Happy News

Our weekly collection of the happiest stories in the world.

World Service,158 episodes

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The Happy Pod: Kinder medicine for millions of cancer patients
New DNA test could spare millions of breast cancer patients chemotherapy
06 Jun 2026,26 mins
The Happy Pod: The simple plastic sheet saving lives
Researchers say a plastic drape is helping to prevent women dying after childbirth
30 May 2026,27 mins
The Happy Pod: The art of ageing gracefully
We find out why art is good for you and how you can view world-renowned pieces from home
23 May 2026,26 mins
The Happy Pod: My college designs on display at the Met
The teacher shocked to have her old designs, inspired by Alzheimer's, on show in New York
16 May 2026,26 mins
The Happy Pod: 'Life changing' treatment restored my daughter's vision
Six-year-old Saffie would have gone blind, if not for a groundbreaking gene therapy
09 May 2026,26 mins
The Happy Pod: Running topless because I'm proud of my scars
The marathon runner who says showing her mastectomy scars is about power not pity
02 May 2026,26 mins
The Happy Pod: I invented a way for my brother to communicate
Ari wanted to reopen the world for Ben, who can't walk, talk or move his hands
25 Apr 2026,26 mins
The Happy Pod: Filling the empty chair left by my best friend
The man helping to tackle loneliness by offering strangers somewhere to sit and chat
18 Apr 2026,26 mins
The Happy Pod: From a small town, to the moon
The mayor of Ingersoll beams with pride as the Canadian town is represented on Artemis II
11 Apr 2026,26 mins
The Happy Pod: The decades long wait for the World Cup
Fans in Iraq and the DRC are celebrating being back in football's biggest competition
04 Apr 2026,26 mins
The Happy Pod: The hug that stopped a bombing
Nathan Newby received a bravery medal for preventing an attack on a hospital
28 Mar 2026,26 mins
The Happy Pod: Beers, braids and bonding
Meet the men helping fellow Dads connect with their daughters through hairstyling lessons
21 Mar 2026,26 mins
The Happy Pod: Turning my toddler's tales into tunes
Millions of people have watched Stephen Spencer set his daughter's stories to music
14 Mar 2026,26 mins
The Happy Pod: My friends made me a new hand
Lois, 14, and her classmates used a 3D printer to make her new prosthetic hand
07 Mar 2026,26 mins
The Happy Pod: The chance encounter that became a lasting friendship
How two women forged an intergenerational bond after meeting over a lost subway card
28 Feb 2026,26 mins
The Happy Pod: Former teacher celebrated as a crocodile
A newly discovered species is named after Mr Jones
21 Feb 2026,26 mins
The Happy Pod: The model redefining beauty norms
Abena Jon'el's leg was amputated aged two. She is challenging stereotypes of disability
14 Feb 2026,26 mins
The Happy Pod: Sharing stories, one phone call at a time
Hearing meaningful phone conversations from passers-by on a bridge
07 Feb 2026,26 mins
The Happy Pod: What makes people instinctively kind?
Lessons in kindness from an expert inspired by a stranger risking his life to save hers
31 Jan 2026,26 mins
The Happy Pod: Saving lives with the man who saved mine
A man who had two heart operations as a child later worked with his surgeon saving others
24 Jan 2026,26 mins
The Happy Pod: The injection that saved my sight
The new sight-saving treatment inspired by one woman's determination not to go blind
17 Jan 2026,26 mins
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: Christmas with the man I saved
A US bone marrow donor spent Christmas with the man whose life she saved in Australia
03 Jan 2026,26 mins
The Happy Pod: The best stories of 2025
A round-up of the happiest stories from the past year
27 Dec 2025,26 mins
The Happy Pod: The magic of festive airport reunions
Videos of emotional families reuniting in Dublin Airport have gained thousands of views
20 Dec 2025,26 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