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EPISODE · Aug 22, 2026 · 27 MIN

The Happy Pod: AI helped find the siblings I didn’t know about

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Avtar Singh, who was born in India and is now 66 years old, grew up not knowing his Kenyan-born mother, because his father had separated from her and not told him anything about her. One day he typed the few details he had into AI, and found a blog by someone called Nicci Dhamu, who turned out to be his half-sister. Also, viral baby Milani has become the first giraffe to survive a C-section birth. The team at Tanganyika Wildlife Park in Kansas gave her round-the-clock care to make sure she stayed alive. Plus, 88-year-old Mick Wadge has gained hundreds of thousands of views on social media for sharing his weightlifting journey. He started going to the gym after his wife died. Sophie Woods has become the fastest person to complete the Via Alpina, one of the world's toughest endurance challenges, and how one farmer in Canada is trying to stop food waste through an event called "Ugly Potato Day". Our weekly collection of inspiring, uplifting and happy news from around the world. (Photo: Nicci and Avtar in their late mother’s kitchen. Credit: Nicci Dhamu) Presenter: Holly Gibbs. Music composed by Iona Hampson

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