The Happy Pod: The disabled TV director pushing for change

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4.3 • 8.2K Ratings

🗓️ 19 August 2023

⏱️ 28 minutes

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Summary

Our weekly collection of the happiest stories in the world. This week, Jordan Hogg and his campaign to get more disabled people working in the film and TV industry, the Ukrainian soldier who became a ballet star after losing both legs in the war, and the surfers rescued after 36 hours adrift off Indonesia.

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0:00.0	Wow, what an experience to be a part of the Tokyo Olympics.
0:02.6	It's so edgy in my memory.
0:04.7	It's one of the pinnacles of my athletic career.
0:07.0	On the podium is the podcast where Olympic and Paralympic athletes
0:10.5	share their remarkable stories from the struggles.
0:13.8	Lots of sacrifices, lots of hard work, tears,
0:16.5	a lot of things that the outside world doesn't know.
0:19.1	To the victories.
0:20.6	In the waffle, I could do anything that anybody else could do.
0:24.0	On the podium from the BBC World Service,
0:26.7	find it wherever you get your BBC podcasts.
0:31.2	Hi, I'm Nancy.
0:32.4	I'm from the United States,
0:33.6	and I'm going to be talking about why dogs make you so happy.
0:37.5	I'm Toby Kumbavatch, and I'd like to shed a little light on Happy Pod.
0:41.1	I'm Catherine and Ithaca.
0:42.6	And I am Fara and Ithaca and this is the Happy Pod.
0:45.3	This is the Happy Pod from the BBC World Service.
0:48.8	I'm Jacquie Leonard, and in this edition uploaded on Saturday, the 19th of August,
0:59.0	improving the representation of disabled people in film and TV
1:03.0	and the director pushing for change.
1:05.5	Disabled kids in particular,
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