WoW! News

Give your kids something to cheer about in the news! WoW! introduces 8-12 year-olds to the inspiring

Episodes

Total: 53

[S3 - E2] - Bertrand Piccard speaks to WoW! - The Man with a Thousand Solutions!
2021/4/28

He grew up among adventurers and explorers. He claimed his own world firsts for round-the-world flig

[S3 E1] Gala, 12, makes a difference – and says you can, too!
2021/2/9

WoW! News Podcast – Gala tells WoW! News about how she was very upset to see children who were sick

[S2 - Ep.45] Test-tube turkey, anyone? Eating meat without hurting animals, or the planet
2020/12/17

WoW! News Podcast – Clarisse is making Christmas dinner plans – and Alastair has an idea for a new k

[S2 EP44] Stopping the traffic: how cities are giving more space for play
2020/12/10

WoW! News Podcast –Lockdown this year showed how good life can be in cities without cars; it’s inspi

[S2 E43] The gift of giving: How to have the best time with presents
2020/12/3

WoW! News Podcast – Children often make a wish list of presents they would like to get at this time

[S2 EP42] On top of the world: Nims explains how he believed in himself, when almost no one else did
2020/11/26

WoW! News Podcast – His new book about his extraordinary record in the mountains isn’t just about ho

[S2 Ep37] Cutting it: Nobel for ladies with scissors
2020/10/22

WoW! News Podcast – Emmanuelle Charpentier and Jennifer Doudna showed how to chop up genes to cure d

[S2 Ep36] Dinner bell rings the changes: how new school meal ideas can help Mother Earth
2020/10/14

WoW! News Podcast – Alastair & Clarisse tuck in to a tasty subject for World Food Day – how scho

[S2 Ep.35] Meet a budding “Captain Planet” – young activist Victor speaks to WoW!
2020/10/7

WoW! News Podcast – The WoW! team meet Victor Noël, who at 15 has just written a book about his pass

[S2 Ep.34] Surf’s up! Inspiring kids to stop the “plastic soup”
2020/9/29

The WoW! News podcast – Meet the “Plastic Soup Surfer”! Merijn has just paddled across the Netherlan

[S2 – Ep.33] – Same pain? Same pay! – Football’s women score one for equality
2020/9/24

The WoW! News podcast – In England and Brazil, women footballers have just won equal pay with men; i

[S2 – Ep.32] Listening to experience: how ancient wisdom is fighting today’s wildfires
2020/9/17

The WoW! News podcast – Forest fire are a growing problem, due to global warming; in California, peo

[S2 – Ep.31] Unmasked! How one town solved its rubbish problem
2020/9/10

SOLUTION - The WoW! News podcast – Face masks keep us safe from COVID-19, but they’ve been a headach

[S2 – Ep.30] - Seeing the big picture: back to school with solutions
2020/9/3

The WoW! News podcast – Going back to school is exciting but can also be a bit worrying. It’s import

[S2 – Ep.29] – Summer of peace heroes : Jane Goodall
2020/8/20

The WoW! News podcast – How a young Jane Goodall got to befriend animals and went on to show humans

[S2 – Ep.28] – Summer of peace heroes : Marshall Rosenberg
2020/8/6

The WoW! News podcast – How Marshall Rosenberg learned to stop fights and listen like a giraffe. Plu

[S2 – Ep.27] – Summer of peace heroes : Nelson Mandela
2020/7/23

A podcast for 8-12 year-old children explaining how South Africa’s first black president Nelson Mand

[S2 – Ep.26] INTERVIEW - Name your own Peace Hero!
2020/7/8

Alastair & Clarisse announce the WoW! summer of peace with Jane Goodall. And we have a challenge

[S2 – Ep.25] INTERVIEW – People power : “collective intelligence” to save the planet
2020/6/25

In France, 150 people, from schoolkids to pensioners, have come up with plans to stop climate change

[S2 – Ep.24] INTERVIEW - How to listen to each other – for George Floyd
2020/6/17

In peaceful protests, people are expressing sadness at being treated unfairly; Alastair & Claris