The Happiness Quotient
Thom Dharma Pollard hosts inspirational, intimate and unfiltered Stories That Inspire with guests and drawing from his own adventures around the world. The Happiness Quotient: connected, engaged, passionate people who inspire us.
- Update frequency
- every 9 days
- Average duration
- 35 minutes
- Episodes
- 151
- Years Active
- 2019 - 2025
SURVIVOR: Everest! The Survivors of Himalayan Mountain Workers & Sherpa Who Die, and What's Being Done to Help
WHAT HAPPENS WHEN A SHERPA OR MOUNTAIN WORKER DIES ON A MOUNTAIN CLIMBING EXPEDITION?
TODAY I HAVE DAVID MORTON HERE TO talk about The Juniper Fund, its beginnings, and the important work they’re do…
Everest News! Death & Drama on Annapurna in the Mount Everest Himalaya with Everest Chronicler for Outside Online Alan Arnette #everest #mountains #annapurna
HERE'S MY FULL CONVERSATION with Alan Arnette on YouTube:
https://youtu.be/WIk67aEg0sI
There’s Been Loss of Life and Intense Drama on Annapurna and in the Mount Everest and 8000 meter peaks region of t…
The Illegal Burial of Ed Abbey & The Fight for the Yellowstone Grizzly - Doug Peacock #grizzly #Patagonia
Doug Peacock's award winning book is: WAS IT WORTH IT? A WILDERNESS WARRIOR'S LONG TRAIL HOME
Doug Peacock is an American naturalist, author, and filmmaker who is best known for his work in conservati…
My Buddy Lost 8 Fingers and I Got to the Summit - Stephen Venables' Insane Bivouac at 8,600 Meters on Mount Everest
Stephen Venables became the first British mountaineer to climb Mount Everest without the use of supplementary oxygen in 1988, establishing a new route on the Kangshung Face with Ed Webster, Robert An…
The Studio Mama and Her Musical Cookbook - Rebecca Wood
Rebecca Wood was the chef, trusted keeper, and diviner at Zac Brown’s renowned Southern Ground Nashville studio for nearly a decade. While she was intimately familiar with the ghosts and secrets of t…
Too Many People - Manaslu and Why It's So Dangerous
Just what is Manaslu and why are so many people flocking to it? Thom dives in with thoughts on the death of professional skier Hilaree Nelson on her attempted ski descent, as well as the commercializ…
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 LI…
Climb Your Everest - The Most Uplifting and Affirming Message For Every Day of Your Life
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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 Evere…
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/
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.
For the YouTube version of this episode:
https://youtu.be/dIfmhdKNcTQ
Join this channe…
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 …
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/
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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 o…
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 …
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. Br…
Mystery Solved? The Body Of Sandy Irvine and the Kodak Camera Have Been Discovered, Mark Synnott Interview
Following is a conversation with professional climber, author and historian Mark Synnott, whose book THE THIRD POLE: MYSTERY OBSESSION AND DEATH ON MOUNT EVEREST has just been released in paperback e…
All That Glitters Is Not Gold & Reflections of a Car Deal
Lessons come in all sorts of packages. And, a beautiful, poignant poem from a recently found journal of my late brother's.
For the YouTube version of this episode:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AABp…
Ukraine: Fighting the War From Behind the Front Lines - A Voice From Ukraine
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Recorded on 26 March 2022
Iryna Kabluchko is a journalist from Ukraine.
Full Episode on YouTube The Happiness Quotient at:
https://youtu.be/2-dVs0wGVg4
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Ukraine: Battling Disinformation In the Fight for Existence - A Voice From Ukraine 25 March 2022
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Igor Nalyvaiko is a journalist from Ukraine, and currently in hiding he is helping to battle disinformation with contacts a…