Kids & FamilyEducation for KidsNewsDaily News

MyFirst.News

A daily news podcast for curious kids. Two friendly co-hosts explain important true stories in about ten minutes—clearly, factually, and without graphic detail.

Play

Open in

33 episodes
daily
Avg 8 min
English

Episodes 33

Newest Oldest Longest

All20 Unplayed20 In progress0 Played0

Counted on this page — what you have heard stays on this device, so it is not something the list can be paged by.

#43
Yesterday · 9 min
Sudan Returns, German Elections, and World Cup Ads
Sam and Leah explain why returning home is only the start of recovery in Sudan, what two German state elections changed, and how researchers counted advertising inside World Cup match pictures.
#42
Monday · 9 min
Ebola Vaccine Study, Iran Proposal, and Black Robin
Leah and Sam explain a frontline Ebola vaccination campaign with an open scientific question, Iran’s reported proposal through Qatar, and the black robin’s unfinished recovery.
#41
Sunday · 8 min
Wildfire Help, Battery Renewal, and Wireless Charging
Sam and Leah explain why Indonesia accepted planned Malaysian wildfire help, what a battery-renewal experiment really found, and how Porsche’s wireless charging option works.
#40
Saturday · 9 min
Cuba’s Grid, Greenland Security, and Brain Development
Leah and Sam explain how Cuba restarts its electric grid after a nationwide collapse, why a Greenland security arrangement remains unfinished, and what a new study really says about the brain’s two early starting points.
#39
Friday · 9 min
Endangered Wildlife Law, Sweden’s Next Government, and the Tilcayo Wild Cat
Sam and Leah explain a narrower U.S. reading of what counts as harming endangered wildlife, Sweden’s next steps after its prime minister resigned, and how DNA helped scientists recognize Bolivia’s tilcayo wild cat.
#38
Thursday · 8 min
Federal Reserve Rates, Sudan Mine Rescue, and a Cancer-Test Study
Leah and Sam explain why the Federal Reserve raised an important interest-rate target, rescue work after a deadly gold-mine collapse in Sudan, and the promise and limits of an experimental pancreatic-cancer blood test.
#37
September 16 · 8 min
Yemen Displacement, Japan’s Centenarians, and a Canada–EU Proposal
Sam and Leah explain why more than 100,000 people have been forced from home in Yemen, Japan’s first count above 100,000 centenarians, and a proposed new partnership between Canada and the European Union.
#36
September 15 · 8 min
Orbit Weapons, Rabies Progress, and Refinery Shares
Leah and Sam explain what the United States did and did not reveal about weapons in orbit, how Chile stopped dog-to-human rabies as a public-health problem, and why Nigeria's Dangote refinery is offering shares to the public.
#35
September 14 · 8 min
Sweden's Close Count, Indonesia Ferry, and Bangsamoro Vote
Sam and Leah explain Sweden's extremely close preliminary parliamentary count, the rescue search after a ferry sank in Indonesia, and why Bangsamoro's first regular parliamentary election matters.
#34
September 13 · 8 min
Quiet Atlantic, Beijing Drones, and FEMA
Leah and Sam explain why the Atlantic hurricane season has been unusually quiet so far, Beijing's announced rule about possessing or storing drones, and a court ruling on a proposed FEMA staffing cut.
#33
September 12 · 8 min
Bab al-Mandab, CIA Records, and Navier-Stokes
Sam and Leah explain a reported Houthi takeover near the Bab al-Mandab sea passage, what newly public CIA records can tell historians, and why a major mathematics claim still needs careful independent checking.
#32
September 11 · 7 min
Measles Vaccines, Flight Recorders, and Orangutans
Leah and Sam explain Bangladesh's plan for another measles vaccination campaign, how investigators use an airplane's cockpit voice and flight data recorders, and why Indonesia is seeking the return of five baby orangutans.
#31
September 10 · 9 min
Emergency Aid, the Warmest August, and T. Rex Tracks
Sam and Leah explain why international emergency aid reached fewer people, how scientists measured the warmest August in a global record, and what four giant North Dakota footprints can reveal about a likely adult T. rex.
#30
September 9 · 9 min
North Korea’s Nuclear Clues, Oil at $100, and Falling Atoms
Leah and Sam explain what distant clues suggest about North Korea’s uranium enrichment, how new U.S.–Iran conflict claims connect to a world oil price, and what scientists learned by comparing two paths of an atom’s wave.
#29
September 8 · 8 min
Clean-Air Benefits, Canada’s Tariffs, and Six at the US Open
Sam and Leah explain why acting on dirty air and climate change together can create several kinds of benefit, what changed when Canada’s counter-tariffs began, and how six Americans reached the US Open quarterfinals.
#28
September 7 · 8 min
Oil Carrier Strikes, a Chip-Trade Rule, and Mali’s Comeback
Leah and Sam explain why U.S. strikes on Iranian oil carriers matter beyond the ships, how China’s temporary rule affects a special chip-making chemical from Japan, and how Mali changed its World Cup game against Spain.
#27
September 6 · 7 min
A Capital-Strike Pause, Spectrum Reaches Orbit, and School-Meal Safety
Sam and Leah explain the narrow pause Russia and Ukraine announced around Kyiv and Moscow during U.S. talks, how the Spectrum rocket reached orbit from mainland Europe, and why Indonesian officials are investigating illnesses after meals from a national nutrition program.
#26
September 5 · 9 min
Malaysia’s Haze Emergency, Equal Earth Maps, and Cybercab Safety
Leah and Sam explain why hazardous haze brought an emergency and planned school closures in Serian, how a United Nations vote could change the world maps people use to compare land area, and why a U.S. safety agency is checking Tesla’s Cybercab certification.
#25
September 4 · 8 min
Birthright Citizenship, Italy’s Government Record, and Saturn’s Decagon
Sam and Leah explain why a federal judge temporarily blocked a new birthright-citizenship order for a nationwide class of children, what Italy’s record-setting government team does and does not prove, and how a ten-sided wave developed in Saturn’s winds.
#24
September 3 · 9 min
Google Ad-Tech, Estonia’s President-Elect, and a Dark-Matter Hint
Leah and Sam explain why a judge rejected a forced sale of Google’s AdX business while other rule changes remain partly sealed, how Estonia’s parliament chose president-elect Ülle Madise, and why one surprising LUX-ZEPLIN event is a dark-matter hint rather than a discovery.

Showing 1–20 of 33 episodes