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
#73 - 'We Got This' - Timely Sage Advice & Music For Our Times
Music Soothes the Soul.
MUSIC FOR THE SOUL - this is a good one. DAMN good. Highlighting the very best clips from my music interviews on The Happiness Quotient, consider this a Get Stoked for the Wee…
The Soul of Seth Walker, Musician, Author, Poet & Artist's New Book Your Van Is On Fire
Seth Walker literally dropped out of college to eek every ounce out of his guitar. He grew up in a small commune. Learned to play the cello, guided by his musician parents. When he first heard the so…
Do NOT Call This The Blues! Interview and Epic Performance with the Legendary Clarence Gatemouth Brown
The Happiness Quotient #71
The Legend of CLARENCE GATEMOUTH BROWN
This episode of the The Happiness Quotient can be found in audio only format at:
https://www.buzzsprout.com/268133/8029682
And on YouTube…
Tom Holzel: Noted Everest Historian and The Fascinating Mystery of Mallory & Irvine
What was the fate of famed British mountaineers George Mallory and Sandy Irvine? And were they the first to climb Mount Everest? Today's guest is noted historian and author Tom Holzel to talk about …
I Am Dynamite - How To Be Exceptional
Inspired by two back-to-back dreams in which I walked and learned from masters of ancient wisdom, I reflect about the teachings of Friedrich Nietzsche. Given the impeachment proceedings taking place …
Survival - Inspiration & Hope, Author and Speaker Irene Butter, Survivor of the Holocaust
This powerful episode revisits an inspiring interview of hope with Holocaust survivor Irene Butter. For the thousands living today who survived that period in history, when the Nazi’s reigned terror …
To Measure a Mile: A Film by Chris Carter on His Pilgrimage Along the Pacific Crest Trail
Chris Carter grew up the son of missionaries in Kenya, Africa. He moved to the United States to study, climb, learn. In 2018 Chris took the physical and spiritual challenge of hiking the 2,650 mile P…
Michael Hamill: Climbing the Seven Summits Everest Update - and Happiness Jones, Our New Theme Song
"All of my wisdom came from all the toughest days
I never learned a thing being happy"
These words from The Wood Brothers' song Happiness Jones sum up our podcast. The band has given us the green light…
#65 - Electoral College Count - Stand Your Ground with Dr. Nathan Schwartz-Salant During Times of Chaos and Uncertainty
Recorded just as the polls closed during the runoff elections in Georgia, USA, we bring back Dr. Nathan Schwartz-Salant for his insightful take on how an individual must stand one's ground during tim…
#64 - Stop Chasing Happiness: A Course In Happiness
Our thoughts are very powerful. The thoughts that make up a great part of our conscious life create the person that we project onto the world, create the reality of our own lives.
Imagine a person be…
#63 - The Happiness Quotient - Winter Solstice with Reverend Freakchild & Healing Power of Music
A quotient is an answer to a mathematical division problem. When we gather experience and look at the opportunities within our most challenging days, by deduction we begin to grow in wisdom. Hey, at …
#62 (S2 Ep 31) - Always Been a Lover & A BIG Announcement From Thom
Folks, the winter solstice approaches. Thom gets prepared to announce some HUGE news about the future and where things are going. Groove to some music by Daniel Donato and let Thom tell you what it'…
#61 (S2 Ep 30) - Daniel Donato: Cosmic Country - Nashville Musician, His Life Lessons and Increasing Awareness During COVID
What do you get when you mix a Jam Band with a Country Band? You get Cosmic Country, a la Daniel Donato, a rising Nashville musician who got his start on Lower Broadway in Nashville at the age of 14 …
#60 (S2 Ep 29) - Embracing Change: Devastating News Turns to Magic: a Final Fire Pit & an Icy Dip in the River of Life
After eight wonderful years locked in the embrace of a warm cabin in the White Mountains of New Hampshire, it was time I had to move. The news came as such a shock that it hadn't occurred to me to sh…
#59 (S2 Ep 28) - The Truth About Everest, Passing of My Mother, Disbursing Ashes From The Top
This is the Truth about Everest.
Hours after the passing of my mother in 2016 I was visited by a magnificent presence that assured me of my safety on Everest. Three months later, high up inside the Kh…
#58 (S2 Ep 27) - Ann Sarnoff, Head of WarnerMedia’s Studios and Networks Group
As Chair and CEO of Warner Bros., Ann Misiaszek Sarnoff became the first female to serve as a Studio head in the entertainment industry. Ann is truly a trail blazer, an inspiration to young and old t…
#57 (S2 Ep 26) - It's GuitarGate with YouTube Sensation Michael Palmisano
Michael Palmisano has created a brand for himself as one of YouTube and the internet's premier guitar teachers. Known for his "Guitar Teacher REACTS" videos, he has - as of this date - over 171,000 s…
#56 (S2 Ep 25) - Go Ahead, Hide Your Damn Fears: You're Just Feeding the Subconscious
A few years ago I had a hernia operation. The first thing I said to the nurse after I awoke from surgery was "The subconscious is a place created for people who need to hide their fears." Honest, tha…
#55 (S2 Ep 24) -David Brancaccio: Return of the Heroes of the Quarantine Culture and The Perfect S'more
You could say that in every dark cloud there is a silver lining…. COVID, as you know, has wreaked havoc on human life and the economy, around the world and in the US.
In this episode we welcome back…
#54 (S2 Ep 23) - Going Forth In Gratitude, a Mini Bonus Episode
It's not lost on me that on this day in 2001 nearly 3,000 lives were lost and a nation was shocked when four coordinated terrorist attacks were waged. The gravity of the situation pales in comparison…