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Global News Podcast

The Happy Pod: A gift that reopened the world

Global News Podcast

BBC

Society & Culture, Daily News, News, Documentary

4.27.8K Ratings

🗓️ 15 March 2025

⏱️ 27 minutes

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Summary

We hear how an off-road wheelchair Zack built for Cambry when they started dating reopened her world and changed hundreds of lives. Also: life lessons from a singing grandad and a young climber; and King Charles turns DJ.

Transcript

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0:00.0

My name is Zach Nelson.

0:01.3

And I'm Cambriy Nelson.

0:02.5

And you're listening to The Happy Pod on the BBC World Service.

0:11.0

Hello, it's Alan Smith with you for half an hour or so of uplifting stories from around the world.

0:16.6

This is The Happy Pod from the BBC World Service.

0:19.9

And in this edition, how one couple's love of outdoor adventures

0:23.5

inspired an invention that helped hundreds of people.

0:26.9

So just riding the rig has opened my world.

0:30.6

And, yeah, I love it.

0:32.5

Seeing people out and enjoying life and the outdoors, that's super satisfying.

0:38.5

Why you're never too old to succeed at something new?

0:41.6

If you're Laura came to me and said,

0:43.5

my dad, you're going to go on TikTok.

0:45.5

I said, you're going to go, but what?

0:47.5

Or too young to inspire others.

0:49.8

I was so scared of falling from so high up.

0:53.0

I need some time to step back and reflect.

0:55.8

Plus, we've Italy's top dog.

0:58.2

She likes to cuddle, but she loves to run and to have fun on her favorite beach.

1:04.3

When she's in the rain, she's like, look at me.

1:07.0

The Whippets who secured the country's first ever win at the world's biggest dog show.

1:16.9

To start, though, a question. I wonder how good you are at identifying sounds. One of the things

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