The Happy Pod: 'I'm blind but I can read a book again'

"The Happy Pod," hosted by Jannat Jalil, presents a collection of uplifting stories, including a medical breakthrough where microchips restore sight to blind patients, a clarinetist with Parkinson's playing during brain surgery, and the reimagining of water buffaloes as beauty queens in Thailand. The episode also features a report on using mushrooms as a biodegradable alternative to polystyrene in the fishing industry, a Spanish nun's audience with Pope Leo, and a Doberman's heroic standoff with a bear.