The Happiness Show That Started It All
Timeless Wisdom with Dennis Prager
Salem Podcast Network
4.7 • 2.3K Ratings
🗓️ 8 May 2026
⏱️ 40 minutes
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Summary
In this special episode of Timeless Wisdom, Dennis Prager revisits the first-ever Happiness Hour, recorded in January 1999. He shares his thoughts on why he started the show and how it's evolved over the years. Dennis discusses the importance of happiness and how comparing ourselves to others can lead to unhappiness. He also shares a powerful quote from Helen Tulushkin, "The only happy people I know are people I don't know." Listeners share their thoughts and insights, and Dennis takes calls from around the country, exploring the complexities of happiness and what it means to live a fulfilling life.
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| 0:00.0 | On today's episode of Timeless Wisdom. |
| 0:03.4 | We found the cassette that answers the question, when was my first happiness hour? |
| 0:09.1 | This is from January 1999, the first happy hour. |
| 0:15.2 | That's coming up on Timeless Wisdom with Dennis Prager. |
| 0:18.6 | And it starts right now. |
| 0:20.8 | We live in a time where the moment you question the narrative you're told to stop thinking |
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| 0:51.3 | Welcome to Timeless Wisdom with Dennis Prager. |
| 0:55.1 | Hear thousands of hours of Dennis's lectures, courses, and classic radio programs, |
| 0:59.5 | and to purchase Dennis Prager's Rational Bibles, go to Dennis Prager.com. |
| 1:04.2 | Thank you. It's the happy, happy, happy, happy, happy. |
| 1:21.1 | Yes, it is. |
| 1:22.0 | Hey, everybody. |
| 1:25.4 | It's very special what I have on tap today. |
| 1:28.0 | I'll explain it in a moment, but first, but first, but first, but first. |
| 1:32.9 | Remember, folks, from Hello, High Water, blood, frogs, lice, vermin, whatever. |
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