# The Global Wrap: Weekly News for Kids

A podcast by Declan. 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. 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.

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## Latest episodes

- [Making Every Child an Owner in the Future Prosperity of America](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/podcast/1890684302/89c3d3641c6e) (2026-10-25, 11 min): audio https://anchor.fm/s/110d13e98/podcast/play/128047545/https%3A%2F%2Fd3ctxlq1ktw2nl.cloudfront.net%2Fstaging%2F2026-9-25%2Fac6ecb56-a0fe-3248-465e-f8951b4567db.mp3
- [Tesla's Flying Car, IMF Global Growth Outlook, and U.S.-China Trade De-escalation](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/podcast/1890684302/5e3d4e3e48c8) (2026-10-18, 13 min): audio https://anchor.fm/s/110d13e98/podcast/play/127642542/https%3A%2F%2Fd3ctxlq1ktw2nl.cloudfront.net%2Fstaging%2F2026-9-18%2Ffd6fce3e-0e96-c00e-e525-4111def838da.mp3
- [Stock Market Records vs. Bond Vigilantes, G7 Emergency Oil Release, and the Jobs Report Paradox](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/podcast/1890684302/12091d7274de) (2026-10-11, 14 min): audio https://anchor.fm/s/110d13e98/podcast/play/127290219/https%3A%2F%2Fd3ctxlq1ktw2nl.cloudfront.net%2Fstaging%2F2026-9-11%2F993c8026-5311-151d-b3fe-8ade359fa2e1.mp3
- [Pokémon turns 30, US Midterm Elections and Central Banks Hoard Gold](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/podcast/1890684302/51b67cfb56b1) (2026-10-04, 12 min): audio https://anchor.fm/s/110d13e98/podcast/play/126769533/https%3A%2F%2Fd3ctxlq1ktw2nl.cloudfront.net%2Fstaging%2F2026-9-4%2F275905b2-6ed2-89be-2e31-771de0c61944.mp3
- [Xi Jinping Visits White House, Figure AI’s Humanoid Robot Unveiling, and Arctic Security Deal](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/podcast/1890684302/949878a3d395) (2026-09-27, 12 min): audio https://anchor.fm/s/110d13e98/podcast/play/126371761/https%3A%2F%2Fd3ctxlq1ktw2nl.cloudfront.net%2Fstaging%2F2026-8-27%2F2c3ddd7d-488c-3973-73e8-a5fb9854dbb5.mp3
- [The Fed's Rate Hike, Canada's $1 Trillion Investment Summit, and Autonomous Drone Deliveries](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/podcast/1890684302/3fb969c2c4fb) (2026-09-20, 12 min): audio https://anchor.fm/s/110d13e98/podcast/play/126027653/https%3A%2F%2Fd3ctxlq1ktw2nl.cloudfront.net%2Fstaging%2F2026-8-20%2F31b43cd5-858e-8bd9-ba05-98a06d299071.mp3
- [Global Math & Reading Test Scores Plummet, NYC Bans AI in Schools, and China's Solar Milestone](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/podcast/1890684302/26713a7090a9) (2026-09-13, 14 min): audio https://anchor.fm/s/110d13e98/podcast/play/125653199/https%3A%2F%2Fd3ctxlq1ktw2nl.cloudfront.net%2Fstaging%2F2026-8-13%2F2ebda05d-d105-a980-a518-d32f79ce75c3.mp3
- [AI & the G20 meeting recap, Jackson Hole Rate Hike Signals, and US-Venezuela Oil Deal](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/podcast/1890684302/305d6f8b90c1) (2026-09-06, 18 min): audio https://anchor.fm/s/110d13e98/podcast/play/125259175/https%3A%2F%2Fd3ctxlq1ktw2nl.cloudfront.net%2Fstaging%2F2026-8-5%2F566683ab-9291-6448-5736-e4bf8c050510.mp3
- [US-Canada Trade War, Record-Breaking Robot Olympics, and London's Cracking Houses](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/podcast/1890684302/5a6021170371) (2026-08-30, 13 min): audio https://anchor.fm/s/110d13e98/podcast/play/124915877/https%3A%2F%2Fd3ctxlq1ktw2nl.cloudfront.net%2Fstaging%2F2026-7-29%2F244ec1b9-d7db-faf5-d5b6-cab4e029df86.mp3
