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The Happy Pod: A gift that reopened the world

15 Mar 2025

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We hear how an off-road wheelchair Zack built for Cambry when they started dating reopened her world and changed hundreds of lives. Also: life lessons from a singing grandad and a young climber; and King Charles turns DJ.

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0.089 - 20.27 Unidentified

This BBC podcast is supported by ads outside the UK. On our podcast, Good Bad Billionaire, we explain how the world's billionaires made all their money. Pop stars and tech titans, founders and filmmakers, inventors and investors, we cover them all. And for the first time, we're talking about a video game designer.

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20.33 - 35.659 Unidentified

Yep, we're talking about Marcus Persson, the Swedish coding king who programmed the world's most successful game, Minecraft, all by himself. He made a billion, but is he good, bad, or just another billionaire? Find out on Good Bad Billionaire, listen on the BBC app, or wherever you get your podcasts.

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38.004 - 39.045 Zach Nelson

My name is Zach Nelson.

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39.365 - 40.366 Cambry Nelson

And I'm Cambry Nelson.

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40.586 - 42.448 Zach Nelson

And you're listening to The Happy Pod.

42.748 - 44.49 Cambry Nelson

On the BBC World Service.

49.214 - 64.487 Alan Smith

Hello, it's Alan Smith with you for half an hour or so of uplifting stories from around the world. This is The Happy Pod from the BBC World Service. And in this edition, how one couple's love of outdoor adventures inspired an invention that helped hundreds of people.

65.051 - 70.115 Cambry Nelson

So just riding the rig has opened my world. And yeah, I love it.

70.536 - 76.28 Zach Nelson

Seeing people out and enjoying life and the outdoors, that's super satisfying.

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