

Tim Swinburne
Former police officer and living kidney donor who describes donating a kidney to a friend and discussing the friendship behind his decision.
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Jan 31, 2026 • 27min
The Happy Pod: What makes people instinctively kind?
Dr Abigail Marsh, psychology and neuroscience professor who studies the roots of altruism; Tim Swinburne, former police officer who donated a kidney to a friend; Cindy Gray, researcher adapting a fathers-and-kids program for prison; Catherine Whitfield, patient who went cancer-free after a clinical trial. They discuss why some people instinctively help, a lifesaving kidney donation, father–child play in prison, and joining breakthrough trials.


