https://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. en-us Sun, 16 Aug 2026 07:56:00 -0400 MyFirst.News episodic no https://myfirst.news/assets/img/cover.pnghttps://myfirst.news/ 8e0e1d65-7856-407e-aada-a00aec60db13 https://myfirst.news/episodes/005-peace-talks-ocean-heat-and-ai-teams/ https://myfirst.news/episodes/005-peace-talks-ocean-heat-and-ai-teams/ Sun, 16 Aug 2026 07:56:00 -0400 Sam and Leah explain a proposal for talks between South and North Korea, NOAA’s strengthening El Niño outlook, what a careful health-study result does and does not show, and why teams of AI helpers need checks. 5 full no 4:48 https://myfirst.news/episodes/004-earthquakes-rainforests-and-locked-data/ https://myfirst.news/episodes/004-earthquakes-rainforests-and-locked-data/ Sat, 15 Aug 2026 10:54:00 -0400 Sam and Leah explain a powerful earthquake in Indonesia, an operation against illegal gold mining in Peru, a French court decision about social media, Google’s encrypted-data tool, and a health response in Myanmar. 4 full no 6:27 https://myfirst.news/episodes/003-flights-oil-and-shooting-stars/ https://myfirst.news/episodes/003-flights-oil-and-shooting-stars/ Fri, 14 Aug 2026 08:43:27 -0400 Sam and Leah explain the C919 passenger jet’s first international flight, an oil slick on Iran’s coast, hot weather in parts of Europe, and the Perseid meteor shower. They separate what is confirmed from what people are still checking. 3 full no 5:49 https://myfirst.news/episodes/002-votes-trains-and-a-black-hole-star/ https://myfirst.news/episodes/002-votes-trains-and-a-black-hole-star/ Thu, 13 Aug 2026 20:05:43 -0400 Sam and Leah follow a planned coalition withdrawal from Iraq, Zambia’s election count, a train derailment near Lewes, a possible black-hole-star model, and Nine PBS’s effort to recover its archive. They ask how evidence changes when a plan, count, investigation, or recovery is still underway. 2 full no 9:38 https://myfirst.news/episodes/001-earthquakes-eclipses-and-camera-glasses/ https://myfirst.news/episodes/001-earthquakes-eclipses-and-camera-glasses/ Wed, 12 Aug 2026 13:09:37 -0400 Sam and Leah follow the evidence: an earthquake in Colombia, a total solar eclipse, health workers tracing an Ebola outbreak, Robert Gilman’s return from Russia, and a privacy complaint about camera glasses in Germany. Along the way, they ask why early reports change, how predictions work, and what makes recording clear and fair. 1 full no 9:53