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The Return of BoxerBlu and Bram - It's December 1, 2020. After learning about BoxerBlu's and Bram's adventures in Zoocenia, we learn about a train in The Netherlands that was saved by an artistic whale's tail, how crustaceans are evolving into crabs, how...

It's September 15, 2022. America's favorite rhino/tiger-rabbit dad, half vampire girl are back with some news for kids! Jasper, Jarvis, and Clementine learn about the popularity and dangers of pickle ball, people who recycle their urine, an engineer at Amazon who wants people to bring dead people's voices to Alexa, studies on whether one's sense of smell helps you choose friends, and a study about music lessening pain.  

It's March 1, 2023. We aren't out of winter yet. What is the winter solstice?  Veh will explain!

It's December 15, 2020. BoxerBlu and Bram teach us all about the dangers of NYC for the blind during the Covid-19 pandemic an animal bridge in Utah, news about the Georgia runoff, headbutting caterpillars, and a shop in Japan that is over a thousand year...

Dragon Ranger Owl is back for October! 14 year-old named Hudson Rowan who made a viral voting design; the popularity of top-to-bottom comics with female readers on smartphones; how the Beagle Brigade helps seize illegal fruits and vegetables; studies supporting 'parentese' as a universal language; and how the Sims now has customizable pronouns.

Out of respect for the January 6th Committee Hearings we are rerunning our January 6th episode for kids as we learn more about what Trump did and didn't do. 

Parent/teacher advisory: this special episode of lne.news focuses on sensitive political topics. You might want to listen with your child or student or check-in with them afterwards. It's January 12, 2021. BoxerBlu comforts his son about the incident that happened at the US Capitol on January 6, 2021.

It's November 18, 2022. The family at Dragon Ranger Owl is back to teach kids about the life and death of Mad Magazine's Paul Coker, an upcoming Supreme Court case questioning whether Andy Warhol could modify Prince's likeness without paying royalties, the growing popularity of salvage stores, people trying to save the lanternfly, and corporal punishment returning to schools in the US.

It's December 16, 2022. Jasper, Jarvis, and Clementine are back for this final episode of Dragon Ranger Owl of 2022. They teach kids about disco nannies, the life and death of Lily Renée Phillips, The Via Ferrata climbing routes, a Galileo forgery discovered at The University of Michigan, and camping becoming even more popular after the pandemic.

It's February 9, 2021. BoxerBlu and Bram teach us all about Extraterrestrial Visitor Day, the phenomenon known as 'Gamestonk,' a snowy owl spotting in Central Park, the life of George Carruthers, a new dictionary for science fiction, and ghost kitchens.

It's January 27, 2023. Clementine and her dads are back with news for kids a different way.  They focus on Aurelio Voltaire ("Gothic Homemaking"), an 8 year-old who successfully climbed El Capitan, a possible connection between nose-picking and Alzheimer's, Han Solo made out of bread, and whether a famous artwork by Piet Mondrian is right side-up or upside-down.