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The Global Wrap: Weekly News for Kids

Declan

36 episodes

Welcome to The Global Wrap, the weekly educational news podcast designed for kids, produced by a kid. Join host Declan as he breaks down the top three stories in global affairs, economics, and geopolitics in under 10 minutes—making current events easy to understand.

More about the show

Declan cuts through the jargon to explain the "why" behind the headlines. Perfect for curious students and parents looking to spark discussion, this is your weekly briefing in less time than a drive to school.

Keywords: Kids news, educational podcast, world affairs, geopolitics for kids, economics for beginners, news summary.

Episodes

  1. Making Every Child an Owner in the Future Prosperity of America

    · 11 min · S1 E36

    Welcome back to The Global Wrap—the weekly news show for kids, by a kid! Declan breaks down three massive headlines centered around financial literacy and how Brad Gersner’s Trump Accounts makes every kid an owner in…

  2. Tesla's Flying Car, IMF Global Growth Outlook, and U.S.-China Trade De-escalation

    · 12 min · S1 E35

    Welcome back to The Global Wrap—the weekly news summary for kids, by a kid! Declan breaks down three massive headlines shaping cutting-edge technology, global economics, and international trade: Tesla's Multi-Tier…

  3. Stock Market Records vs. Bond Vigilantes, G7 Emergency Oil Release, and the Jobs Report Paradox

    · 13 min · S1 E34

    Welcome back to The Global Wrap—the weekly news podcast for kids, hosted by Declan! In Episode 34, Declan breaks down three massive economic and market headlines shaping our world: Wall Street Records & Bond Market…

  4. Pokémon turns 30, US Midterm Elections and Central Banks Hoard Gold

    · 12 min · S1 E33

    Welcome back to The Global Wrap—the weekly news summary for kids, by a kid! Declan breaks down three massive stories shaping American politics, global banking, and the biggest entertainment empire on the planet: 2026…

  5. Xi Jinping Visits White House, Figure AI’s Humanoid Robot Unveiling, and Arctic Security Deal

    · 12 min · S1 E32

    Welcome back to The Global Wrap—the weekly news summary for kids, by a kid! Declan breaks down three massive headlines shaping geopolitics, robotics, and international trade: Xi Jinping’s Washington State Visit:…

  6. The Fed's Rate Hike, Canada's $1 Trillion Investment Summit, and Autonomous Drone Deliveries

    · 11 min · S1 E30

    Welcome back to The Global Wrap—the weekly news summary for kids, by a kid! Declan breaks down three massive headlines shaping global finance, world trade, and airborne technology: Energy Surges & The Fed’s Rate…

  7. Global Math & Reading Test Scores Plummet, NYC Bans AI in Schools, and China's Solar Milestone

    · 14 min · S1 E24

    Welcome back to The Global Wrap—the weekly newssummary for kids, by a kid! Declan breaks down three massive headlines shapingeducation, technology, and global energy: PISA Results Plummeting Education Scores: The…

  8. AI & the G20 meeting recap, Jackson Hole Rate Hike Signals, and US-Venezuela Oil Deal

    · 17 min · S1 E23

    Welcome back to The Global Wrap—the weekly newssummary for kids, by a kid! Declan breaks down three massive headlines shapingartificial intelligence, central banking, and geopolitics: Elon Musk & Tech Leaders at G20:…

  9. US-Canada Trade War, Record-Breaking Robot Olympics, and London's Cracking Houses

    · 13 min · S1 E22

    Welcome back to The Global Wrap—the weekly newssummary for kids, by a kid! Declan breaks down three massive headlines shaping world trade, high-tech robotics, and the importance of engineering: The US-Canada Trade…

  10. Moderna's Cancer Vaccine Breakthrough, Retail Earnings Breakdown, and Route 66 Turns 100

    · 10 min · S1 E20

    Welcome back to The Global Wrap—the weekly news summary for kids, by a kid! Declan breaks down three massive headlines shaping science,finance, and history: Moderna’s Custom Cancer Guard: A landmark victory in…

  11. July Inflation Breakdown, Wall Street’s $500B Play, and Deep Ocean AI Mapping

    · 13 min · S1 E20

    Welcome back to The Global Wrap—the weekly news summary for kids, by a kid! This week, Declan breaks down three massive headlines shaping finance, technology, and science: The July Inflation Check-In: Understanding…

