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Kids Morning News Network

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A bite-sized morning news and information podcast for kids: fun, informative and thought-provoking, but leaving out the scary stuff. Created by an ex-journalist and dad of two. New episodes every Monday, Wednesday and Friday. Learn more and support the show at: kmnn.buzzsprout.com Ideas? Comments? Requests? Email: kidsmorningnews@gmail.com

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A bite-sized morning news and information podcast for kids: fun, informative and thought-provoking, but leaving out the scary stuff. Created by an ex-journalist and dad of two. New episodes every Monday, Wednesday and Friday. Learn more and support the show at: kmnn.buzzsprout.com Ideas? Comments? Requests? Email: kidsmorningnews@gmail.com

Language:

English


Episodes
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#76: New Baseball Records, Pandas Return, HBD Ramesses the Great

5/31/2024
On this morning's episode of the Kids Morning News Network: -New records in baseball set by old champions -Iceland's "curtain of fire" returns -Make way for pandas at the National Zoo -How a teenager became one of history's greatest leaders -Starliner update -Daily riddle -Weather Support the Show. Become a KMNN supporter at: https://www.buzzsprout.com/2286544/support For more content visit KMNN on TikTok, Facebook, Instagram, X/Twitter and YouTube.

Duration:00:07:13

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#75: Look Back In Time, How Storms Form, On Top of the World

5/29/2024
On this morning's episode of the Kids Morning News Network: -Welcome to the USA, Rhode Island! -Scientists see black holes from billions of years ago -Why springtime brings stormy weather -The first people to climb Mt. Everest -Daily riddle -Weather Support the Show. Become a KMNN supporter at: https://www.buzzsprout.com/2286544/support For more content visit KMNN on TikTok, Facebook, Instagram, X/Twitter and YouTube.

Duration:00:10:41

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#74: New Earth, New Thermometer, HBD Star Wars

5/24/2024
On this morning's episode of the Kids Morning News Network: -Happy Brothers' Day! -Is a new planet a second Earth? -The inventor who changed the way we see temperature -How Star Wars got to the screen -Daily riddle -Weather Support the Show. Become a KMNN supporter at: https://www.buzzsprout.com/2286544/support For more content visit KMNN on TikTok, Facebook, Instagram, X/Twitter and YouTube.

Duration:00:09:33

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#73: Electric Caterpillars, Spider Microphones, Lewis & Clark

5/22/2024
On this morning's episode of the Kids Morning News Network: -Another delay for Starliner -Why predator force fields are a caterpillar's best friend -How spiders can "hear" with their webs -Lewis & Clark go camping -Poem: "On the Grasshopper and Cricket" -Daily riddle -Weather Support the Show. Become a KMNN supporter at: https://www.buzzsprout.com/2286544/support For more content visit KMNN on TikTok, Facebook, Instagram, X/Twitter and YouTube.

Duration:00:08:36

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#72: Historic Spaceflight, Cold-Weather Dinos, HBD Levi's

5/20/2024
On today's episode of the Kids Morning News Network: -A historic #spaceflight 63 years in the making -Warm-blooded #dinosaurs? -How some famous jeans got their rivets -Daily riddle -Weather Support the Show. Become a KMNN supporter at: https://www.buzzsprout.com/2286544/support For more content visit KMNN on TikTok, Facebook, Instagram, X/Twitter and YouTube.

Duration:00:07:23

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#71: Headlight Squid, Endangered Species Day, Civil Rights

5/17/2024
On today's episode of the Kids Morning News Network: -How you can help on Endangered Species Day -A new creature discovery in the deep ocean -The Supreme Court case that let all kids go to school together -Starliner's new launch date -Riddle -Weather Support the Show. Become a KMNN supporter at: https://www.buzzsprout.com/2286544/support For more content visit KMNN on TikTok, Facebook, Instagram, X/Twitter and YouTube.

