The Happiness Quotient

The Happiness Quotient

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  • Wanna Be a Rock & Roll Star? Get Yer Camera! Jay Blakesberg and His Rock & Roll Photography Career

    Jay Blakesberg, one of THE US’s most accomplished live music and pop culture photographer’s has released another self published book called RETRO BLAKESBERG: Volume One: The Film Archives (SEE THE LINK IN THE SHOW NOTES)....the book features highlights spanning the years from the 70’s into the early 2000’s when film was king, before the digital age, when a photographer WAS A PHOTOGRAPHER - from the first photograph he ever sold for $15 thru tours with Phish, Led Zeppelin, Rolling Stones

    Tons of Grateful Dead - enough so that he’s made a couple books

    Green Day,  The Flaming Lips,  Snoop Dog, Primus

    If you want to purchase a copy of Jay’s amazing book or to have a look at his other published books and photo gallery, find him on Instagram at @JayBlakesberg and @RetroBlakesberg, or on his website at https://www.rockoutbooks.com/


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    50 min
  • Is Everest Dying? Fighter Jets Over the Summit? - A Conversation with Everest Chronicler, Podcaster and Mountaineer Alan Arnette

    Thom Pollard sat down with Everest Chronicler Alan Arnette to talk about all things Everest. In this first of a several part episode with Alan, we talk about all the current state of affairs on Everest, and what the future looks like for Everest. Is climate change changing the game on 8,000 meter peaks?

    Visit Thom's YouTube channel for this conversation with Alan Arnette as well as a bunch of other Everest-related material:
    https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCEk3e_XGyNnqwK2ZlxH7fEA

    Alan Arnette's website: https://www.alanarnette.com/
    Alan's YouTube channel: https://www.youtube.com/c/AlanArnetteClimbs 

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    38 min
  • Our World's Languages Are Dying! Wade Davis, National Geographic Explorer in Residence

    Taken from Wade Davis' 20 March 2004 talk at the 100th Annual Banquet of The Explorers Club at the Waldorf-Astoria in New York CIty. 

    Wade Davis' website:
    https://daviswade.com/

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    19 min
  • Are You Authentic? A Life Hack Episode

    You might be here looking for something about Mount Everest. You might hate this episode. But, you might like it.  

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    https://youtu.be/dIfmhdKNcTQ

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    15 min
  • Filming Lhakpa Sherpa's Historic 10th Ascent of Everest by a Woman - Matt Irving, Director of Photography

    Matt Irving is a professional director of photography. In May 2022 he filmed the historic tenth ascent of Everest by a woman, Lhakpa Sherpa. His views and insight of seeing Everest from an observant eye is refreshing.

    Matt Irving's Instagram:
    https://www.instagram.com/irving_matt...

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    32 min
  • It's Our Burden To Bear - Ukrainian Journalist Igor Nalyvaiko on the Russian Invasion of Ukraine

    News from Ukraine - Watch. Know. Decide. Breaking news from Ukraine. News observation. Important information.

    Twitter: @u24_news
    TikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@u24_news
    Web: https://u24.ua/

    For more about Thom Dharma Pollard, about personal coaching or his inspirational presentations, virtual or in person, look for him at eyesopenproductions.com

    To join his mailing list for A Course In Happiness, email him at [email protected]

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    38 min
  • Sanctity of Space - A Conversation with Filmmakers/Professional Climbers Renan Ozturk and Freddie Wilkinson

    Sanctity Of Space - A film about the alchemy of landscape and people amidst the mountains of Alaska 

    A conversation with co-directors Renan Ozturk and Freddie Wilkinson about the decade long journey of creating the film, from concept to completion

    US Theaters starting May 6th - Showtimes and Updates:
    https://greenwichentertainment.com/film/the-sanctity-of-space/

    Instagram - https://www.instagram.com/sanctityofspace/
    Facebook - https://www.facebook.com/sanctityofspace

    For podcast episode of this conversation on The Happiness Quotient:

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    37 min
  • What Is China Hiding? - Jochen Hemmleb, Everest Historian on Everest Sightings of Mallory & Irvine and Maurice Wilson

    Jochen Hemmleb follows up on recent video with Mark Synnott about reports that the body of Sandy Irvine had been discovered, possibly removed (video here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=glMT08zmAP0 ). Jochen has written extensively on this topic and is as knowledgeable as any person in the world about the Mystery of Mallory & Irvine. He has personally interviewed many key players from the Chinese expeditions that report having seen the bodies. 


    Jochen Hemmleb's website: 
    https://www.jochenhemmleb.com/english/mundi/index.php

    Mark Synnott's Salon article about the camera and Sandy Irvine:
    https://www.salon.com/2022/04/08/the-third-pole-mount-everest-mark-synnott-mystery-china/

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    29 min
  • Modern-Day Darwin, Bruce Means Discovers Five New Species in Guyana, The Last Tepui

    The ultimate Earth Day observation:  following is a conversation with a modern day Charles Darwin, biologist, herpetologist, Adjunct Professor of Biological Science at Florida State University Dr. Bruce Means. We discuss a March 2021 expedition in which Means and writer/climber Mark Synnott traveled to a virtual Shangri-la in the deep, mysterious and ever dangerous jungles of Guyana to study an unclimbed tapui, where new species were discovered. 

    American climber Alex Honnold is featured in the National Geographic film and article, both released in April 2022.

    This is the Happiness Quotient. Please subscribe wherever you are listening or watching 


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    42 min

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