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Welcome to the Happy Pod.

We just swam across the Arctic Circle.

Woo!

Hello, I'm Oliver Conway.

And in this edition, we go swimming across the Arctic Circle under the midnight

sun. Just do it. This doesn't have to be a midlife crisis. Just do it. And it won't be as cold as you think.

The groundbreaking IVF technique that stops babies inheriting certain diseases. When we heard about that

first positive pregnancy test, it was such an amazing feeling.

The scheme where you can hire a grandchild for the day and...

The more you learn to look after an animal, the more you're learning about yourself.

And learning how to look after yourself, it's a lifesaver.

The dog given a new lease of life in New Zealand.

Now, if you listen to our happy pod from the 21st of June,

you may have heard our editor, Karen Martin,

responding to a listener question about whether she ever gets a day off.

She said that she did, but she was keen to highlight

the hard work done by the whole team of happy journalists.

Well now, for our first story,

she has been showing us all how it's done,

casting aside her editor's hat

and diving right in.

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