2025-11-15
26 分钟This is the happy pod from the BBC World Service.
I'm Oliver Conway and in this edition.
And I just embraced him and hugged him.
I just sobbed and I was just really grateful that he was alive.
The woman who saved a man from drowning and then watched him walk down the aisle.
A return to the international stage for Afghanistan's women footballers.
It is fantastic.
We are making a history.
And I'm so grateful for FIFA for investing and trusting us and believing in women's empowerment.
We meet the team saving the black-footed Albatross from extinction.
Also, my dad passed away last year.
So if he's on here, that will be quite sort of special just to sort of see him at that time.
The first of all bringing old family videos back to life.
And after fat bears of Alaska, we hear about the fat squirrels of Texas.
We begin on the Snake River in the US state of Idaho.
Five years ago, while out paddleboarding, Rachelle Ruffin came across a man who was drowning.
Rochelle worked tirelessly with onlookers to give the man multiple rounds of CPR,
and eventually they managed to restart his heart.
Half a decade on, Rochelle attended the man's wedding,
a joyful celebration that may never have happened