The Happy Pod: Filling the empty chair left by my best friend
We meet the man helping to tackle loneliness by offering strangers somewhere to sit and chat. Dean Perryman started the Empty Chairs project, honouring the memory of his best friend. After he posted t...
18 Apr 26min
US and Tehran dispute the future of Iran's uranium
President Trump has again insisted that Tehran is ready to hand over its enriched uranium as part of a deal to end the war, despite Iran saying no such agreement is in place, and that its nuclear mate...
18 Apr 26min
Tens of thousands of Lebanese return home after ceasefire
A 10-day pause in the fighting between Israeli forces and Hezbollah has led to tens of thousands of displaced Lebanese families returning home. Despite the ceasefire, Israel has said it reserves the r...
17 Apr 26min
The Global Story: The medications that can trigger sex and gambling addictions
A BBC investigation has heard from hundreds of people who say they developed sex and gambling addictions after taking a category of prescription drugs called dopamine agonists. Millions of people in t...
12 Apr 27min
The Happy Pod: From a small town, to the moon
The mayor of Ingersoll beams with pride at the Canadian town being represented on Artemis II. Ingersoll is home to 15,000 people, including the astronaut Jeremy Hansen - who is the mission specialist....
11 Apr 27min
The Happy Pod: The decades long wait for the World Cup
We now know the 48 nations that will be competing in the summer's FIFA World Cup. The final two sides to qualify - Iraq and the DRC - have each waited decades to return to the competition. We hear fro...
4 Apr 26min
The Global Story: Are we heading for World War Three?
It’s been almost a month since Israel and the US launched their war against Iran, and already there have been strikes in more than a dozen countries, with reports of over 2,000 people killed across th...
29 Mar 28min
The Happy Pod: The hug that stopped a bombing
A patient who stopped a bomb attack at a hospital has revealed he hugged the would-be-attacker to calm him down. Nathan Newby spent two hours talking to the armed man and persuaded him to abandon his ...
28 Mar 26min
