The Happy Pod: A teacher's life-saving gift
Global News Podcast
BBC
4.2 • 7.8K Ratings
🗓️ 29 June 2024
⏱️ 28 minutes
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Summary
Preschool teacher Carissa got tested as soon as she heard her former pupil, 5 year old Ezra, needed a liver transplant. She tells us she didn't think twice about donating and wants him to be able to do 'five year old things'. Ezra's mum Karen says she's overwhelmed that someone would be willing to do something so selfless and giving for her son. Also: A new drug that could protect women from getting HIV with just two injections a year. The extraordinary Euro 2024 football victory that's helped a country believe in itself. How volunteers managed to save priceless works of art at the start of the war in Ukraine. We're back in Finland for an equestrian competition with no animals - where people jump and ride wooden stick toys called hobby horses. And we hear from Debbie Wileman - whose lockdown social videos have led to a new career as a Judy Garland impersonator. Our weekly collection of happy news and positive stories from around the world.
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| 0:00.0 | You're listening to the Happy Pod from the BBC World Service. |
| 0:02.8 | Hello, I'm Oliver Conway. We are recording this on Saturday the 29th of June. |
| 0:13.7 | Coming up, an incredible act of kindness. |
| 0:17.1 | I just wanted to be able to help him. |
| 0:20.0 | I mean, I had what this five-year-old needed. |
| 0:22.8 | To think of somebody being willing to do that for him, |
| 0:25.4 | I can't even imagine how proud her mother must be. |
| 0:29.7 | The preschool teacher donating part of her liver to her former pupil. |
| 0:34.7 | The groundbreaking injection that prevented HIV infections. |
| 0:38.9 | The Zero just really made my hair stand on it because we just haven't seen anything that effective in |
| 0:46.1 | the whole of the AIDS epidemic. |
| 0:49.9 | And we're back in Finland for a rather unusual sporting event. |
| 0:53.7 | Never be afraid of trying something new because you never know what you will like and what |
| 0:59.4 | type of hobbies you will fall in love with. |
| 1:02.4 | Also in this podcast, The Unexpected Victory that's boosted Georgian Fried. |
| 1:07.0 | It was the first time in my lifetime I could see my national flag on BBC and it's not about some catastrophic events that's happening |
| 1:17.3 | there. We are in news in a positive way. And... And. myself on an iPhone in lockdown. The woman whose online videos led to a new career. Now as the more observant of you may have noticed this is my first time presenting the |
| 1:50.8 | happy pod in fact it was suggested that I might be too grumpy for the job, but here I am and what better way to brighten my mood than 25 minutes of cheerfulness and this first item certainly took my breath away. |
| 2:04.7 | Imagine being a young child needing a liver transplant and your teacher turns up at |
| 2:10.6 | your front door offering to share hers. |
| 2:13.2 | Well that is what happened to five-year-old Ezra from New York. |
| 2:17.0 | We'll hear from him and his mom in a moment, but first to his former preschool teacher |
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