Activity Overview
Episode publication activity over the past year
The Happy Pod: Heroic teens save couple from drowning
20 Jan 2024
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This week, we meet the teen rescuers who saved a couple from drowning in Barbados. Also: the pioneer...
The Happy Pod: Trapped tourists saved from flooded caves
13 Jan 2024
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Five people were rescued from a system of underground lakes in southern Slovenia. Also: scientists s...
The Happy Pod: Art student's lost work recovered thousands of kilometres away
06 Jan 2024
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Grace Hart's artwork was accidentally thrown away, only to end up in the Pakistani city of Lahore. A...
The Happy Pod: Mobile coverage reaches remote Norwegian town
30 Dec 2023
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Our weekly collection of the happiest stories in the world. This week, how a settlement in Norway is...
Happy News Review 2023
25 Dec 2023
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Our annual review of the happiest stories in the world. We look back on the successful rescue missio...
The Happy Pod: Cooking for togetherness
23 Dec 2023
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Our weekly collection of the happiest stories in the world. This week, how cooking is bringing gener...
The Happy Pod: Refugees share their stories of hope
16 Dec 2023
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Our weekly collection of the happiest stories in the world. This week, the Somalian man who has brou...
The Happy Pod: The giant Christmas 'tree' made of trees
09 Dec 2023
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Our weekly collection of the happiest stories in the world. This week, the Italian town of Gubbio li...
The Happy Pod: India Tunnel Rescue Success
02 Dec 2023
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Our weekly collection of the happiest stories in the world. This week, how hope and perseverance pre...
COP 28 special: Your climate questions answered
26 Nov 2023
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Our climate editor Justin Rowlatt and The Climate Question presenter Graihagh Jackson address issues...
Israel-Gaza War: Your Questions Answered
27 Oct 2023
Contributed by Lukas
We've teamed up with The Conflict podcast to answer your questions. These include Russia's role, the...
Israel-Gaza War: Your Questions Answered
20 Oct 2023
Contributed by Lukas
These include why Hamas attacked Israel, the fate of the hostages, Israel's response so far, and whe...
Gaza Special: Your Questions Answered
13 Oct 2023
Contributed by Lukas
The build up to the Hamas attack, why now and what happens next? Is there any hope for peace between...
Special Edition - Artificial Intelligence - who cares?
15 Sep 2023
Contributed by Lukas
What is AI? What can it do and what are its current limitations? A tool for good - or should we be w...
Special episode: Abortion rights around the world
01 Jul 2022
Contributed by Lukas
In June, the US Supreme Court overruled Roe v Wade and ended the constitutional right to abortion in...
Young voices special
25 Mar 2022
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Is the nuclear threat real? What does Putin want? Who is winning the war in Ukraine? We took questio...
Special: Global News Ukrainecast part 2
24 Mar 2022
Contributed by Lukas
A month since the Russian invasion of Ukraine, we are collaborating with Ukrainecast again. We answe...
Russia-Ukraine: On the brink of war?
28 Jan 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Our experts in Moscow, Kyiv and London answer your questions about the crisis.
Omicron versus the world: Your questions answered
21 Dec 2021
Contributed by Lukas
As the Omicron variant spreads around the world and cases surge, BBC correspondents tell us how Covi...
Afghanistan Special: Your Questions Answered
30 Aug 2021
Contributed by Lukas
BBC correspondents answer your questions about the Taliban's takeover of Afghanistan. We ask how di...
Global News Brexitcast
25 Oct 2019
Contributed by Lukas
We team up with the award-winning Brexitcast team to bring you a special update on what Britain leav...