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Happy News

Our weekly collection of the happiest stories in the world.

World Service,122 episodes

Episodes

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The Happy Pod: Hope for people with Huntington's disease
The first ever treatment for Huntington's disease delights patients and scientists
27 Sep 2025,26 mins
The Happy Pod: Nurse revives 'drunk' raccoon
A woman in Kentucky saved a baby raccoon who became 'drunk' on fermented fruit
20 Sep 2025,26 mins
The Happy Pod: Escaping death on a glacier
Alec Luhn broke his leg and back in an accident and survived on a glacier for six days
13 Sep 2025,26 mins
The Happy Pod: The 'game changing' test for ovarian cancer
Happy stories and positive news from around the world - our weekly collection
06 Sep 2025,26 mins
The Happy Pod: Hugs from Texas
Happy stories and positive news from around the world - our weekly collection
30 Aug 2025,26 mins
The Happy Pod: Letters from dad - with love
The Dad Letter Project sends handwritten notes of love and support around the world
23 Aug 2025,26 mins
The Happy Pod: Mountaintop matchmaking
In the Swiss Alps, notebooks left in mountaintop letterboxes are being used to find love
16 Aug 2025,26 mins
The Happy Pod: How baby showers saved a rare stork
How Purnima Devi Barman's Hargila Army helped save an endangered stork
09 Aug 2025,26 mins
The Happy Pod: Learning begins with breakfast
The charity providing breakfast for three million children across 16 countries
02 Aug 2025,26 mins
The Happy Pod: Performing on the street got me Oasis tickets
The street musician whose dream of seeing Oasis came true, thanks to a stranger
26 Jul 2025,26 mins
The Happy Pod: The thrill of swimming the Arctic Circle
Meet the swimmers participating in this year's swim across the Arctic Circle
19 Jul 2025,26 mins
The Happy Pod: The trio bringing countries together with music
The trio hoping to soothe tensions between China and the US through music collaboration
12 Jul 2025,26 mins
The Happy Pod: The surgeon who left his wedding to save a life
How Dr Biruk Weyisha put his wedding on hold to perform emergency surgery
05 Jul 2025,26 mins
The Happy Pod: A song fit for a King
We meet the young composer who was picked to write and perform a song for King Charles
28 Jun 2025,26 mins
The Happy Pod: Sending my mother's ashes around the world
The woman fulfilling her mother's dreams of travel by putting her ashes out to sea
22 Jun 2025,26 mins
The Happy Pod: The tiny dog back home after a big adventure
A Dachshund puppy who spent 529 days in the wild is returned to her overjoyed owners
14 Jun 2025,26 mins
The Happy Pod: Rodent on the run returns
A giant rodent named Beanbag, or 'Doubao' in Chinese, has returned home after two months
07 Jun 2025,26 mins
The Happy Pod: The joy of chasing a giant cheese
Why the English tradition of cheese rolling is gathering crowds from around the world
31 May 2025,26 mins
The Happy Pod: The unlikely duo getting men talking about mental health
The man travelling the world with a cuddly duck to get others to open up
24 May 2025,26 mins
The Happy Pod: Climbing a mountain 64 times to inspire others
Tania nearly died on Table Mountain but says The Happy Pod helped her fight
17 May 2025,26 mins
The Happy Pod: Learning to read in your 30s
The man inspiring others by teaching himself to read in his 30s
10 May 2025,26 mins
The Happy Pod: The rescued Ukraine lions learning to roar again
A group of lions rescued from Ukraine are roaring again in new homes built with donations
03 May 2025,26 mins
The Happy Pod: International Dance Day special
Celebrate the joy of dance and hear from performers and choreographers around the world
26 Apr 2025,26 mins
The Happy Pod: Life-saving rat retires
Carolina, a giant African pouched rat, has spent seven years sniffing out Tuberculosis
12 Apr 2025,26 mins
The Happy Pod: Saving Thailand’s street dogs
Niall Harbison has dedicated his life to helping thousands of stray dogs on Koh Samui
05 Apr 2025,26 mins
The Happy Pod: Football while fasting - Egypt's Ramadan pastime
Millions gather each year on Egypt's streets for football tournaments during Ramadan
29 Mar 2025,26 mins
The Happy Pod: Tea for two - sharing a brew with a stranger
We meet the man behind A Mug of Life, who says chatting to strangers makes life better
22 Mar 2025,26 mins
The Happy Pod: A gift that reopened the world
How an offroad wheelchair inspired by love reopened one woman's world and helped hundreds
15 Mar 2025,26 mins
The Happy Pod: Getting engaged in the ashes of our home
A man stuns his partner by proposing when he found the ring in the ruins of the LA fires
08 Mar 2025,26 mins