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Story on Wildlife Conservation: How Istanbul has tried to solve the problems of reccycling, garbage cluttering and stray dog starvation. Presented by Smyan Shetty (4th grader from Mumbai)
Story on Art: How Nature has been given a place of prominence by Spotify by designating nature as an artist. Presented by Shriya (5th grader from Bengaluru)
Story on Space: How new research on one of Jupiter's moons has thrown up the astounding possibility of the existence of life. Presented by Rusheel (4th grader from Mumbai)
Recommended articles for reading
a) Vending machines in Istanbul
b) Nature is an artist on Spotify
c) Jupiter's moon (article on Wikipedia)
d) About Europa (article on Brittanica)
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World Athletics has announced something exciting for all athletes participating / competing in the 2024 Olympics edition (to be held in Paris). After many decades of keeping true to the spirit of Olympics as outlined by Pierre de Coubertin (participating is more important than winning), some people on the Olympics committee are concerned if the new move will dilute this spirit.
Listen to the full episode to find out more about this new exciting announcement.
Co-hosts: Smyan (5th grader, Mumbai), Rishi (4th grader, Chennai)
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a) Video of Parisian waiters participating in a race
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Black Beauty by Anna Sewell is considered a children's classic. Although the author did not write this book intended for a young audience, it has become a go-to read for many primary schoolers and middle schoolers. A group of children (<10 yrs old) read this book, completed some book review worksheets and finally got together to share their views on the book with each other.
Guests: Nayra, Prakriti, Smyan, Rishi, Pravit, Rusheel, Saatvik and Advik
Questions they answer in this episode
A) For what age do they recommend this book?
B) Why do they think the author wrote this story?
C) How do they evaluate the writing style and vocabulary of a book written nearly 150 years ago?
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30 years ago in Nepal, Yagya Kumar Pradhan woke up to the news that two holy masks from the community's temple had been stolen. Yagya filed police complaints, but got no closer to the masks. He gave up all hope of ever seeing the masks again. One of his family members reached out to a group 'Lost Arts of Nepal' who track stolen artifacts with the help of amateur art detectives from around the world, using social media and other sleuthing techniques. As luck would have it, Yagya's masks were traced and returned to the Nepali government a few weeks ago, in a grand repatriation ceremony that was held in Manhattan, New York.
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Reference articles
(a) Our blog post containing photos of the masks
(b) Originally reported in the Himalayan Times.
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The UK recently passed a bill - as its way of telling people to not come to its country, especially if they are coming by dangerous boats. The UK doesn't want people from poor countries who are fleeing wars and conflicts to end up inside its boundaries.
What does this bill contain? Why are people in so many countries watching this bill with bated breath? Will this become the norm for other European countries? Will they also turn their backs to illegal migrants?
Co-host: Shambhavi (14-yr old from Delhi)
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A Scandinavian country, deep into the Arctic, is home to one of the happiest peoples in the world. What factors help them stay happier than people in many other developed countries (such as the US / western Europe / Japan)? Why are the children in Finland happier than their peers elsewhere?
Listen to this conversation with a primary, a middle and a high schooler, to unravel the rest of the story.
Co-hosts: Nayra (from Mumbai), Ayan and Dakshta (from Delhi)Do you like to read stories? Read our newsletters here
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In the most recent earthquake in Taiwan, lives were lost and property destroyed. A group of dogs (called search and rescue dogs) came to the attention of many people through their valiant efforts at rescuing people caught under the rubble. This is a story of one such dog called Roger - who was earlier labelled a failure by the country's sniffing dogs group. How he was able to put to use his abundance of energy coupled with his intelligence forms the rest of his life-story.
Search and rescue dogs are highly trained canines that are often the first to reach a natural disaster spot. For example, following the earthquake in Turkey and Syria, these canines were amongst the first to be flown in by many countries to help the rescue efforts.
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A teenager from Gujarat came up with a novel solution to provide access to learning content on devices. Rather than rely on the goodwill of NGOs to provide devices and internet, Karthik Joshi, a 12th grader suggested a way by which students could 'pay' for this, without actually having to pay using money, but resources that are easily available to them. Another teenager from Tamil Nadu (Madhumita) has designed a 2-wheeler that can help the deaf drive on Indian roads, more safely.
These are two of the many innovations that have won India's National Innovation Fund awards over the past few years. To read more about these awards given to school children - Dr APJ Abdul Kalam IGNITE Awards, click here.
Co-hosts: Pranay and Akmal, middle schoolers from Bosco Public School, Delhi
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This episode captures the history of Bengaluru from over a 1000 years ago. Small settlements created fertile pastures in an otherwise arid region. The ingenuity they used to build a series of lakes and tanks is to be much admired. This is all the more evident in the backdrop of how we squandered centuries of efforts and destroyed all of it in less than 50 years. The story of Bengaluru is narrated in three parts
Part 1: How the settlements were formed from 1000 - 1500 AD
Part 2: Formation of modern Bengaluru by Kempe Gowda ~1500 AD
Part 3: British settlement post 1800 till modern times
Pioneers who are restoring lakes in Bengaluru
a) Anand Malligavad - Click here to reach out to him
b) Harsha Tej - Click here to reach out to him
c) Usha Rajagopalan - Click here to read about her pioneering work
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Ever read - the Elves and the Shoemaker? This story is a lot like that, except, in this case, they aren't making shoes. Someone has been turning up every night in the shed of a 75-year old photographer who lives in the UK. This photographer used to leave his work shed in a state of chaos at the end of each day. But the next morning, he would find them spick and span. The contents strewn around would be collected and neatly kept inside a box. Curious to find out who this friendly elf was, he installed a night camera.
