The Happy Pod: The young people changing the world
Global News Podcast
BBC
4.3 • 8.2K Ratings
🗓️ 28 September 2024
⏱️ 27 minutes
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Summary
At the One Young World summit in Canada, we meet leaders and innovators from around the world including a 22-year-old MP, a woman using AI to tackle cyberbullying, and the founder of a fashion brand praised by Beyoncé.
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| 0:00.0 | You're listening to the Happy Pod from One Young World. |
| 0:05.0 | Hello, I'm Holly Gibbs and for this week's Happy Pod from the BBC World Service we are in Montreal for the One Young World Summit. |
| 0:17.0 | We've met young world. |
| 0:23.6 | We've met young leaders and innovators |
| 0:25.7 | from more than 190 countries |
| 0:28.3 | who have gathered to confront the biggest challenges |
| 0:30.9 | facing humanity. |
| 0:32.2 | Despite the difficult themes discussed here in Canada, |
| 0:35.6 | the people we've met have shown so much optimism, hope and solutions for the future, |
| 0:40.6 | and we're going to share their inspiring stories with you. |
| 0:44.0 | When you see the way that we challenge things in Parliament, |
| 0:48.0 | they're just really different and it's definitely what I'm aligned to. |
| 0:52.0 | They're also using the knowledge they gain here |
| 0:55.2 | to make a real difference back home. |
| 0:57.2 | I already know that there was sustainable and biodegradable products around the globe, but I never had the chance to see this |
| 1:05.0 | products in Brazil. |
| 1:06.0 | There are so many young people from around the world that really care. |
| 1:09.0 | I'm not alone in what I'm doing and there's other young change makers who are on the same path and we all are |
| 1:13.8 | gonna we're gonna change this world and it's one step at a time. |
| 1:16.5 | First up in Montreal is Hannah Raffiti Maipi Clark. She became New Zealand's youngest |
| 1:28.0 | MP for more than 170 years when she was elected into Parliament last year and it wasn't just her age that |
| 1:35.2 | caught attention so did this During her inauguration, Hannah performed a ceremonial hacker, a traditional ritual of the Maori people. Her work has gathered global |
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