The Happy Pod: Uniting generations with a splash
Global News Podcast
BBC
4.3 • 8.3K Ratings
🗓️ 24 August 2024
⏱️ 27 minutes
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Summary
We hear about a huge summer water fight that brings joy to young and old at a preschool with a difference. All Seasons in Minnesota is run inside a care home for older people -- where the children learn from their elders, and make them smile. Also: How breastfeeding women helped an Orangutan at Dublin Zoo learn to care for her baby. The first person to swim from Italy to Albania tells us about the gruelling event - and how a delivery of ice cream in the middle of the sea kept her going. We meet the Nigerian table tennis players making history as the first African couple to compete at the Paralympics. And we hear about a new version of London's famous tube map.
Our weekly collection of happy stories and positive news from around the world.
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| 0:00.0 | Hi, my name is Luke. I'm four years old. My name is Grandma Mirian and I'm 88. |
| 0:07.0 | Hi, my name is Elliot and I'm five and a half. |
| 0:10.0 | My name is Grandma Carol. |
| 0:12.0 | Hello, my name is Rivey and I have four and a half. |
| 0:15.0 | Hi, I'm Sarah from all seasons preschool |
| 0:18.0 | and you're listening to The Happy Pod. I'm Bernadette Kio and in this edition. |
| 0:28.0 | A lot of people are going to get wet. Wept. He. generational water fight. The breastfeeding women that helped an orangutan care for her baby. |
| 0:46.0 | If people wanted to they took off their tops and their bras and sat there with measures showing her exactly what she needed to do. |
| 0:52.0 | It was women supporting women at its best, regardless of species. |
| 0:56.3 | And how trusting her team helped Eva Boozo |
| 0:59.8 | become the first person to swim from Italy to Albania. My team was like, the rock is. the are you're listening to the happy pod from the BBC World Service. We start in Minnesota at a preschool with a difference. |
| 1:27.0 | To hide out to play with us. |
| 1:30.0 | My name is Charlotte. I'm five years out. Hi, my name is Luke. I'm four years old. |
| 1:40.0 | My name is Grandma Mirian and I'm 88. |
| 1:43.7 | We love Grandma Mary so much. |
| 1:45.9 | Hi, my name is Elliot and I'm five and a half. |
| 1:49.2 | My name is Grandma Carol. |
| 1:50.6 | Hello, my name is Rivey and I have four and a half. |
| 1:54.0 | My name is Grandma Sheila and I right now I'm 82 years old. |
| 1:59.0 | 82. |
| 2:01.0 | 82, yes. |
| 2:02.0 | The two seasons preschool, the children have daily interactions with the seniors at a care home in the same building. |
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