Monday, June 23, 2025

Your daily kids news podcast.

Winter solstice with a bang; Rewilding Rwanda’s rhinos; Nudie swim in Hobart; and Labubu craze hits fever pitch.

Saturday was the shortest day of the year, and wow, did it feel chilly! Australia shivered through record cold, while the other side of the world partied in the sunshine.

Seventy endangered rhinos took the ultimate African road trip – and air trip – moving from a South African farm to a wild new life in Rwanda.

Labubus—those wild-eyed plush toys—are taking over! From NBA stars to super fans lining up in droves, these surprise-in-a-box critters are the new kings of toy town. Beanie Babies, who?

What’s the best way to celebrate freezing winter? If you said “swimming naked at dawn,” you’d fit right in with the 3,000 brave Aussies in Hobart! They ditched their clothes and dove into icy waters—all for a chilly, cheeky winter celebration!

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