the kind of welcome commonly found for cricketing heroes & heroines or movie superstars. This time though, it was the turn of a chess grandmaster, arriving from his FIDE Chess Championship at Baku.
In a cricket-crazy country, a javelin thrower to have the most number of Instagram followers amongst all the athletes in the world is saying something. Neeraj Chopra’s recent gold win at the World Athletics Championship has won him hearts, both for his win as well as his gesture towards the silver medal winner from Pakistan – Arshad Nadeem.Find out what exactly happened in this episode.Youtube credit for Athletics Championship press coverage: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8qCZq-Dlrso&t=…
ISRO began its interstellar journey in the 21st century. Lunar mission (Chandrayaan) and Mars Orbiter mission (Mangalyaan) saw the light of the day. The triumphant successes of both these missions brought India to stand shoulder-to-shoulder with the space superpowers – the US, Russia and China.The episode begins with a quick backstory into the cold war between the US and the Soviet Union.If you’d like to look at all the pictures we spoke about, here’s a blog with all the pictures plugged into…
What happens during a liftoff? Why is there so much smoke and fire? How do people in nearby towns and villages not go deaf?How does a satellite enter the orbit of the moon or the Mars?Curious co-hosts in this episode: Anina, a fourth-grader from BengaluruIf you’d like to look at all the pictures we spoke about, here’s a blog with all the pictures plugged into them Do you like to read stories? Read our newsletters hereGet Whatsapp alerts here Follow us on Instagram Email your comments at…
Seeing rockets go up in a billowing cloud of smoke from Sriharikota is more often than not, associated with success. It was not so, in the 1980s and 1990s. Scientists at ISRO struggled with many failures and had to face growing criticism from the press for nearly a decade. Unfazed by all this, today, ISRO can proudly stake claim to having built one of the most powerful satellite launch vehicles in the world – this powerhorse is called Polar Satellite Launch Vehicle (PSLV)Listen on to find wha…
The 1990s saw an explosion of TV shows, including superheroes like Shaktimaan and detectives like Byomkesh Bakshi. A lot of this was aided by the presence of colour TV sets in many Indian homes.India’s space journey played a huge hand in making these childhood staples for the 90s kids. The story of the satellite – Insat 1a, its launch and subsequent performance forms the basis of this episode.Curious co-hosts in this episode: 11-year old Dhruv from Bengaluru and 11-yr old Pranshi from MumbaiI…
If you lived in the 1980s and 1990s in India, Sunday mornings were often quiet affairs. Not because the families wanted to dine together, but because the TV brought them all together for wholesome entertainment.India’s space journey had much to do with TVs becoming a reality in Indian homes. Listen to this episode (part 4) of this series and find out how an experiment with NASA bring TV shows to the average man in villages.Curious co-hosts in this episode: 9-year old Saatvik from Mumbai and 1…
This episode is the third part in our series on the Journey of ISRO. Click here to listen to Parts 1 and Part 2, before you listen to part 3.Dr. Vikram Sarabhai and Dr. Homi Bhabha’s deaths at the prime of their lives, robbed India of two of its greatest science and technology visionaries.The baton passed onto a scientist Prof Satish Dhawan, who not only nurtured the infant space mission, but also put together able structures and procedures that helped ISRO reach greater heights.Curious co-ho…
Created by: Sangeetha
Started:
September 20th, 2021
Status: Active, 248 episodes
Kind: Episodic
Language: English
When Chloe is sent off to live with her mysterious and eccentric grandmother she learns an unbelievable secret. Grandma Ivy is none other than Mother Nature herself! And Chloe is next in line to assume to the power and responsibility of the job. Can a twelve-year old learn to balance the entire world’s ecosystem while just trying to fit in at her new school? Only Mother Nature knows.
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