The Happy Pod : The Norwegian Nepali duo reaching new heights

Global News Podcast

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4.3 • 8.3K Ratings

🗓️ 5 August 2023

⏱️ 28 minutes

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Summary

Our weekly collection of the happiest stories in the world. This week, smashing the record for climbing the world's fourteen highest peaks, the remarkable musician who plays the French horn with his toes, and an eight-year-old chess prodigy from Nigeria - sharing her passion for the game.

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0:00.0	Hi, my name is Evie, I am from Nigeria.
0:03.7	My name is Kenya Othali.
0:06.0	I'm Monica from Poland.
0:07.9	This is the Happy Pod.
0:09.4	Welcome to the Happy Pod.
0:11.0	Welcome to this week's Happy Pod.
0:13.4	This is indeed the Happy Pod from the BBC World Service.
0:21.9	I'm Jackie Leonard, and in this edition,
0:23.7	uploaded on Saturday the 5th of August,
0:26.3	the climbers who've completed the fastest
0:28.5	cent of the world's 14 highest mountains in record time.
0:32.8	We've got the harpist who played a concert
0:34.6	at the top of Mount Kilimanjaro.
0:36.5	The sun came out.
0:38.6	The music was just so crisp and clear
0:41.4	because the air was just so beautiful.
0:43.4	We'll be celebrating another musician,
0:45.0	Felix Cleezer, born without arms,
0:47.3	but able to wow concert audiences
0:49.4	by playing the French horn with his feet.
0:52.0	When you make music, you make music for people
0:54.0	to make people happy.
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