AROK!

The AROK! guys and special guest, Tsering, talk about their college commencement ceremonies and some of the latest in artificial intelligence.

The AROK! guys are once more joined by our half-Tibetan, half-Mongolian guest, Tsering, to talk about Tibetan relations with another prominent Asian culture: the modern nation of Myanmar (also known as Burma). Specifically its establishment by ancient Tibetan settlers who used the many river systems that flow out of the Tibetan plateau as a migration route.

Today, the AROK! hosts are joined by a special guest, Tsering, who is himself of mixed Tibetan and Mongolian heritage, and from the traditional Tibetan province of Amdo, which corresponds with the modern Chinese province of Qinghai (Mongolian: Kokonor or Huhnuur). Tsering is an expert Mongolian throat singer, Tibetan and Mongolian history expert and a talented linguist, speaking Amdo Tibetan, Oirat (Western) Mongolian, Mandarin Chinese, a decent command of Lhasa Tibetan and English.

0:00 Good Morning

The AROK! hosts discuss popular film series and TV shows that were so impactful on society and culture at the time of their syndication, that they came to become defining characteristics of each decade. Harry Potter, Lord of the Rings, Sopranos, Twilight in the 2000s. Game of Thrones, Breaking Bad, Suits in the 2010s. Godzilla/Kong and House of the Dragon in the 2020s, etc.

AROK! hosts discuss an ecological disaster happening in Tibet due to the negligence of humans.

My Uber driver yesterday morning (5/10/24) was a Sinhalese Buddhist man from Sri Lanka. We had a very long conversation about his country of origin throughout the entirety of the ride’s duration. I was able to capture a small part of the end of our conversation.

AROK! hosts, Yonten and Wangjor, watch and react to a recent video by the #FungBros.

Discussing the "Anxious Generation" by Jonathan Haidt.