The Happy Pod: My best friend turned out to be my brother
Summary
This episode features Dave and Andrea, who discovered they are siblings after meeting as colleagues. It also profiles 82-year-old Anita Lieburn, who successfully campaigned for happy hour rights in her assisted living facility. Other stories explore the Dutch walking tradition linked to children’s happiness, a surfer’s plastic pollution advocacy that led to a meeting with the Pope, and the rise of female competitors in lumberjack sports.
Topics discussed
Intro and sponsor ads for Samsung and ChatGPT
Dave and Andrea: Adopted siblings reunited after 30 years
82-year-old Anita campaigns for happy hour in assisted living
Dutch children's happiness and the Evening Four Day Walk
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Moraine Tinger: Plastic soup surfer meets the Pope
Love found at Anne Lby Park Community Library in Hull
Women breaking records at the Lumberjack World Championships
Outro and promo for Global Story podcast
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