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Is The Happy Pod the right antidote?

If news fatigue is getting worse, do we need more podcasts like The Happy Pod? We hear your views. Plus a listener complains about an unwanted trailer in the Trending podcast.

If news fatigue is getting worse, do we need more podcasts like The Happy Pod? Almost a year since the launch of this weekly good news show, we hear listeners' views on whether it is a welcome antidote and we are joined by the show’s presenter Jackie Leonard.

Plus, a listener complains about the unwanted appearance of a trailer in Trending - especially when the programme topic and the subject of the trailer jar.

Presenter: Rajan Datar
Producer: Howard Shannon
A Whistledown production for the BBC World Service

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9 minutes

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Mon 12 Feb 202403:50GMT
BBC World Service except East and Southern Africa & Europe and the Middle East

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  • Sat 10 Feb 202409:50GMT
    BBC World Service except East and Southern Africa, East Asia, Europe and the Middle East & South Asia
  • Sun 11 Feb 202405:50GMT
    BBC World Service East and Southern Africa
  • Sun 11 Feb 202409:50GMT
    BBC World Service Europe and the Middle East
  • Sun 11 Feb 202416:50GMT
    BBC World Service News Internet
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    BBC World Service except East and Southern Africa & BBC Afghan Radio
  • Mon 12 Feb 202400:50GMT
    BBC World Service East and Southern Africa
  • Mon 12 Feb 202403:50GMT
    BBC World Service except East and Southern Africa & Europe and the Middle East

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