- [Moderna's Cancer Vaccine Breakthrough, Retail Earnings Breakdown, and Route 66 Turns 100](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/podcast/1890684302/6f340c0791f2) (2026-08-23, 11 min): audio https://anchor.fm/s/110d13e98/podcast/play/124599484/https%3A%2F%2Fd3ctxlq1ktw2nl.cloudfront.net%2Fstaging%2F2026-7-23%2Fc2777987-4f8c-7ad1-fe8e-1c336e72e2aa.mp3
- [July Inflation Breakdown, Wall Street’s $500B Play, and Deep Ocean AI Mapping](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/podcast/1890684302/d01ef55fc0f5) (2026-08-16, 14 min): audio https://anchor.fm/s/110d13e98/podcast/play/124275065/https%3A%2F%2Fd3ctxlq1ktw2nl.cloudfront.net%2Fstaging%2F2026-7-16%2Fca9d507d-bbc0-7b9a-79fa-3b4e0e09f580.mp3
- [Space Heat Maps, Orbital Garbage Collectors, and Summer Box Office Wars](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/podcast/1890684302/f6cd51cbf6ae) (2026-08-09, 9 min): audio https://anchor.fm/s/110d13e98/podcast/play/123961807/https%3A%2F%2Fd3ctxlq1ktw2nl.cloudfront.net%2Fstaging%2F2026-7-9%2F87e7541f-f6b6-996c-baf0-16fd3288a2e5.mp3
- [The New Aid Diplomacy, The Central Bank Dilemma, and Interstellar Comet 3I/ATLAS](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/podcast/1890684302/9fb82978e3e5) (2026-08-02, 10 min): audio https://anchor.fm/s/110d13e98/podcast/play/123634237/https%3A%2F%2Fd3ctxlq1ktw2nl.cloudfront.net%2Fstaging%2F2026-7-2%2Fea25a504-a7e5-0c8c-7d31-8aa4084f8620.mp3
- [The Dollar Alternative, Southeast Asia’s Tech Boom, and the Extinct Island Giants](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/podcast/1890684302/465dba940dee) (2026-07-26, 9 min): audio https://anchor.fm/s/110d13e98/podcast/play/123319722/https%3A%2F%2Fd3ctxlq1ktw2nl.cloudfront.net%2Fstaging%2F2026-6-25%2F14201d23-fca3-f725-c67a-914881b7177f.mp3
- [The Great Data Center Wars, 3.2-Billion-Year-Old Space Crops, and Super Bowl Style at the World Cup](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/podcast/1890684302/056da76d700c) (2026-07-19, 14 min): audio https://anchor.fm/s/110d13e98/podcast/play/123009387/https%3A%2F%2Fd3ctxlq1ktw2nl.cloudfront.net%2Fstaging%2F2026-6-18%2F0202a93d-bac9-a3d1-a0ac-303410beab05.mp3
- [Inside the Great AI Cash Squeeze, NATO’s Arctic Submarine Wall, and the Cosmic Hard Drive Mystery](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/podcast/1890684302/4c1b1e5bcb0e) (2026-07-12, 11 min): audio https://anchor.fm/s/110d13e98/podcast/play/122725973/https%3A%2F%2Fd3ctxlq1ktw2nl.cloudfront.net%2Fstaging%2F2026-6-12%2F17febae2-68c4-5a04-8e04-7c7f5f7286f9.mp3
- [Stock Market Explained, America’s 250th Time Capsule, and Robot House Printers](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/podcast/1890684302/970ffa19a7d2) (2026-07-05, 11 min): audio https://anchor.fm/s/110d13e98/podcast/play/122395471/https%3A%2F%2Fd3ctxlq1ktw2nl.cloudfront.net%2Fstaging%2F2026-6-5%2F6b095819-6381-1ba4-35e5-179ea0e0c045.mp3
- [World Cup Special: Part 5 – The 2026 Crystal Ball 🎙️](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/podcast/1890684302/21d465cc0201) (2026-07-01, 8 min): audio https://anchor.fm/s/110d13e98/podcast/play/122262582/https%3A%2F%2Fd3ctxlq1ktw2nl.cloudfront.net%2Fstaging%2F2026-6-1%2F6c56ecfc-e753-e14b-819a-0913bfa70d85.mp3
