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What's It Like Being An Exchange Student in Thailand? [S7.E53]
Greg interviews our new friend Jannik Hiller about his experience as an exchange student in Thailand. Jannik explains that while a university student, he decided he wanted to do an exchange year in a country completely different from his native...
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Jan. 14, 2025
What's It Like Being An Exchange Student in Thailand? [S7.E53]
Greg interviews our new friend Jannik Hiller about his experience as an exchange student in Thailand. Jannik explains that while a university student, he decided he wanted to do an exchange year in a country completely diffe…
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Jan. 7, 2025
Keeping Resolutions in Bangkok: A Fool's Errand? [S7.E52]
Greg and Ed ring in 2025 with a difficult look back at their New Year’s Resolutions from 2024. They recognize the obvious: if you don’t keep your resolutions, you only have yourself to blame. But they try to answer the inter…
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Dec. 31, 2024
Looking Back, Looking Forward: What’s Next for BP in 2025 [S7.E51]
In a year-end wrap up, Greg and Ed discuss their favorite shows of the year and some plans for the podcast in 2025. Ed begins by waxing rhapsodic over his early year interview with David Cluck, Hollywood assistant director w…
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Dec. 18, 2024
Setting Down Roots in Bangkok: Should You Rent or Buy? [S7.E50]
Greg and Ed tackle the age-old question for expats living in Thailand: Should I buy or rent a condo or house? The boys begin by making clear there is not one simple answer to this question, and it depends a LOT on a person’s…
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Dec. 10, 2024
Filmmaker James Newman on his Documentary Bangkok: City of Angels [S7.E49]
Greg interviews writer and filmmaker James Newman, a long-time expat in Thailand who recently made a documentary film about our beloved city of Bangkok. James starts out explaining his background in London as an insurance ex…
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Dec. 4, 2024
Behind the Scenes: Making an Episode of the Bangkok Podcast [S7, E48]
In a first, the Bangkok Podcast turns its focus on itself as Greg and Ed explain the process by which they create two shows almost every week of the year. The boys begin discussing their approach to brainstorming topics for …
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Nov. 26, 2024
From the Vault: Five Observations on What Makes Thai Culture Thai [S7.E47]
In a first for the podcast, the boys decide to review a part of the Bangkok Podcast website - the relatively new for Season 4 ‘Resources’ section. A few weeks back we posted a page called ‘,’ and it elicited some responses f…
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Nov. 19, 2024
Marriage Equality in Thailand: More Complex Than it Seems [S7.E46]
Greg interviews our senior legal correspondent Dave Lawrence on the status of marriage equality in Thailand. Listeners may remember that the Thai parliament passed a same-sex marriage bill last year, and it has jumped throug…
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Nov. 12, 2024
Yet Still Even More Expat Merit Badges! Do You Have Any? [S7.E45]
Greg and Ed revisit a favorite show theme: Thailand merit badges, achievements by expats which solidify your status as someone truly making a life in Thailand rather than just passing through as a tourist. For earlier merit …
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Nov. 5, 2024
Phil in Udon Thani Talks About Leaving Bangkok for Something New [S7.E44]
Ed interviews our buddy Phil Allen about his adventures visiting, and eventually living in, the Isaan region of Thailand. Phil begins by explaining his arrival in Bangkok about five years ago as a roving economist working pr…
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