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Happy News

Our weekly collection of the happiest stories in the world.

World Service,137 episodes

Episodes

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The Happy Pod: The 88-year-old veteran given nearly $2m by strangers
Why an Australian man raised nearly two million dollars to help an elderly US veteran
10 Jan 2026,26 mins
The Happy Pod: The cafe where mistakes are expected
A pop-up cafe in Tokyo is giving people with dementia a place to volunteer
13 Dec 2025,26 mins
The Happy Pod: My best friend had my baby
The extraordinary teenage promise that led to a woman having a baby for her best friend
06 Dec 2025,26 mins
The Happy Pod: Diabetes awareness month special
Stories of innovation, advocacy and education to mark Diabetes Awareness Month
29 Nov 2025,26 mins
The Happy Pod: Donating my kidney transformed a child's life
An organ donor has seen the impact she had by meeting the boy who received her kidney
22 Nov 2025,26 mins
The Happy Pod: Saving a drowning man changed me
A woman who saved a kayaker's life says she feels like he's one of her children
15 Nov 2025,26 mins
The Happy Pod: Atomic bomb survivors campaigning for peace
The atomic bomb survivors and families campaigning for peace and nuclear disarmament
08 Nov 2025,26 mins
The Happy Pod: Soldiers' letters from 1916 finally home
Notes from two Australian WW1 soldiers found on a beach and now back with their families
01 Nov 2025,26 mins
The Happy Pod: 'I'm blind but I can read a book again'
Doctors have used microchips to help blind patients regain the ability to read
25 Oct 2025,26 mins
The Happy Pod: The healing power of singing
Women with post-natal depression saw lasting benefits from a singing group
18 Oct 2025,26 mins
The Happy Pod: Love, cake, and a long-lost mother
A man's search for his birth mother led him back to his favourite local bakery
11 Oct 2025,26 mins
The Happy Pod: The teenager empowering thousands to succeed
Young entrepreneur Adarsh Kumar provides training and mentoring across India
04 Oct 2025,26 mins
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