‘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, 265 episodes
Kind: Episodic
Language: English
<a href="https://soundcarrot.com/shows/shows/whats-new-today/page/30/" 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>Recently the French elected a new President – Emmanuel Macron, for a second term. While elections are more common today than they were in ancient Greece, the French do something that the Brits or the Americans or the Indians do. They elect the person they want to become the President directly. They don't wait around to patiently choose representatives in parliament and hope to God that the representatives would choose their preferred leader. In this conversation with a 12-year old, we explore answers to questions such as 'Why do the French vote on a Sunday while the Americans vote on a Tuesday?' and 'Is voting common only for humans or do animals have democracy too'?Please feel free to shout out your questions or thoughts in an audio format and send the audio file via email at hello@wsnt.in. Also, if you are under 18 years of age and would like to co-host this show with Sangeetha, please write to us at hello@wsnt.in.
In this second episode of the James Webb telescope series – we look at what infrared light coming from ancient stars is likely to contain. How do we distinguish between light coming from super ancient stars versus relatively new stars? Will the ancient galaxies look like pretty little spirals that we see in our encyclopedias? Listen to this conversation with a 10-year old to find answers to these and more.Please email us at hello@wsnt.in with your thoughts, comments and questions.
After nearly 3 decades of effort and testing, the James Webb telescope was successfully launched into space in Dec 2021. This telescope has been designed to help us see how the universe looked when the early stars were created. Why do we need a telescope in space, when we already have a Hubble telescope out there? Why did it take someone more than 25 years to develop this one? If this telescope is farther than the moon, how do we fix a problem if it has one? Listen to this conversation with a 10-year old to find answers to these questions and more.Please email us at hello@wsnt.in if you have any thoughts or questions.
How many things can we generate electricity from? Solar, wind, coal, nuclear, biogas and a few more, says a 10-year old. Do we use all of these to make electricity from, in India? Why did the rains last year lead to lesser coal this year? I know summer is scorching hot, then why don't we just use solar energy in places that are close to the equator? Listen to this conversation with a 10-year old to find out more about these.
It is not uncommon to think of dwarves with hammers working in tunnels, and filling baskets with gold bars, when we think of mining. But did you know that you can mine some gold, silver, platinum and rhodium from your own backyard? Or should we say cupboards? Listen to this conversation with a 10-year old, to find out about how we should be disposing our old bulbs, microwaves and computers, to make the world go round and clean.Please send your thoughts and comments to hello@wsnt.in
When we connect our phones or laptops to the internet, we connect using wi-fi or mobile data. Both of these need big fat wires to be laid all over the land and under oceans. What can people living in faraway places or on mountains do, to get internet connectivity? What are companies like SpaceX and Amazon trying to do, to get more people on earth get connected?Listen to this conversation with a 9-year old to understand where we might all be headed in future.Please email your thoughts or comments to hello@wsnt.in
At the tip of the Arabian Peninsula, lies a country called Yemen. Lots of groups of people have been angry at each other and have been fighting a nasty war for over 7 years. Children haven’t been able to go to school, people don’t have work and food is hard to come by. Finally, last week, a truce (or some quiet time) was announced.
Food prices all over the world are sky rocketing. Temperatures are soaring high. 'How come a war fought by Russia in a far away country seems to affect us in India, so badly? Why are poor countries like India affected more than rich countries, by food price increases?'Listen to this conversation with a 9-year old to explore how high food prices are, and what to expect next.If you have any thoughts or comments, please email us at hello@wsnt.in
Created by: Sangeetha
Started:
September 20th, 2021
Status: Active, 265 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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