Bhutan Grades Itself On Happiness

Ridiculous History

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History, Society & Culture

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🗓️ 12 November 2024

⏱️ 45 minutes

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Most people never get the chance to travel to Bhutan. Nestled high in the Himalayan mountains, this ancient kingdom is unique on multiple levels. It's the only Vajrayana Buddhist nation on the planet -- and it's also the only nation that measures its success in terms of happiness rather than money. In today's episode, Ben, Noel and Max explore the history of Bhutan and the inspiring idea of GNH - Gross National Happiness.

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0:00.0	Ridiculous History is a production of IHeart Radio. Welcome back to the show.
0:28.0	Ridiculous historians.
0:29.3	Thank you, as always, so much for tuning in.
0:32.4	We're so glad that you're here if you're hearing this the day it comes out.
0:37.1	Welcome to November 12th,
0:39.0	2024. We're midway on the way to Thanksgiving, and we have a travel episode for you. Before we do
0:46.7	this, let us describe your three favorite companions for a crazy, crazy international trip.
0:56.0	First off, our super producer, Mr. Max Williams.
0:59.2	Woohoo.
1:00.3	Woo-hoo.
1:00.8	Are we going to climb some mountains, y'all?
1:02.6	Sure.
1:03.5	Second.
1:04.6	Our main man here, known as the bag man in some areas of the world. It's Mr. Noel Brown. Give it up.
1:13.8	They call me Bilbo Bagman. It's true. And speaking of that, you know, when you ask this question
1:19.1	about, you know, traveling campaigns, I immediately, my mind goes to like, who's my D&D party?
1:23.9	What are each individual's like superpower abilities that will serve us on this quest? We need the specialties.
1:29.6	Yeah, yeah. And
1:30.9	it's your boy, Ben Bowlin.
1:33.4	Our question
1:35.1	today, this is something that's been on our
1:37.3	minds pretty often
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