Listen to the full episode to find out who was doing this daily, and more importantly why!
Co-host: Fourth Grader Devansh Bhojnagarwala from Kolkata, India
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The Pench tiger reserve in India has received a special certification. It is the first of its kind for a wildlife park in India to received this, although wildlife parks / national parks in other parts of the world have received this certification. This is related to the skies above Pench. What are we talking about? Listen to the full episode to find out more.
Co-Host: Rishi Chaudhuri, 10-yr old from Mumbai, India
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A group of 8-15 year olds joined us in reviewing the book 'Wonder' by R.J.Palacio. This is a powerfully narrated story about a 10-year old whose face looks nothing like what most people have. The book goes onto narrate the traumatic experiences he has in school, the friends he makes and how many children emerge from this story - stronger and braver. It is a story that resonates with many children as they see discrimination and 'inside jokes' almost on a daily basis in school.
Listen to the full episode to hear the conversation of a great many children who got together to read this book.
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There are sailors who boldly sail into the Southern Ocean and brave the winds and the waves. They do it all by themselves. This is part of a race called the Golden Globe Race (GGR), which tests the mettle of the best of sailors. In its most recent edition, Kirsten Neuschafer from South Africa became the first woman to win (or even complete) the race. Closely behind her was Abhilash Tomy (a former naval officer from India). Abhilash was also the first Indian to complete the race. The persistence, resilience and courage displayed by the participants of GGR is quite something!
Unsurprisingly, most participants in this race, drop out of it. Why do they retire? Listen to the full episode to find out the most common reasons, the greatest challenges they face and the most important personality traits they display.
CoHost: 10-yr old Saatvik from Mumbai, India
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This is an #EqualPayDay story. Tennis is one of the few major sports where men and women get equal pay. For that, we have nine women tennis players from the 1970s to thank for.
What did Billie Jean King and eight of her friends do, in 1970? This is the story of how they went ahead and set up their own tournament Virginia Slims Circuit in defiance of the Grand Slam (& other big league) organisers. They demanded equal pay. In 1973, the US Open buckled under pressure and gave in. The rest is history.
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In a recent article published in the Scientific American, scientists compared the weight of everything that man has made, with the weight of all life on earth. This exercise was repeated many times over from 1900 onwards and a trend emerged.
The opening lines of the article summarises this trend - "The sheer scale of buildings, infrastructure and other anthropogenic objects underscores our impact on the planet". Scientists have also found something rather unnerving about the impact of plastic waste thrown into oceans and how that compares to the weight of all marine creatures. Listen to the episode to find out more.
Co-hosts: 4th graders Pravit Mehta and Smyan Shetty from Mumbai
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Israel Palestine conflict - click to listen
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Jacky Hunt Broersma is a cancer survivor. This led to one of her legs being amputated. With a prosthetic leg, she first began to jog a little every day and gradually built up her stamina. Before she knew, she had run her first ever marathon. Over the next few years, she set a world record. Run 104 marathons in 104 consecutive days. This is a short excerpt from a previous recording in Season 1.
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A piece of football (or soccer) artifact is soon to go up for auction. It is a piece that will go down as marking one of the pivotal points in soccer history.
What are we talking point? Listen on to find out more
Co-hosts: Devansh (4th grader) from Kolkata and Arjun (5th grader) from Mumbai
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A group of researchers in Norway observed the brain patterns of students who wrote vs students who typed. The content was the same in both cases. However, their brain patterns displayed many differences. Discover what these differences were by listening to the full episode.
Co-hosts: 9-year old Rusheel and 10-year old Saatvik from Mumbai, India
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Sir C.V.Raman was traveling aboard a ship that was crossing the Atlantic. It was his first trip across the Mediterranean Sea and its colours sparkled in front of him. Standing there he pondered why the sea was blue. The experiments he did to find out the answer to this question led him to discover the 'Raman Effect', which later led to a Nobel Prize.
This is a kids and family podcast episode, so you can safely assume that this episode is 'Science Simplified for Dummies'. It is also a 'Basic explainer into the Raman Effect'. So whether you are 8 or 80, it'll make a lot of sense.
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Recently, Indian authorities released a spy who had been kept in detention for over 8 months. This spy was suspected to act on behalf of the Chinese. Later, the spy was found to be innocent and was released. Who was this spy? Why was this spy released?
That is what our 2 participants in this episode have to find out. It's an exciting and thrilling story, for adventure lovers!
Co-hosts today: Rusheel (9 yrs old) and Saatvik (10 yrs old) from Mumbai, India
Recommended by our co-host
Saatvik loved this episode on how a black girl stood up against racism. Click here to listen to it
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