Hello from Bhutan!
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Hello from Bhutan!
The first podcast to come out of Bhutan ft. everything you should know and did not know you should know from the land of Gross National Happiness. The show is hosted by former journalist, Namgay Zam.
Episoade Recente
27 episoade
Finding Calm In The Chaos with H.E Kalu Rinpoche
Welcome to Bhutan’s first podcast: Hello from Bhutan! This podcast was originally a virtual retreat organized by Bhutan Global Mindfulness & MICE Hold...
Hello from Bhutan ft. Geophysicist Yeshey Seldon – the first Bhutanese in Antarctica
Geophysicist Yeshey Seldon, is the first Bhutanese to set foot in Antarctica. She was in Antarctica as part of a research team called TIME (Thwaites I...
Bhutan's football superstar Chencho Gyeltshen shares his success, struggles, and passion
In this candid interview, Chencho Gyeltshen, talks about playing internationally – the struggles and the highlights. He shares tips on finding work ou...
Independent filmmaker Arun Bhattarai on his films at the Oscars, Sundance & more
In this podcast, Arun Bhattarai, talks about the "Mountain Man," the first Bhutanese documentary to qualify for the Oscars (2025). The film features B...
The Sacred Chronotope, GeSAR & the Bhutanese Identity with award-winning communications scholar, Dorji Wangchuk.
In this episode, communications scholar, Dorji Wangchuk, talks about his award-winning research: “On Identity, Spirituality, Community and the Sacred...
Academy Award Nominee Pawo Choyning Dorji, Talks About His Latest Film and more
This conversation takes us through Pawo's journey from being a photographer and writer to a film-maker. Pawo was nominated for an Academy Award for hi...
The Joy of the Jalebi Shop (IMTRAT)
Episode 2 of Hello from Bhutan, Season 3, brings you an inside look at IMTRAT's famous Jalebi shop in Thimphu. If anyone should take credit for cultiv...
History of Project DANTAK in Bhutan - Infrastructure, people, and food!
The first podcast of Hello from Bhutan's third season features Project DANTAK. Here, I find out the incredible history and wonderful connection formed...
Why Bhutan? A conversation with Fmr. US Ambassador Curtis S. Chin
Fmr. US Ambassador Curtis S. Chin, talks about his two decades long relationship with Bhutan and why the country "defies stereotypes.' This is a candi...
The world's highest ultramarathon: The Snowman Race
This episode features running legend and race director of the Snowman Race, Luis Escobar, and the Snowman Secretariat's Damcho Rinzin. The first Snowm...
On Buddhism, gender equality, and the International Buddhist Confederation with Ven. Dr. Dhammapiya
Venerable Dr. Dhammapiya, the Secretary General of the International Buddhist Confederation (IBC), was in Bhutan for the Centre for Bhutan and GNH Stu...
4th International Conference on Vajrayana Buddhism
The Centre for Bhutan and GNH Studies has been organizing the international conference on Vajrayana Buddhism in Bhutan since 2016. Bhutan is the only...
Tourism and Bhutan: The Latest Updates!
The tourism sector has undergone massive changes (also called "transformation" by the government) over the last couple of months in preparation for Bh...
Trans Bhutan Trail: An Incredible Ancient Trail To Reopen After Six Decades
The Trans Bhutan Trail is an ancient trail used by Bhutanese in the past to get from one end of the country to another. It was the only route in exist...
Bhutan's "High Value, Low Volume" Tourism Policy
Bhutan is opening to tourists by fall this year, after being closed for two years due to the pandemic. In this podcast recorded in April 2022, Namgay...
Navigating queer relationships and identity
Karma Dupchen gives great advice on navigating queer relationships in this podcast.
Also hear a transboy in high school talk about understandin...
Queer Talks ft. Pema Dorji, founder of Queer Voices of Bhutan
Hello from Bhutan is highlighting queer stories from Bhutan this new season. This episode was originally filmed for Queer Talks Bhutan. It features Pe...
Queer Talks ft. Bhutan's oldest known transwoman Aum Penjore
Hello from Bhutan is highlighting queer stories from Bhutan this new season. This episode was originally filmed for Queer Voices Bhutan. It features A...
Queer Talks ft. Tenzin Yoezer
Hello from Bhutan is highlighting queer stories from Bhutan this new season. This episode was originally filmed for Queer Voices Bhutan. It features T...
3 best friends: A gay couple and a transwoman talk about life & love in Bhutan
Bhutan is not as homophobic or transphobic as the laws of the land make the country out to be. In fact, the transwoman Ugyen in this conversation, tal...
A Bhutanese NHS worker in the UK & a Bhutanese postgrad student in Germany
This is the first in a series of podcasts on Bhutanese living abroad. The series will explore their lives outside of Bhutan.
This episode highl...
Covid-19 survivors share their experience
Two young women who tested positive in quarantine share their experience in this episode. Lhachi and Tseki are 2 of the 3 Bhutanese confirmed Covid-19...
Researcher and Media Personality Dorji Wangchuk talks Social Media in the time of COVID-19
How's your relationship with Social Media right now? Dorji Wangchuk talks about fake news, too much information and how to stay sane in the time of CO...
A former MP talks about life in quarantine
As of 2nd April, 3218 Bhutanese were in quarantine. I speak to former MP Sangay Khandu about life in quarantine. Bhutan recently extended the mandator...
Pawo Choyning Dorji on Lunana & making films
Independent Bhutanese films have been doing incredibly well at international film festivals. Lunana: A Yak in the Classroom is one of them. The film o...
Bhutan's regressive taxing of women's sanitary products needs to go!
The National Assembly of Bhutan will be deliberating the Goods and Services Tax Bill of Bhutan 2020. We've never had a single rate tax before GST. The...
Difficult pregnancies & Postpartum Depression
Health officials say at least 10-15 percent of Bhutanese women experience Postpartum depression after childbirth. There are many Bhutanese women who a...