- [The Global Wrap: America’s 250th Birthday, Trump’s Tech Threat, and the Million-Year-Old Deep Freeze](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/podcast/1890684302/03adafc67200) (2026-06-28, 12 min): audio https://anchor.fm/s/110d13e98/podcast/play/122082247/https%3A%2F%2Fd3ctxlq1ktw2nl.cloudfront.net%2Fstaging%2F2026-5-28%2Fa9ac8e79-2728-a20e-c21c-3e0028a33af2.mp3
- [The Global Wrap World Cup Special: Part 4 – The 8 Elite Champions, Super-Rivalries, and Chronicles of the Cup](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/podcast/1890684302/563ebe54ee79) (2026-06-25, 8 min): audio https://anchor.fm/s/110d13e98/podcast/play/121962838/https%3A%2F%2Fd3ctxlq1ktw2nl.cloudfront.net%2Fstaging%2F2026-5-25%2F7394eecb-cb8e-7562-a98f-29bd62a173b0.mp3
- [The Global Wrap: The $1.3 Trillion Toy Chest, The Most Expensive Traffic Jam, and The North American Soccer Takeover](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/podcast/1890684302/fdc980763a29) (2026-06-21, 13 min): audio https://anchor.fm/s/110d13e98/podcast/play/121781807/https%3A%2F%2Fd3ctxlq1ktw2nl.cloudfront.net%2Fstaging%2F2026-5-21%2F33557b49-f208-bf57-3320-633401676a12.mp3
- [The Global Wrap World Cup Special: Part 3 - How Soccer Stopped a War, from Poverty to Legendary, and the Power of the "Viking Clap"](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/podcast/1890684302/c3a242601ba0) (2026-06-17, 12 min): audio https://anchor.fm/s/110d13e98/podcast/play/121483868/https%3A%2F%2Fd3ctxlq1ktw2nl.cloudfront.net%2Fstaging%2F2026-5-15%2Ffe5f23a9-0ce0-3a81-8317-9a3b01e8d71a.mp3
- [The Global Wrap: The Great Copper Squeeze, Europe’s Economic Freeze, and The 144-Year Brick-by-Brick Countdown](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/podcast/1890684302/1b0896a148ba) (2026-06-14, 13 min): audio https://anchor.fm/s/110d13e98/podcast/play/121444318/https%3A%2F%2Fd3ctxlq1ktw2nl.cloudfront.net%2Fstaging%2F2026-5-14%2F2517074e-200b-99d6-3de6-00f8d31892b2.mp3
- [The Global Wrap World Cup Special: Part 2 - Inside the Economics of the Beautiful Game](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/podcast/1890684302/2509f392630f) (2026-06-10, 13 min): audio https://anchor.fm/s/110d13e98/podcast/play/121259012/https%3A%2F%2Fd3ctxlq1ktw2nl.cloudfront.net%2Fstaging%2F2026-5-10%2F29938697-1bd7-b578-cd89-7a2f34a8362b.mp3
- [The Global Wrap: Understanding Global GDP Growth, Economics of NBA Fandom and Turning Plastic Bottles into Plant Food](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/podcast/1890684302/aad6db556bda) (2026-06-07, 16 min): audio https://anchor.fm/s/110d13e98/podcast/play/121121341/https%3A%2F%2Fd3ctxlq1ktw2nl.cloudfront.net%2Fstaging%2F2026-5-7%2F6e19139b-c8d8-2920-ee3d-cbe8da85a245.mp3
- [The Global Wrap World Cup Special: Part 1 - The Pitch and the Passport](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/podcast/1890684302/c5e77ffe1a47) (2026-06-03, 11 min): audio https://anchor.fm/s/110d13e98/podcast/play/120817291/https%3A%2F%2Fd3ctxlq1ktw2nl.cloudfront.net%2Fstaging%2F2026-5-1%2F202878a6-b9b0-3304-f2d5-a685d1685a83.mp3
- [The Global Wrap: Rare Earth Secrets, Energy Security, and the See-Through Frog Saving Human Lives 🎙️](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/podcast/1890684302/6b72f6ff5a55) (2026-05-31, 14 min): audio https://anchor.fm/s/110d13e98/podcast/play/120795730/https%3A%2F%2Fd3ctxlq1ktw2nl.cloudfront.net%2Fstaging%2F2026-4-31%2F2ab56928-e7cc-6043-15f4-35cdeda51814.mp3
