Little News Ears

In this episode of Little News Ears from February 14 2020, BoxerBlu and Bram learn about professional bull riders in New York City, why dog parks can be dangerous, and how a math trick from the ancient Babylonians can be used to solve quadratic equations...

In this episode of Little News Ears from February 21, 2020, BoxerBlu and Bram learn about a skull that might have belonged to Pliny the Elder, how ambergris might come from whale vomit, and how albatrosses can become equipped to spot sneaky boats in the ...

In this episode of Little News Ears from February 28, 2020, BoxerBlu and Bram learn how shipwrecks create special ecosystems at the bottom of the sea, how Katherine Johnson helped astronauts, and about a new kind of testing called E-DNA. They also learn ...

In this episode of Little News Ears from March 8, 2020, BoxerBlu and Bram learn how animals communicate with each other to 'vote,' how Joe Biden won the majority of states on Super Tuesday, and how Daylight Savings Time is connected with car crashes. The...

In this episode of Little News Ears from March 14, 2020, BoxerBlu and Bram learn about Donald Trump's declaration of an emergency regarding Covid9 and how sunspots may be related to whales getting beached. They also learn about Sweden's Swimrun coming to...

In this episode of Little News Ears from March 17, 2020, BoxerBlu and Bram learn about how the Far East of Russia is a bit like the Wild West in the US, how yoga is now mandatory for students in Nepal, and why birds are great engineers. They also learn a...

In this episode of Little News Ears from March 19, 2020 BoxerBlu and Bram learn how soap works and about an earthquake that happened near Salt Lake City, Utah. They also learn about Alfred Word's achievements as an astronaut and about the new recipients ...

In this episode of Little News Ears from March 22, 2020, BoxerBlu and Bram learn about an Economist article that discusses how gay rural families are larger than gay urban families. They also learn about skijoring in Leadville, Colorado and about Richard...

In this episode of Little News Ears from March 30, 2020, BoxerBlu and Bram learn about how Covid-19 causes some people to suffer from anosmia and animals in certain vacant tourist destinations to become restive. They also learn about a rolling ant, a fam...

In this episode of Little News Ears from April 1, 2020, BoxerBlu and Bram learn about the US military dropping bombs into a volcano in Hawaii to save a city, how Russian troll tactics have changed toward the 2020 US election, and how people shouldn't ski...