The Happy Pod: The search for a mystery gift giver
Global News Podcast
BBC
4.3 • 8.2K Ratings
🗓️ 30 March 2024
⏱️ 28 minutes
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Summary
Ten-year-old Zeke and his mum want your help to track down a Japanese football fan who gave him a much loved football shirt. Also: the woman who broke eleven running records in six days, the elephant seals tracking climate change, and some very rare baby frogs.
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| 0:00.0 | a gesture of kindness that cemented a love of football for one young fan. |
| 0:04.8 | If you were the man who gave me the Japan football jersey at Doha Airport in 2022, please email the Happy Pod so we can thank you. |
| 0:16.0 | This is 10-year-old Zeke and he needs our help. |
| 0:19.0 | From the Global News Podcast, this is the Happy Pod. I'm Harry Bly. |
| 0:28.0 | Also in this episode, we're in Chile. They. |
| 0:37.0 | Meet the scientists using these animals to help with their deep sea research and our theme of rare languages. |
| 0:44.0 | Bundiadul, |
| 0:45.0 | Noyeti, |
| 0:47.0 | the Sanzas, |
| 0:48.0 | and infraul, |
| 0:50.0 | naturally, |
| 0:51.0 | bim the news, |
| 0:52.0 | are the Papi-Pob. One listen. The Pei Piedoahue. |
| 0:54.0 | One listener from Northern Italy got in touch. |
| 0:57.0 | Hi, this is Daniel Eieto from San Jose de Nogaro, |
| 1:01.0 | Italy. Welcome to the Happy Pogue. It's |
| 1:05.0 | almost two years. |
| 1:09.0 | It's almost two years since the football world cup was held in Qatar with Argentina claiming |
| 1:14.3 | victory but this story isn't about football itself. We received a message from |
| 1:19.4 | the mother of one of our younger listeners 10-year-old Zeke from Doha. |
| 1:24.1 | Zeke went to watch his favorite team, Croatia, play Japan. |
| 1:28.1 | After the match at Doha Airport, a man gifted Zeke a 1998 Japanese World Cup football shirt. |
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