- [The Global Wrap: The $2 Trillion AI Chip Race, The Fast Lane through the Arctic, and The Miracle Seed](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/podcast/1890684302/6047d161e448) (2026-05-23, 11 min): audio https://anchor.fm/s/110d13e98/podcast/play/120432635/https%3A%2F%2Fd3ctxlq1ktw2nl.cloudfront.net%2Fstaging%2F2026-4-23%2F4c30b1e2-efac-08a0-6b1d-41517b4d7f8e.mp3
- [The Global Wrap: Inside the High-Stakes Beijing Summit, the Record-Breaking Summer Travel Squeeze, and Amazon's New Hyper-Speed AI](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/podcast/1890684302/61f051a67ea2) (2026-05-17, 10 min): audio https://anchor.fm/s/110d13e98/podcast/play/120114299/https%3A%2F%2Fd3ctxlq1ktw2nl.cloudfront.net%2Fstaging%2F2026-4-17%2F6966095d-b95e-03a2-3451-5a28082ba83b.mp3
- [The Global Wrap: Grounding the Yellow Airline, the Robot with 20-Millisecond Reflexes and the $25 Billion Piggy Bank](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/podcast/1890684302/81fa3de7820c) (2026-05-09, 11 min): audio https://anchor.fm/s/110d13e98/podcast/play/119742071/https%3A%2F%2Fd3ctxlq1ktw2nl.cloudfront.net%2Fstaging%2F2026-4-9%2F68472f76-b468-690f-67ab-c8e81c5134f9.mp3
- [The Global Wrap: Building the $700 Billion Hyper-Scaler Super-Brain and Digital Time Machines](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/podcast/1890684302/18b12e70d958) (2026-05-03, 11 min): audio https://anchor.fm/s/110d13e98/podcast/play/119394131/https%3A%2F%2Fd3ctxlq1ktw2nl.cloudfront.net%2Fstaging%2F2026-4-3%2F036beff4-9dc9-564f-4098-e2db1ed9fb21.mp3
- [The Global Wrap: Tesla’s Self-Driving Surge, The $166 Billion Tariff Refund, and NASA’s Interstellar Rescue](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/podcast/1890684302/711f46a3093a) (2026-04-26, 9 min): audio https://anchor.fm/s/110d13e98/podcast/play/119064213/https%3A%2F%2Fd3ctxlq1ktw2nl.cloudfront.net%2Fstaging%2F2026-3-26%2F17709942-e51d-dfa9-1632-91a5d174ea93.mp3
- [The Global Wrap: Stock Market Hot Streak, World Cup Stumbles, and Rory McIlroy's Master Plan](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/podcast/1890684302/1368933e2a1b) (2026-04-19, 12 min): audio https://anchor.fm/s/110d13e98/podcast/play/118689428/https%3A%2F%2Fd3ctxlq1ktw2nl.cloudfront.net%2Fstaging%2F2026-3-19%2F033ab0a6-7ded-60c4-c214-921816b6c0e5.mp3
- [The Global Wrap: Understanding the Iran Ceasefire, Inflation, and How Cities are Outsmarting Pollution](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/podcast/1890684302/be59e5d9ab4d) (2026-04-12, 9 min): audio https://anchor.fm/s/110d13e98/podcast/play/118326500/https%3A%2F%2Fd3ctxlq1ktw2nl.cloudfront.net%2Fstaging%2F2026-3-12%2F2c0b0cf8-9beb-3fec-1d6d-1cbfcd05e0be.mp3
- [The Global Wrap: Inside the Energy Pinch and NASA's History-Making Mission](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/podcast/1890684302/2aaec8aaf6d2) (2026-04-05, 7 min): audio https://anchor.fm/s/110d13e98/podcast/play/118002069/https%3A%2F%2Fd3ctxlq1ktw2nl.cloudfront.net%2Fstaging%2F2026-3-5%2Fa3c7a7bc-a371-fc77-96a6-5cd6447eb4f5.mp3
- [The Global Wrap: Weekly News for Kids](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/podcast/1890684302/a6d1a4d8fb61) (2026-04-04, 2 min): audio https://anchor.fm/s/110d13e98/podcast/play/117953138/https%3A%2F%2Fd3ctxlq1ktw2nl.cloudfront.net%2Fstaging%2F2026-3-4%2Fa92de865-9d62-69a3-142e-93e8288cc8e3.mp3

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