Duration:00:06:50

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#70: Horse Rescue, Whale Talk, HBD Mickey Mouse

5/15/2024
On this episode of the Kids Morning News Network: -Happy International Day of Families! -How many people does it take to rescue a 1,000-pound animal? Twice? -Figuring out what whales are talking about -Mickey Mouse's very first movie... which nobody liked! -Daily riddle -Weather Support the Show. Become a KMNN supporter at: https://www.buzzsprout.com/2286544/support For more content visit KMNN on TikTok, Facebook, Instagram, X/Twitter and YouTube.

Duration:00:08:59

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#69: Northern Lights, Tulip Mania, Robot "Predator"

5/13/2024
On this episode of the Kids Morning News Network: -Happy Hummus Day, Fruit Cocktail Day, and Apple Pie Day! -Why the northern lights moved south this weekend -Why tulips got so valuable, you could buy a house with just one flower -A robot "predator" goes to work in Alaska -Daily riddle -Weather Support the Show. Become a KMNN supporter at: https://www.buzzsprout.com/2286544/support For more content visit KMNN on TikTok, Facebook, Instagram, X/Twitter and YouTube.

Duration:00:08:56

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#68: Flying Cars, Cicada Feast, Mother's Day

5/10/2024
On this episode of the Kids Morning News Network: -Happy #CleanUpYourRoomDay -Flying cars are... flying! -Why creatures chomping on crispy #cicadas hurts trees -Where does #MothersDay come from? -Daily riddle -Weather Support the Show. Become a KMNN supporter at: https://www.buzzsprout.com/2286544/support For more content visit KMNN on TikTok, Facebook, Instagram, X/Twitter and YouTube.

Duration:00:06:53

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#67: HBD USA, Starliner Launch Scrubbed, The First Roller-Coaster Loop

5/8/2024
On this episode of the Kids Morning News Network: -Happy #Donkey Day! -#Starliner launch on hold -An amazing field trip for #America250 - and you could be on it! -Boosting butterflies with a long lawn -An "impossible" climb -The first modern looper-coaster -Daily riddle -Weather Support the Show. Become a KMNN supporter at: https://www.buzzsprout.com/2286544/support For more content visit KMNN on TikTok, Facebook, Instagram, X/Twitter and YouTube.

Duration:00:07:24

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#66: Teen Hero, Starliner Blast-Off, Story of the Chunnel

5/6/2024
On this episode of the Kids Morning News Network: -Happy Children's Book Week! #NoRulesJustRead -A 17-year-old becomes a hero #CarnegieMedal -A new spacecraft heads for the ISS #Starliner -The long road to the #chunnel (no pun intended) -Daily riddle -Weather Support the Show. Become a KMNN supporter at: https://www.buzzsprout.com/2286544/support For more content visit KMNN on TikTok, Facebook, Instagram, X/Twitter and YouTube.

Duration:00:08:07

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#65: Native Youth Olympics, Far Side of the Moon, Orangutan Medicine, Cinco de Mayo

5/3/2024
In this episode of the Kids Morning News Network: -Happy #SchoolLunchHeroDay! -The 2024 Native Youth Olympics #NYO -Will we finally find out what the far side of the #moon is made of? -An orangutan's historic first aid kit -What's #CincodeMayo all about? -Daily riddle -Weather Support the Show. Become a KMNN supporter at: https://www.buzzsprout.com/2286544/support For more content visit KMNN on TikTok, Facebook, Instagram, X/Twitter and YouTube.

Duration:00:09:01

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#64: Bees in the Bedroom, Caveman Breakfast, Empire State Building

5/1/2024
On this episode of the Kids Morning News Network: -Happy May Day! -A little girl hears monsters in the wall... sort of -Why meat wasn't on the menu much 15,000 years ago -Opening day at the Empire State Building -Daily riddle -Weather Support the Show. Become a KMNN supporter at: https://www.buzzsprout.com/2286544/support For more content visit KMNN on TikTok, Facebook, Instagram, X/Twitter and YouTube.

