The Happiest Countries On Earth

A Thousand Natural Shocks With Gabe S. Dunn

Gabe Dunn | Diamond MPrint Productions

News, Society & Culture, News Commentary, Education, History, Personal Journals, Self-improvement

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🗓️ 4 December 2019

⏱️ 45 minutes

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Summary

Gaby explores the places that always top the “Happiest Countries on Earth” lists. First, she chats with writer and friend Kate Jones, a queer Vietnamese comedian who lives in Switzerland about the country’s pros (high salaries, social safety nets, beautiful scenery) and cons (racism, homophobia). Then, Gaby calls up Helsinki Bloomberg News Bureau Chief Kati Pohjanpalo to talk about money and modesty in Finland, the Finnish perception of America and why Finland is the happiest country on Earth. This episode is sponsored by State Farm (www.statefarm.com) and Worthy (www.worthy.com/bad). Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices Advertising Inquiries: https://redcircle.com/brands Privacy & Opt-Out: https://redcircle.com/privacy

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0:00.0	You got problems that you oughta be concerned with.
0:03.1	Buh-la!
0:04.1	You don't know how you're supposed to earn it or what to do with it or how to keep it.
0:07.8	You're a freak with a dark shankful secret, but you're not the only one who keeps your
0:13.3	hidden financial fears with a blended son.
0:16.6	Now your healing has begun.
0:18.8	It's bad with money with candy.
0:21.7	Done.
0:22.7	Hello, it's Gabby Dunn and this is Bad With Money.
0:26.9	I have a great life.
0:28.2	I do.
0:29.2	Maybe I'm not so great at managing my finances, but I'm never not grateful for my life on the
0:35.6	whole.
0:36.6	I mean, I'm an openly queer woman and I live in Los Angeles, California.
0:41.0	That being said, there's this other region of the world that I wonder about a lot.
0:47.1	Year after year, Finland, Norway, Sweden, Switzerland, those countries in northeast Europe
0:52.5	are ranked as the happiest places in the world.
0:56.0	And I like to read these happiest countries in the world, bliss and dream.
1:00.5	Like damn, I'm grateful and I'm never going to dismiss all of that, but what is going
1:04.2	on over there?
1:05.2	Why are those people so goddamn happy?
1:08.0	And why is the US never in the top 10?
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