The Happy Pod: The trio bringing countries together with music

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  Let's start it with a...

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  Okay. Ready?

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  Here we go.

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  You're listening to the HappyPod...

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  On the BBC World Service.

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  I'm Valerie Sanderson and in this edition,

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  the trio trying to ease international tensions with a musical collaboration.

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  We are all hoping from this fusion to sending some messages to the world.

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  Bringing us together for the things we have in common as opposed to picking apart the things that we don't.

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  Also,

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  the kindness of the community is immense really so that they can enter that room like everyone else with their heads held high with dignity.

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  The fairy godmother making sure everyone can go to the ball and why a musical first meant so much to fans.

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  When they come to us and step onto stages in our countries,

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  it gives us really a sense of belonging to this global K-pop community.

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  We begin with three women trying to ease the tensions between their two countries through folk music.

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  Hold each other up as part of the album From China to Appalachia,

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  a collaboration between the American folk duo Cathy Fink and Marcy Markser and Chow Bob Tian,

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  a musician and singer from Beijing.

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  Well,

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  all the tracks are a fusion of traditional Chinese music and folk from the Appalachian Mountains.

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