The Happy Pod: Punching a crocodile to save her sister
Global News Podcast
BBC
4.3 • 8.2K Ratings
🗓️ 18 May 2024
⏱️ 27 minutes
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Summary
We hear from Georgia Laurie on the 'superhero move' to save her twin sister from a crocodile that's earned her a bravery award from King Charles. Her sister Melissa tells us how Georgia's singing helped her fight for her life. Also: Bringing the joy of Irish dancing to a global stage -- the Gardiner Brothers, Michael and Matthew, talk about their rise to social media fame. We go to Thailand to find out what happens if you let children take control of their school. Sven the heartbroken reindeer finds new love after generous donors helped pay for a new stable mate. Why Stevie Wonder wanted to become a citizen of Ghana. And the girls football team who went from losing every game to winning their local cup -- beating a boys team five divisions above them. Our weekly collection of the happiest stories in the world.
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| 0:00.0 | This is the Happy Pod from the BBC World Service. |
| 0:08.0 | I'm Janet Jalil and in this edition uploaded on Saturday the 18th of May, |
| 0:12.0 | we hear from the incredibly courageous Georgia |
| 0:14.9 | Laurie who repeatedly punched a crocodile to save her twin sister Melissa. |
| 0:19.6 | Her bravery has been recognised by King Charles. |
| 0:23.0 | When you think about it now, |
| 0:25.0 | it's kind of like a superhero move, but do you know what? |
| 0:27.8 | I just had no other choice. |
| 0:30.0 | I couldn't live with myself if I had left. |
| 0:32.3 | I mean, it would have to have taken someone to |
| 0:34.0 | drag me away. Meet the brothers taking on the world one jig at a time. |
| 0:40.0 | You know that's something that we love about our dancing and our style is that we are so |
| 0:44.0 | in sync and we love that you know dancing as brothers is is great. |
| 0:48.8 | What happens if you let children run their own school? We go to one revolutionary school in Thailand to find out. |
| 0:55.0 | The school is not to be producing good, decent people to make a better human being, |
| 1:00.0 | not just to be able to read and write, pass exams, take no as a question, never know as an answer. |
| 1:07.0 | Also in this podcast, Why Stevie Wonder thought it was wonderful to become a citizen of Ghana and |
| 1:12.8 | Oh gosh I don't think was actually words that can describe how I felt when we |
| 1:19.7 | realised it was actually going to happen. |
| 1:21.6 | House then the reindeer was saved from a broken heart. |
| 1:27.0 | We begin with the inspiring story of a woman who risked her own life to save her twin sister from a crocodile. |
| 1:37.0 | Georgia and Melissa Lorry were swimming in a lagoon in Mexico three years ago when Melissa was dragged underwater. Georgia |
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