The Happy Pod: The decades long wait for the World Cup

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  This is The Happy Pod from the BBC World Service.

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  I'm Holly Gibbs, and in this edition, elation from football fans.

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  So many years, 52 years.

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  I never even got the chance to experience this.

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  Same, bro.

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  For us, it's 40 years.

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  It's 40 years.

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  I'm 33 in my life.

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  I've never been able to support a team in the World Cup, man.

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  Iraq and the DRC have defied the odds to qualify for this summer's tournament.

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  Plus, the first baby to be born in 17 years in a small South Korean village.

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  A lot of the people in the village are quite old.

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  From the story we read, they gathered in the town center to kind of celebrate the arrival of the baby.

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  The bookstore in Washington, D.C.

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  That rose from the ashes with thanks to the local community.

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  Day after the fire, I go across the street to that business and I'm like, do you still have that open?

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  When can I move in?

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  And she was like, tomorrow, like whenever.

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  So it's honestly been awesome.

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  We like we have a great community.

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