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Global News Podcast

The Happy Pod: Teamwork and pride - Saudi women's football

Global News Podcast

BBC

Daily News, News

4.38.2K Ratings

🗓️ 23 September 2023

⏱️ 27 minutes

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Summary

Our weekly collection of the happiest stories in the world. This week, the extraordinary growth of women's football in Saudi Arabia, ambitious plans to rewild southern rhinos in Africa, and the fierce competition to be crowned Montenegro's "laziest citizen".

Transcript

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0:00.0

The documentary from the BBC World Service brings the globe to your ears through original

0:06.5

documentary storytelling. Search for the documentary, wherever you get your BBC podcasts.

0:13.3

Hi, I'm Ed, using a sauce and welcoming you to the HappyPod.

0:20.7

Hi, I'm Christina. I'm Robin. We're in Utah and welcome to the HappyPod.

0:25.6

Hi, I'm Mark Dickey, currently in Turkey and I'm grateful to be on the HappyPod.

0:29.5

This is the HappyPod from the BBC World Service.

0:37.2

I'm Jackie Leonard and in this edition uploaded on Saturday, the 23rd of September,

0:42.4

people from the outside might just think that we're here just waking up and

0:46.7

and going to the gym and then going to the field and kicking a ball around,

0:50.2

but it's so much more than that. The rapid rise of women's football in Saudi Arabia,

0:56.8

an ambitious plan to release 2000 Southern White Rhino into the world in Africa.

1:01.8

Something at this scale has never been attempted before. We're going to need all the help that we

1:06.3

can get. It's going to give us a lot of sleep this night, but we are extremely excited about the

1:11.3

possibility. Also in this podcast, what it takes to win the award for Young Astronomy Photographer

1:17.6

of the Year. The picture is really amazing. It is incredibly colorful, but it's really nicely

1:23.6

balanced. We were just really blown away by how well every aspect of it was done.

1:30.0

And the people offering respite care for pets in the US.

1:33.9

That was a blessing to me to know that I could go through what I was going through

1:39.1

and still know that my dogs were well taking care of and that they come back home to me.

1:44.5

Women in Saudi Arabia were only permitted to drive in 2018,

1:54.4

and it was a year later that the women's football department of Saudi Arabian football was

1:59.2

established. Now they are ranked in FIFA with a world class Premier League team and there are

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