This is The Happy Pod from the BBC World Service.
I'm Holly Gibbs and in this edition...
It gives dads a real opportunity to spend an extra five, ten minutes with their daughters.
I'm not saying every single day.
And in doing so, we're hoping that the conversations that they have along the way,
that they might not remember the braiding, but they'll remember the conversations.
The dads behind the viral sensation Pints and Ponytails.
How new research has found a way to convert a common plastic into a drug for Parkinson's disease.
When you think about plastic, people tend to think of it
as this, you know, waste or end-of-life material
that doesn't have any value or any sort of potential for further use.
But plastic waste is just carbon.
Plus the return of rhinos to Uganda.
It's a great day.
It's a great season for Uganda.
The communities are very excited to see that this species is coming back 43 years down the road.
and why getting old is actually good for you.
We start with a dad's night out with a twist.
Welcome to Ice and Money Tales!
That's Pints and Ponytails, a meeting of dads at the pub learning how to do hair on mannequins.