Podcasts by Hello from Bhutan!

Academy Award Nominee Pawo Choyning Dorji, Talks About His Latest Film and more from 2023-10-25T13:05:38

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 his very first film – Lunana: A Yak in the...

The Joy of the Jalebi Shop (IMTRAT) from 2023-10-06T10:45:04

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 cultivating a sweet tooth among Bhutanese in t...

History of Project DANTAK in Bhutan - Infrastructure, people, and food! from 2023-09-22T18:18:45

The first podcast of Hello from Bhutan's third season features Project DANTAK. Here, I find out the incredible history and wonderful connection formed over six decades between Bhutan and Ind...

Why Bhutan? A conversation with Fmr. US Ambassador Curtis S. Chin from 2022-12-27T14:55:20

Fmr. US Ambassador Curtis S. Chin, talks about his two decades long relationship with Bhutan and why the country "defies stereotypes.' This is a candid insight into Bhutan from someone who is in...

The world's highest ultramarathon: The Snowman Race from 2022-11-02T10:40:57

This episode features running legend and race director of the Snowman Race, Luis Escobar, and the Snowman Secretariat's Damcho Rinzin. The first Snowman Race took place in October, this year. 29...

On Buddhism, gender equality, and the International Buddhist Confederation with Ven. Dr. Dhammapiya from 2022-10-16T10:51:19

Venerable Dr. Dhammapiya, the Secretary General of the International Buddhist Confederation (IBC), was in Bhutan for the Centre for Bhutan and GNH Studies' 4th International Conference on Vajrayana...

4th International Conference on Vajrayana Buddhism from 2022-09-25T13:58:15

The Centre for Bhutan and GNH Studies has been organizing the international conference on Vajrayana Buddhism in Bhutan since 2016. Bhutan is the only Vajrayana nation in the world. The 4th confe...

Tourism and Bhutan: The Latest Updates! from 2022-09-17T13:59:53

The tourism sector has undergone massive changes (also called "transformation" by the government) over the last couple of months in preparation for Bhutan officially welcoming tourists for the f...

Trans Bhutan Trail: An Incredible Ancient Trail To Reopen After Six Decades from 2022-07-13T14:26:26

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 existence then. The trail that will officially op...

Bhutan's "High Value, Low Volume" Tourism Policy from 2022-05-15T10:42:21

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 Zam talks to the Director General of the Tou...

Navigating queer relationships and identity from 2021-01-31T16:01:47

Karma Dupchen gives great advice on navigating queer relationships in this podcast. 

Also hear a transboy in high school talk about understanding and expressing his identity, and hea...

Queer Talks ft. Pema Dorji, founder of Queer Voices of Bhutan from 2021-01-11T10:48:13

Hello from Bhutan is highlighting queer stories from Bhutan this new season. This episode was originally filmed for Queer Talks Bhutan. It features Pema Dorji, founder of Queer Voices of Bhutan....

Queer Talks ft. Bhutan's oldest known transwoman Aum Penjore from 2021-01-11T10:25:13

Hello from Bhutan is highlighting queer stories from Bhutan this new season. This episode was originally filmed for Queer Voices Bhutan. It features Aum Penjore, Bhutan's oldest known transwoman...

Queer Talks ft. Tenzin Yoezer from 2021-01-11T08:56:36

Hello from Bhutan is highlighting queer stories from Bhutan this new season. This episode was originally filmed for Queer Voices Bhutan. It features Tenzin Yoezer, a young gay college student.&n...

3 best friends: A gay couple and a transwoman talk about life & love in Bhutan from 2020-06-24T19:41:49

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, talks about how painless it was for her to get ...

A Bhutanese NHS worker in the UK & a Bhutanese postgrad student in Germany from 2020-05-28T17:09:54

This is the first in a series of podcasts on Bhutanese living abroad. The series will explore their lives outside of Bhutan. 

This episode highlights how the lives of a Clinical syst...

Covid-19 survivors share their experience from 2020-04-11T10:53:06

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 cases.  Both are recovering well. ...

Researcher and Media Personality Dorji Wangchuk talks Social Media in the time of COVID-19 from 2020-04-06T15:10:28

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 COVID-19. 

A former MP talks about life in quarantine from 2020-04-03T17:25:52

As of 2nd April, 3218 Bhutanese were in quarantine. I speak to former MP Sangay Khandu about life in quarantine. Bhutan recently extended the mandatory quarantine period to 21 days from 14 day. ...

Pawo Choyning Dorji on Lunana & making films from 2020-02-07T16:10:05

Independent Bhutanese films have been doing incredibly well at international film festivals. Lunana: A Yak in the Classroom is one of them. The film opened to rave reviews in Bhutan after tourin...

Bhutan's regressive taxing of women's sanitary products needs to go! from 2020-01-16T17:08:42

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 GST deliberation is important for women bec...

Ft. Bhutan's 1st Travel Blogger Denkar's Getaway from 2019-12-27T15:21:41

Tshering Denkar is Bhutan's first travel blogger. She travels solo, hitchhiking most of the time in all kinds of vehicles. Her journey through Bhutan is the most authentic and straight from the ...

Difficult pregnancies & Postpartum Depression from 2019-12-27T14:59:38

Health officials say at least 10-15 percent of Bhutanese women experience Postpartum depression after childbirth. There are many Bhutanese women who also experience difficult pregnancies, but do...