The Happy Pod: The joy of rowing solo in the Pacific

快乐之舱:太平洋上单人划船的乐趣

Global News Podcast

2026-08-01

26 分钟
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Kelsey Pfendler has completed a record-breaking journey across the Pacific Ocean, where she became the fastest person to row solo from California to Hawaii -- as well as the youngest and the first American woman to do it alone. She hopes it will inspire more women to take risks. Plus, the four Welsh grandmothers who met a professional wrestler by chance could have their story told on the big screen. Rose and her friends Lynne, Suzie and Christine met DeReiss on a flight to Las Vegas, where they were going to scatter her husband's ashes. Why people in some major cities are raving in sauna's. The potential breakthrough in the medical condition called 'twin to twin transfusion syndrome' and the seniors in Singapore taking up Parkour. Our weekly collection of inspiring, uplifting and happy news from around the world. (Image: Kelsey Pfendler on her rowing boat. Credit: Carlos Andina) Presenter: Holly Gibbs. Music composed by Iona Hampson
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  • This is The Happy Pod from the BBC World Service.

  • I'm Holly Gibbs and in this edition...

  • If any part of this made at least one person feel a little bit more powerful in their own skin,

  • I couldn't ask for anything else and I'm happy.

  • Think about trying to find your own big, hard, scary thing.

  • The rower who used joy to break records in the Pacific Ocean.

  • The unlikely friendship that could become a Hollywood film.

  • It's like a dream and we never want to wake up from it.

  • I've been able to meet some amazing people.

  • We've had lots of fun and now we've been able to go professional wrestling.

  • You couldn't write it really, could you?

  • Also, a potential way to save the lives of identical twins.