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War in the Middle East, interview with a primatologist and recycled pee: this is the program for the new episode of “Hi the news!”

Every week, the “Hi news!” podcast. tells the news to 7-11 year olds, a production of Franceinfo radio and Astrapi magazine. The children speak throughout the program: to comment on current events, ask questions, ask for advice or even tell jokes. To co-present this week’s episode, “Hi News!” welcomes Lucie, 10 years old, deaf from birth and fan of the podcast !

The show first returns to the situation in Lebanon, in the Middle East. For a week, Israel has been sending bombs to different Lebanese towns, after explosions of pagers and walkie-talkies. “Why is there some kind of… a war between Lebanon and Israel ? In fact, I didn’t fully understand.”reacts Lucie in the episode. The presenter Estelle responds by going over the facts.

In Martinique, since the beginning of September, demonstrators have been protesting against the high cost of living. But why and what does it mean ? Answers in this show.

In France, a first urine collection point was installed in the Paris region on September 18… to help farmers. More info in this episode.

To launch you into the adventure of media education in cycles 2 and 3, we provide you, every week, with a new episode of “Quart d’heure Actu”. This sequence of three brief audio extracts from the podcast “Salut l’info!” allows you to establish a short and fun weekly information ritual in class. And to encourage active listening among students, the session is accompanied by a quiz to download.

>> To find out more, go to the Bayard education website

We take this opportunity to send a message to the teachers who listen to us: thank you for your loyalty! If you want to deepen media education, the Salut l’info! offers you the opportunity to register your class for free and participatory webinars. The first webinar of the year will take place on October 15 live and streaming from the Maison de la Radio et de la Musique, in Paris. The theme: introduce your students behind the scenes of the media! More information and registrations on the Bayard education website

In the dossier of the week, the floor is given to a scientist with a fascinating profession: the primatologist Cédric Sueur. His job is to study monkeys all over the world. He explains his job on the microphone of our journalist Zena.

In our “We tell each other everything” section, Alix calls on us because she is fed up with boys playing in their corner, without girls, during recess. With the help of a psychologist, the show gives him advice.

We then open the joke box of the week and listen to the advice of Lucie, 10 years old, who loves reading, the piano and dancing.

Enjoy listening and see you next week for a new episode!

“Hey news!” was prepared for you this week by:

On production, Estelle Faure, Agathe Guilhem, Zena Serhal, Lara Mercier and Rémi Chaurand
Editor-in-chief, Pauline Pennanec’h and Marion Joseph
Directed by Philippe Baudouin
Mixing, Chérif Bitelmaldji