This is the Happy Pod from the BBC World Service.

I'm Valerie Sanderson, and in this edition, we meet the man described by his millions of fans as the internet dad, the world, needs.

I'm grateful for the platform that I've been given to be able to pour good back into the world.

There's just so much negativity and I want to try to make being a dad a cool thing.

Also, that's not good to give up. In most cases, you can lose all the pieces but still

stand a chance. That's the beauty of chess that we never give up in life.

It's not over until it's over.

How chess lessons have changed thousands of lives in Uganda,

while Ukrainians are turning to humor.

The demand for comedy looks totally natural to me now.

It's a tool which can help us process this stream

of depressing information. The 90-year-old lawyer with no plans to retire and the very

smelly plant attracting thousands of visitors in Australia. We start with a man who's amassed millions of online followers

by offering tips on how to tackle everything, from ironing a shirt or making coffee,

to changing a car battery and fixing a toilet.

Rob Kenny's dad left when he was a teenager,

so after raising his own children, he decided he wanted to help others who might need parental advice.

Rob, who lives near Seattle in Washington State, started in 2020 during the pandemic, posting a simple video of how to tie a necktie.

Within days, he'd gone viral with one viewer calling him the internet dad

the world needs, while others said he'd adopted everyone who needs a dad and made them realize

dads were supposed to be supportive. His YouTube channel, Dad, How Do I, now has more than

5 million subscribers. Rob spoke to the Happy Pot.

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