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You're listening to The Happy Pod, best stories of 2025.

I'm Harry Vly.

And I'm Holly Gibbs, and for our last edition of 2025, we're looking back at some of our favorite stories from the past year, including...

I was just doing it to help a mother out. You know, I thought, what if the shoes were on the other foot?

And I thought, you know, I can

help this one person out make their life a little bit easier. The man who created a video

rental corner in his convenience store for his most loyal customer. You don't know where the

store is going to take you. And it's always surprising and it's always beautiful and this project has been

really about like just untapping that extraordinary story that everyone has. We spoke to Will who went

around asking strangers if they would like a cup of tea. Also, the survivors of the Nagasaki

atomic bomb told us why we should strive for peace. Plus.

Here now we really have a bright light on the horizon.

We have a new test that could really be a game changer.

The blood test which could detect ovarian cancer in its early stages.

The woman who climbed up Table Mountain 64 times after she nearly died falling from it.

And Logie, the litter-picking Labrador who's taken the internet by storm.

Let's start in the small American town of Pocatello in Idaho with a story about kindness.

Dave Craning ran the last video rental store in town and almost every day for decades was

visited by Christina, who has Down syndrome. He knew it was an important part of Christina's routine.

So when he had to close the store, Dave was determined to keep a

pocket of it open, especially for her. I spoke to Dave and to Christina's mother, Tony.

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