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Happiness Podcast.

For the last 20 years I've dedicated my career to exploring the science of living a happier more meaningful life and I want

to share that science with you.

And just one thing, deep calm with Michael Mosley.

I want to help you tap in to your hidden relaxation response system and open the door to that

calmer place within. Listen on BBC Sounds.

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In just a few seconds I'll be patrolling the urban scene.

Do join me. Hello. It begins with a bus, a favorite bus because of the range of neighborhoods it crosses on the way east, and the mix of people who climb

aboard during its 45-minute journey. Dressed up gregarious teens on their way

to bars and clubs, solitary elderly ladies clutching multiple bags as they

subside into a disabled seat single men in blotched overalls carrying tins of

paint. But what gives this person special residence is that it takes me to the square

that contains a jazz club a square where I can sit outside a tiny cabin cafe

drink Afghan beer and watch the skateboarders putting on the style.

And then on the other side of the square, I can climb up the wooden stairs to the Jazz Club itself

always cheerfully full, always wonderfully informal, always ready to provide a platform for

every kind of jazz. Tonight it's the Ed Jones Quartet. But how might I characterize these three episodes of my night out?

Life on the Bus, Life in the Square, Life in the Club.

Each one has seemed like a separate episode with its own distinctive feel but all combined to form a single

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