The Happy Pod: Beers, braids and bonding
We meet the men on a mission to help fellow Dads connect with their daughters, through a movement called 'pints and ponytails'. It's a chance to learn how to do a range of girls' hairstyles, over a co...
21 Mars 26min
The Happy Pod: Turning my toddler's tales into tunes
Stephen Spencer has set his daughter's stories to music. What started as something he posted for his few followers has turned into a social media sensation, with fans around the world left smiling, la...
14 Mars 27min
The Happy Pod: My friends made me a new hand
Lois, 14, and her classmates used a 3D printer to create her new hand as part of a school project. Now they want to make prosthetic limbs for other people who need them, using the same method. Also: W...
7 Mars 26min
The Global Story:The tightrope of reporting in Putin’s Russia
Next week marks four years since the full-scale invasion of Ukraine. In that time, there’s been an intense crackdown on freedom of speech and dissent in Russia, which has led to many western media org...
22 Feb 27min
The Happy Pod: Former teacher celebrated as a crocodile
After identifying a new species of ancient crocodile for his PhD, Ewan Bodenham honoured his favourite physics teacher who inspired him many years before. Galahadosuchus jonesi has been named after Rh...
21 Feb 26min
The Global Story: Epstein’s global network: What the files reveal
Two weeks after the latest release of the Epstein files, the headlines keep pouring in.In just the past few days, revelations in the documents have nearly brought down a British prime minister, and im...
15 Feb 27min
The Happy Pod: The model redefining beauty norms
We meet a Ghanaian woman who is challenging stereotypes of beauty and disability by modelling with her prosthetic leg wrapped in colourful kente fabric. Abena Christine Jon'el had her leg amputated wh...
14 Feb 27min
The Global Story: Is ISIS having a resurgence in Syria?
The US military has begun to transfer up to 7000 Islamic State (IS) group detainees held in prisons in Syria to Iraq, which officials say is to prevent prisoners breaking out and regrouping. The trans...
8 Feb 28min
