The Happy Podcast

Global News Podcast

BBC

News, Daily News

4.3 • 8.3K Ratings

🗓️ 4 March 2023

⏱️ 26 minutes

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Summary

Our new weekly collection of the happiest stories in the world along with the sounds that bring joy to our listeners. This week, the naughty Finnish huskies who've found a new home, the Caribbean sailor who survived 24 days at sea on ketchup, and the crafty octogenarian who knits for Hollywood. Presented by Andrew Peach. Music produced by Iona Hampson.

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0:00.0	I'm Andrew Peach.
0:01.0	I've been a journalist here at the BBC's headquarters in central London for 25 years,
0:06.3	but this is the first time I've come to work on a mission to find good news.
0:11.8	Stories that leave you feeling inspired, uplifted, happy.
0:15.1	The stories we actually tell each other all the time in everyday life.
0:19.1	And why are we doing it?
0:20.1	Well, because you got in touch and said you'd like to hear them.
0:23.2	Hi there, I'm Shane Godden from Toronto, Canada.
0:26.4	I would love to hear a weekly segment on Happy News.
0:29.3	I would really enjoy that.
0:30.8	However, I do feel that it's important to continue to provide, you know, the sometimes
0:35.6	grim stories that you currently are.
0:38.9	Please do both.
0:39.9	We would love Happy News.
0:40.9	Hi, I'm Chelsea Cania from London, and I'm a daily listener, and I love the idea of a
0:46.3	weekly Happy News episode.
0:47.9	Thanks so much for listening.
0:49.5	I'm James Gibbons, and I think it would be excellent if the BBC made more happy pods.
0:55.6	I love how the Global News podcast provides objective, factual, relevant news, but a whole
1:01.4	podcast, perhaps weekly, dedicated to all the good in the world would be wonderful.
1:06.5	Fundamentally, the good outweighs the bad in the world, and a happy pod would help everyone
1:10.6	remember that.
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