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.
Sep 17
Kid News This Month: Pets as food, crazy-colored shark, end of tech batteries, searching for Amelia, Taylor gets hitched, little League World Series, tossing tomatoes in Spain
Now that we’re a monthly news pod for kids – boy, do we have a doozy of an episode for y’all! First up, we'll explain why people in Denmark are offering their ailing pets as food (!) at zoos - yes, we'll dive deep into the Danish cycle – or circle – of life belief. Staying with n ... Show More
29m 51s
Aug 14
Newsy Pooloozi turns 5!! Plus a LOT of news – from wars to AI, chess to Taylor, and tons of weird animals
This is our 200th episode, folks. Yes, indeed. And not just that – we also just completed FIVE YEARS of this world news pod for kids! Yep, Newsy Pooloozi turns 5! And coming back after a long summer break, we have a doozy of an episode for you – from a wrap of all the conflicts b ... Show More
28m 58s
Jun 2025
Kid News This Episode: Spain tourism backlash, PSG violent soccer celebrations, UK piano prodigy, Panama’s kidnapping monkeys, Japan’s curious cheerleaders
In wacky world news this week… It’s summer in the northern hemisphere and that means prime tourist season in many places, but in Spain – we have a special report – about people who are so sick of tourists, they’re taking to the streets in protests. Speaking of demonstrations, aft ... Show More
22m 29s
Aug 2024
S3 Ep 43: A Holiday Owl & Tearaway Toddlers
We’re talking… early morning sharpeners, growing too old for slang words, getting rusty, the Owl’s family holiday at Center Parcs, paint-balling panics, a triumphant Swan at the bowling ally, hotel restaurant rivalries, naughty toddlers, Olympic successes, more on those Art Attac ... Show More
54m 55s
Aug 2024
The 2024 Paris Olympics Primer Part 1
Will the J'Accuses be pushed aside by the latest Caitlin Clark news!? Or will your elegant hosts finally acknowledge the ghosts in the room!?After that answer is revealed, your Master of Balls and Holes, Tyler Scheid, and Markiplier travel down the Seine, recounting the Opening C ... Show More
57m 7s
Sep 2024
Olympian death, Georgia shooting, Canada’s border, VW closures and ‘safe AI’
Ugandan marathon runner and Paris Olympian Rebecca Cheptegei dies after being set on fire in a weekend attack. A 14-year-old Georgia high school student kills four and injures nine in campus shooting. Canada has been rejecting visa applications and turning away visitors in a bord ... Show More
12m 54s
May 2014
The Vicious Circle of Mass Shooting Media Coverage
<p>On today's episode of The Gist, Mike talks with Ari Schulman of the New Atlantis about how it may be even more dangerous than we think to give so much media coverage to mass killers like Elliot Rodger, perpetrator of Friday night's shootings at UC–Santa Barbara. Then, he talks ... Show More
25m 45s
Aug 2024
Olympic Sized Controversy
From serious issues like discrimination against athletes to silly feuds, the Olympics is no stranger to controversy. Join your elegant hosts,Tyler Scheid and Markiplier, as they dive into the poopy river of controversies that surround the 2024 Paris Olympics before they blow up t ... Show More
1h 8m
Jan 2024
After Hours: Maddie De Garay: The Covid Vaccine’s First Child Injury?
<p>Maddie De Garay was just 12 years old when her parents agreed to enroll her in Pfizer’s Covid vaccine study. When she became deathly ill, the family found out just how far Pfizer, the study officials, and the government would go to try to erase her from the public discussion.< ... Show More
25m 21s