  12. Space Heat Maps, Orbital Garbage Collectors, and Summer Box Office Wars

    · 8:41 · S1 E19

    Welcome back to The Global Wrap—the weekly news podcast for kids, by a kid! This week, Declan covers three huge stories: Thermal Eye in the Sky 🛰️: European Space Agencysatellites are measuring ground surface…

  13. The New Aid Diplomacy, The Central Bank Dilemma, and Interstellar Comet 3I/ATLAS

    · 9:35 · S1 E18

    Welcome back to The Global Wrap—the weekly news podcast for curious kids! 🎙️ This week, Declan breaks down three massive stories shapingour world—and beyond: The New Global Aid Reality 🏗️:Traditional foreign aid…

  14. The Dollar Alternative, Southeast Asia’s Tech Boom, and the Extinct Island Giants

    · 8:07 · S1 E17

    Welcome back to The Global Wrap—the weekly newssummary for kids, by a kid! 🎙️ This week, Declan breaks down three massive stories, from a quiet revolution in how countries pay for goods to a jaw-dropping creature…

  15. The Great Data Center Wars, 3.2-Billion-Year-Old Space Crops, and Super Bowl Style at the World Cup

    · 13 min · S1 E16

    Welcome back to The Global Wrap—the weekly news podcastfor kids, by a kid! Here’s where we break down the biggest stories of the week in economics, markets, science, and more This week, Declan breaks down three…

  16. Inside the Great AI Cash Squeeze, NATO’s Arctic Submarine Wall, and the Cosmic Hard Drive Mystery

    · 10 min · S1 E15

    Welcome back to The Global Wrap—the weekly news summary for kids, by a kid! 🎙️ This week, Declan breaks down three massive stories thatprove the world is rewriting the rules of global power, from high-stakes military…

  17. Stock Market Explained, America’s 250th Time Capsule, and Robot House Printers

    · 11 min · S1 E14

    This week, Declan breaks down three massive stories, from ahistoric run on Wall Street to a high-tech message to the year 2276 and a neighborhood built entirely by giant machines: The First Half 2026 Stock Market…

  18. World Cup Special: Part 5 – The 2026 Crystal Ball 🎙️

    · 7:53 · Bonus

    Welcome to the fifth and final installment of our special Global Wrap World Cup mini-series! Today, we are opening up "The 2026 Crystal Ball" using real sports math, data analytics, and prediction markets to separate…

  19. The Global Wrap: America’s 250th Birthday, Trump’s Tech Threat, and the Million-Year-Old Deep Freeze

    · 11 min · S1 E13

    Welcome back to The Global Wrap—the weekly news summary for kids, by a kid! 🎙️ This week, Declan breaks down three massive stories, from a quarter-millennium birthday celebration to a prehistoric time capsule locked…

  20. The Global Wrap World Cup Special: Part 4 – The 8 Elite Champions, Super-Rivalries, and Chronicles of the Cup

    · 7:31 · Bonus

    Welcome back to The Global Wrap—the weekly news podcast for kids, by a kid! 🎙️ In Episode 4 of our special World Cup mini-series, Declan is unlocking "The Chronicles of the Cup." To truly understand where the…

  21. The Global Wrap: The $1.3 Trillion Toy Chest, The Most Expensive Traffic Jam, and The North American Soccer Takeover

    · 13 min · S1 E12

    Welcome back to The Global Wrap: The Weekly News Podcastfor kids, by a kid! 🎙️ This week, Declan breaks down three massive stories, from a high-stakes trade checkup right on our border to an incredible historic streak…

  22. The Global Wrap World Cup Special: Part 3 - How Soccer Stopped a War, from Poverty to Legendary, and the Power of the "Viking Clap"

    · 12 min · Bonus

    Welcome back to The Global Wrap—the weekly news summary for kids, by a kid! 🎙️ Get ready to lean in, because World Cup fever has officially taken over! In Episode 3 of our special 5-part mini-series, Declan explores…

  23. The Global Wrap: The Great Copper Squeeze, Europe’s Economic Freeze, and The 144-Year Brick-by-Brick Countdown

    · 13 min · S1 E11

    Welcome back to The Global Wrap—the weekly news podcast for kids, by a kid! 🎙️ This week, Declan breaks down three massive headlines shaping our world, from a century-old architectural masterpiece to a high-stakes…

  24. The Global Wrap World Cup Special: Part 2 - Inside the Economics of the Beautiful Game

    · 12 min · Bonus

    Welcome back to The Global Wrap—the weekly news podcastfor kids, by a kid! 🎙️ Think the World Cup is just a soccer tournament? Think again. Here, Declan breaks down the economics behind the beautiful game. From…