Duration:00:06:50

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#63: Teenager Sets Running World Record, Cyborg Jellyfish, HBD Duke Ellington

4/29/2024
On this episode of the Kids Morning News Network: -Happy Zipper Day! -The teenager who set a new one-mile world record -Happy birthday Duke Ellington! -Bionic jellyfish to explore the deep -Daily riddle -Weather Support the Show. Become a KMNN supporter at: https://www.buzzsprout.com/2286544/support For more content visit KMNN on TikTok, Facebook, Instagram, X/Twitter and YouTube.

Duration:00:07:14

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#62: Hairball Day, New Spacecraft, Plastic-Eating Grubs, the Girl Who Saved the World

4/26/2024
On this episode of the Kids Morning News Network: -Happy National #Hairball Awareness Day! -#Starliner is ready for blast-off -The girl who thawed the Cold War -Can #waxworms solve our plastic problem? -#NationalPoetryMonth -Poem: "The Dream Keeper" by Langston Hughes -Daily riddle -Weather Support the Show. Become a KMNN supporter at: https://www.buzzsprout.com/2286544/support For more content visit KMNN on TikTok, Facebook, Instagram, X/Twitter and YouTube.

Duration:00:08:06

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#61: Voyager Makes Sense (Again), Bird Migration, HBD LOC

4/24/2024
On this episode of the Kids Morning News Network: -A message from 15,000,000,000 miles away #voyager1 -Turning out the lights to help birds migrate #audubonsociety -Happy Birthday #librarycongress! -Daily riddle -Weather Support the Show. Become a KMNN supporter at: https://www.buzzsprout.com/2286544/support For more content visit KMNN on TikTok, Facebook, Instagram, X/Twitter and YouTube.

Duration:00:06:21

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#60: Earth Day, an Amazing Dinosaur Discovery, Sailing Around the World

4/22/2024
In this episode of the Kids Morning News Network: -It's #EarthDay! What it means and how you can help -A 11-year-old finds what may be the biggest creature ever #ichthyosaurus -Around the world... in a garden shed? -Daily riddle -Weather Support the Show. Become a KMNN supporter at: https://www.buzzsprout.com/2286544/support For more content visit KMNN on TikTok, Facebook, Instagram, X/Twitter and YouTube.

Duration:00:08:00

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#59: Indonesia Volcano, Paul Revere's Ride, School Bus-Sized Snake

4/19/2024
On this episode of the Kids Morning News Network: -H-h-h-happy Garlic Day! -A volcano erupts in Indonesia; have a slice of stratacake -How the American Revolution began with a horseback ride -A super-sized serpent fossil -Poem: "Paul Revere's Ride" -Daily riddle -Weather Support the Show. Become a KMNN supporter at: https://www.buzzsprout.com/2286544/support For more content visit KMNN on TikTok, Facebook, Instagram, X/Twitter and YouTube.

Duration:00:08:49

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#58: Exercise is a Triple Play, Olympic Torch Lighting, Be a NASA Citizen Scientist

4/17/2024
On this episode of the Kids Morning News Network: -Happy Ellis Island Family History Day! -Why exercise is a triple threat (in a good way) -The Olympics are coming! (What's with the torch?) -NASA needs your help! #donasascience -International Haiku Poetry Day... and an original haiku -Daily riddle -Weather Support the Show. Become a KMNN supporter at: https://www.buzzsprout.com/2286544/support For more content visit KMNN on TikTok, Facebook, Instagram, X/Twitter and YouTube.

Duration:00:09:10

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#57: Tax Day, A Brilliant Mind's Birthday, Asteroid Close Call

4/15/2024
In this episode of the Kids Morning News Network: -Why your grownups might get stressed on April 15 -Artist, scientist, inventor... the birthday of a genius for the ages -Last week, asteroid 2004 GJ2 passed by so close it could almost part your hair! -Also, what's the difference between an asteroid, a meteor, and a comet? -Daily riddle -Weather Support the Show. Become a KMNN supporter at: https://www.buzzsprout.com/2286544/support For more content visit KMNN on TikTok, Facebook, Instagram, X/Twitter and YouTube.

Duration:00:07:56