#1179 Stories from the Himalayan Kingdom of Bhutan
Best of the Left - Leftist Perspectives on Progressive Politics, News, Culture, Economics and Democracy
Jay Tomlinson
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🗓️ 20 April 2018
⏱️ 79 minutes
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Summary
Air Date: 4/20/2018
Today we take a look at some of the highlights of the Kingdom of Bhutan including the most famous of their exports, Gross National Happiness and many lesser-known aspects of their focus on happiness, good governance and environmental protection. We will also look at one of the blackest marks of the countries past, one that still hangs around their necks to this day
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Show Notes
Ch. 1: Opening Theme: Loving Acoustic Instrumental by John Douglas Orr
Ch. 2: Act 1: Bhutan The Kingdom Where GDP Is Measured In Happiness - Journeyman Pictures - Air Date 12-21-07
Ch. 3: Act 2: The Message - Gross National Happiness Centre Bhutan - Air Date 2-8-16
Ch. 5: Act 4: Tshering Tobgay: This country isn't just carbon neutral, it's carbon negative - TEDTalks - Air Date 4-1-16
Ch. 6: Act 5: Gross National Happiness: The Paradigm - Schumacher College - Air Date 2-20-17
Ch. 7: Act 6: Namgay Zam The Value of No - TEDxThimphu - Air Date 12-28-15
Ch. 8: Act 7: Siok Sian Pek-Dorji: What Matters in Bhutan - TEDxThimphu - Air Date 4-27-12
Ch. 9: Act 8: Bhutan's forgotten people - 101 East on Al Jazeera English - Air Date 5-23-14
Ch. 10: Final comments on the Bhutanese refugees
Closing Music: Upbeat Laid Back Indie Rock by Alex Stinnent
Produced by Jay! Tomlinson
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| 0:21.0 | Now, welcome to this episode of the award-winning best of a left podcast in which we shall learn |
| 0:26.1 | about the country I am currently in. |
| 0:28.4 | Well, not yet. |
| 0:29.9 | I'm speaking to you from Bangkok, Thailand, but by the time you have the chance to hear |
| 0:33.9 | this, I will be in the Kingdom of Bhutan. |
| 0:36.9 | So I have a collection of short documentary pieces and speeches covering many of the highlights |
| 0:41.8 | and a couple of the lowlights of Bhutan. |
| 0:44.2 | Clubs today come from Journey Man Pictures, the Gross National Happiness Center of Bhutan, |
| 0:50.8 | the Poverty Environment Initiative, a variety of TED Talks, shoe marker college, |
| 0:56.0 | and a show called 101 East from Alchazera, English. |
| 1:06.1 | This is the Dragon King, his majesty, Jigmei Singye Wang Chul. |
| 1:11.7 | These are two of his four royal wives, all sisters. |
| 1:16.5 | These are his loyal subjects. |
| 1:18.9 | Welcome to the last Shangri-La. |
| 1:46.5 | In a world where increasingly being modern means being the same, where you cannot necessarily |
| 1:54.0 | tell by the street scape what country you are in, it's refreshing to come to the mystical |
| 1:59.2 | Kingdom of Bhutan. |
| 2:06.4 | This has not been the fastest country on earth to modernize. |
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