Little News Ears

It's October 13, 2022. Precious is back to interview Alee Quick at The News Literacy Project

It's October 11, 2022. Paxton is back with a podcast with 'world kidlines...

It's June 15, 2021. This is the season finale of 'Cherry, Bird, Cow!' In this special episode, Winston meets his real moms, Delilah and Liv. The gang also teaches us about the prospect of 'infinite plastic,' a high school in Florida that censored yearbook photos of girls for reasons of modesty, how the CDC is advising to not kiss chickens and ducks, the power of Roblox music, and how scientists partially restored a man's eyesight by using optogenetics.

In a special episode created for the Briarwood School's Neurodiversity Awareness Day, Kai talks about what it means to be neurodivergent and why the world needs all kinds of minds.  

It's June 1, 2021. Cherry, Bird, and Cow teach us about Cirque du Soleil's comeback as the Covid-19 pandemic abates, Italians getting angry about a pizza vending machine, animated dads seeming to be getting more attractive, chimps putting grass in their ears as possible fashion statements, and British cooking show experts teaching people to eat the banana peel.

It's October 1, 2022.  BoxerBlu and Bram teach us about Anela Analeigh, the youngest black person to go to medical school in the US; the amazing story of Frank Oz's father's Hitler puppet; the life of Adam Wade, America's first African American game show host; Putin's efforts to use propaganda in schools; and the effects of what scientists are calling The Anthropause.

It's May 18, 2021. Cherry, Bird, and Cow teach us about Dinosaur Day, the Lakota Sioux Tribe wanting US medals rescinded for the Wounded Knee Massacre, women synthesizer pioneers, kids in NYC who protested pesticides and won, a 6th grader who tests to see if a cat's anus touches everything in a household, and archaeologists thinking they discovered where the alphabet comes from.

It's September 26, 2022. Precious is back to teach kids about directing. Precious covers 3 types of directors: film, TV, and theater. She explains the job and gives some examples of day-to-day tasks. Stay tuned for a round of trivia! And she updates the audience on the latest breaking news.

The Cherry Bird Cow Marathon continues. It's April 27, 2021. Cherry, Bird, Cow teach us about the life and death of Bernie Madoff, accusations of racism in a Captain Underpants book, how poverty affects babies' brains; UFO sightings increasing during the pandemic, and Raul Castro stepping down.

Spontaneous Works of Earth is back with Anika. It's September 20, 2022. Today we are learning about all the benefits of electric cars!