  25. The Global Wrap: Understanding Global GDP Growth, Economics of NBA Fandom and Turning Plastic Bottles into Plant Food

    · 16 min · S1 E10

    Welcome back to The Global Wrap—the weekly news summary for kids, by a kid! 🎙️ This week, for our tenth episode, Declan breaks down threemassive stories: The Global Report Card & The Job Machine 📈The world economy…

  26. The Global Wrap World Cup Special: Part 1 - The Pitch and the Passport

    · 11 min · Bonus

    Welcome to a very special edition of The Global Wrap—the news summary for kids, by a kid! 🎙️ This week, Declan kicks off a special five-part bonus series counting down to one of the biggest events on planet Earth: The…

  27. The Global Wrap: Rare Earth Secrets, Energy Security, and the See-Through Frog Saving Human Lives 🎙️

    · 13 min · S1 E9

    Welcome back to The Global Wrap—the weekly news podcast for kids, by a kid! In Episode 9, Declan breaks down three massive stories about the high-stakes race for technology, the future of clean energy, and the frog…

  28. The Global Wrap: The $2 Trillion AI Chip Race, The Fast Lane through the Arctic, and The Miracle Seed

    · 10 min · S1 E8

    Welcome back to The Global Wrap—the weekly news podcast for kids, by a kid! 🎙️ This week, Declan breaks down three massive stories, from atrillion-dollar milestone to a miracle tree seed to tackle microplastics: The…

  29. The Global Wrap: Inside the High-Stakes Beijing Summit, the Record-Breaking Summer Travel Squeeze, and Amazon's New Hyper-Speed AI

    · 9:48 · S1 E7

    Welcome back to The Global Wrap—the weekly news podcast for kids...by a kid! 🎙️ This week, Declan breaks down three massive stories that prove the world is moving faster, rewriting the rules of global power, and…

  30. The Global Wrap: Grounding the Yellow Airline, the Robot with 20-Millisecond Reflexes and the $25 Billion Piggy Bank

    · 10 min · S1 E6

    Welcome back to The Global Wrap—the weekly newssummary for kids, by a kid! 🎙️ This week, Declan breaks down three massive stories ranging from economics to robotics: The End of the Yellow Fleet ✈️:Spirit Airlines has…

  31. The Global Wrap: Building the $700 Billion Hyper-Scaler Super-Brain and Digital Time Machines

    · 11 min · S1 E5

    Welcome back to The Global Wrap—the weekly newsshow for kids, by a kid! 🎙️ This week, Declan breaks down three massive stories thatprove the future and the past are hanging out together, from $700 billion…

  32. The Global Wrap: Tesla’s Self-Driving Surge, The $166 Billion Tariff Refund, and NASA’s Interstellar Rescue

    · 8:49 · S1 E4

    Welcome back to The Global Wrap—the weekly news summary for kids, by a kid! 🎙️ This week, Declan breaks down three massive stories, from the rise of self-driving cars to NASA's high-stakes tech support call 15 billion…

  33. The Global Wrap: Stock Market Hot Streak, World Cup Stumbles, and Rory McIlroy's Master Plan

    · 11 min · S1 E3

    Welcome back to The Global Wrap—the weekly news podcast for kids...produced by a kid! 🎙️ This week, Declan breaks down three massive stories, from a historic run on Wall Street to the secret behind a golf legend’s…

  34. The Global Wrap: Understanding the Iran Ceasefire, Inflation, and How Cities are Outsmarting Pollution

    · 8:20 · S1 E2

    The world is changing fast. We’re here to help you keep up. Welcome back to The Global Wrap—the weekly news summary for kids, by akid. 🎙️ This week, Declan breaks down three massive stories that are shaping our…

  35. The Global Wrap: Inside the Energy Pinch and NASA's History-Making Mission

    · 6:54 · S1 E1

    The world is complicated. Your news shouldn't be. Welcome to The Global Wrap—the weekly news podcast for kids, by a kid. 🎙️ This week, Declan breaks down the "21-Day Ticking Clock" in the Middle East and why President…

  36. The Global Wrap: Weekly News for Kids

    · 1:13 · S1 E1 · Trailer

    Welcome to The Global Wrap, the educational newspodcast designed for kids, produced by a kid. Join host Declan every week as he breaks down the top three stories in global affairs, economics, and geopolitics in under…

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