The Happy Pod: The healing power of singing
Global News Podcast
BBC
4.2 • 7.8K Ratings
🗓️ 18 October 2025
⏱️ 28 minutes
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Summary
A singing group designed for women with post-natal depression has been shown to deliver long lasting improvements in their wellbeing. A three year study found that it helped them with symptoms like low mood, stress and anxiety and that these benefits lasted for several months after the sessions ended. Also: big celebrations as Cape Verde qualifies for the men's football World Cup. It's the second smallest country by population to reach the finals. The women reviving Aztec traditions on Mexico's island farms. Chinampas are an early model of sustainable agriculture but were at risk of disappearing. An ingenious way to fix broken life-saving equipment at remote hospitals that can't get the spare parts they need. The DJ with a difference who's filling dancefloors in Sweden - with people over the age of 50. Plus engineering meets art with a unique dinosaur sculpture, and why people love goat yoga.
Our weekly collection of inspiring, uplifting and happy news from around the world.
Presenter: Vanessa Heaney. Music composed by Iona Hampson.
Transcript
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| 0:32.6 | Trust is earned. |
| 0:34.0 | This is our BBC. |
| 0:36.1 | This is the Happy Pod from the BBC World Service. |
| 0:44.4 | I'm Vanessa Heaney and in this edition, the Healing Power of Singing. |
| 0:49.0 | Other baby classes are great to meet mums, |
| 0:50.9 | but it doesn't have the same sort of calming influence, |
| 0:52.9 | especially when you've had issues of anxiety or stress. This is really nice for mums to come together, moms that have been |
| 0:58.0 | through things to relate. Also, I've been saying to my kids, this is history in the making. Tiny little |
| 1:04.7 | country like ours and being just thrown into the spotlight like this is just amazing. |
| 1:11.2 | Celebrations as a tiny country qualifies for football's biggest tournament. |
| 1:16.8 | A smart way to get equipment in remote hospitals working again. |
| 1:21.3 | The women reviving an ancient Aztec farming method, plus a DJ with a difference. |
| 1:27.7 | Oh, she's just fantastic. |
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