Well done. You've sorted through the embarrassment of riches that is the modern podcast landscape

and found me Rob Briden on my podcast. In this series of Briden and I talk to among

others Harry Hill, Ben Elton, Charlotte Church, Steve Cougan and Dame Harriet Walter.

And that's just a few. We tend to chat for about 45 minutes to an hour never longer.

It's terrific conversation, reminiscent where appropriate and exchange of anecdotes.

So do join me Rob Briden wherever you get your podcasts.

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The Panic is a new comedy podcast from Wondery that leans into our most absurd anxieties and

defuses them with humor and actual advice. Listen to Don't Panic on the Wondery app or

wherever you get your podcasts.

From ABC, this is the 10% happier podcast. I'm Dan Harris.

Lama Tsomo has a truly fascinating story. She's one of the first American women to be ordained

as a Tibetan Buddhist Lama or spiritual teacher. Her birth name is Linda Pritzker. She's

part of the famous Pritzker family which built a high hotel chain but she has taken a very

very different path in her life, diving very deeply into Buddhism spending months on retreat,

actually learning to speak to Tibetan and now teaching all over the world. She's just

written a book. It's called Why is the Dalai Lama always smiling in which she tells her story

and also details some of these Tibetan practices which to those of us in the west who are practicing

either secular mindfulness or insight meditation will be new and different and extremely interesting.

So Lama Tsomo, thanks for being here. Glad to be here. Thanks for having me. Congratulations

on your new book. Thanks. We were just discussing before the podcast started. I'm sort of

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