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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.
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Signup to Generate a PitchThom 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.
The Happiness Quotient is hosted by Thom Dharma Pollard. The show has published 175 episodes to date.
Recent episodes include "Where is the Outrage? Himlung Avalanche & Commercial Mountaineering’s Darkest Dilemma After 16 Are Buried" (15 October 2026, 35 minutes), "Nepal Avalanche Tragedy: Himlung Himal Base Camp Buried Under Snow (27 Sept) + 16 Dead or Missing" (30 September 2026, 10 minutes), and "ENOUGH IS ENOUGH: How to Avert a Junk Show on the World's Eighth Highest Mountain, Manaslu" (21 September 2026, 18 minutes).
The Happiness Quotient publishes roughly every two weeks, with episodes averaging 23 minutes across 175 episodes.
Booking probability for The Happiness Quotient is 35%, and the host is rated Selective on guests. The Happiness Quotient requires a Pod Score of 80 or higher. The Happiness Quotient's contact route on record: verified email.
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Thom Dharma Pollard hosts The Happiness Quotient, a society podcast with 175 episodes published.
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On September 27th, a catastrophic avalanche slammed into base camp on 7126 meter Himlung Hamal at 3:00 in the morning. 16 people - all of them mountain workers - were buried under 4 meters of snow. 15 of the bodies have...
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An avalanche has buried the base camp of Himlung Himal in Nepal. We examine the latest reports from this unfolding disaster. On September 27, 2026, severe reports emerged regarding a massive slide that struck the base...
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Today on Manaslu, climbing isn't just an expedition—it’s an active conveyor belt. Nearly a thousand people are on the mountain right this second, creating thousands of pounds of waste while operators collect royalties...
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On August 26th, the Himalaya came apart. The disaster began high along the Lende Khola near the Nepal Tibet border, then poured south into the Trishuli River system heading downstream toward the lower valleys of central...
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After the Broad Peak avalanche that took ten lives, the municipality where Nirmal Purja was born proposed renaming Annapurna I in his honor, to Nimsdai Annapurna. In this video I trace the epic of the mountain itself —...
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There’s a scene in 14 Peaks: Nothing Is Impossible that tells me almost everything I need to know about the Broad Peak disaster. Ten climbers died on July 30th—but the avalanche is only part of the story. This video...
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"So these uh fingers, they are dead and you know they they sound like stone, like a piece of bone." Listeners might want to check out the video version of this podcast episode, found here: https://youtu.be/xBW_6ZNYI8M...
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In 2023, the Norwegian climber rewrote the record books by summiting all fourteen 8,000-meter peaks in just 92 days, alongside her close friend and climbing partner, Tenjen Lama Sherpa. It was one of the most remarkable...
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For nearly 30 years, the climber long referred to as "Green Boots" has remained one of Mount Everest's most haunting and recognizable landmarks. Now, after DNA testing, the Government of India says the climber has...
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The investigation into the abandonment of Hillary Dawa Sherpa reveals systemic corruption within Everest’s commercial climbing industry. Evidence of oxygen fraud, staffing failures, and criminal negligence is examined...
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In this re-cap of the miraculous survival of Hillary Dawa Sherpa on Everest after he was left and presumed deceased, Everest climber Chris Thrall, who last saw Hillary Dawa at the Yellow Band at night, shares the...
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NEWS CLIP: "A Nepali Sherpa has been found alive after nearly a week without food or water." The world proclaimed a miracle on Everest after Hillary Dawa Sherpa crawled into Base Camp after disappearing seven days...
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On May 29, 1953, the first everest summit was achieved by Edmund Hillary and Tenzing Norgay, marking a pivotal moment in world history. This video draws fascinating parallels between this incredible climbing feat and...
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On May 20, 2026, Mount Everest saw 278 summits in a single day — the busiest 24 hours in the mountain's history. From Kami Rita’s 32nd summit to Kenton Cool’s 20th, the records were falling fast. But the numbers don’t...
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Everest 2026 is a pressure cooker. The route to the summit opened May 13th. And the weather window slammed shut the same day. Wind chills of negative 68 degrees Celsius. A jet stream parked directly on the summit. And...
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The 2026 Mount Everest season has officially become a "pressure cooker." With a record 492 permits issued—amounting to over $7.3 million in fees alone—the South Side is bracing for unprecedented overcrowding. Following...
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Five forty-five this morning. A serac let go. And this is what it looked like. The tourism Times reported that a large serac broke off and a chunk of ice approximately 20 meters below it collapsed onto the path where...
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In a truly unexpected turn of events at Everest Base Camp, a lost Eurasian Wigeon, affectionately named Pemba Tshering, found itself in a life-threatening situation after being blown off course from its home in the...
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A body* was discovered in the Khumbu Icefall this week at the base of Mount Everest, just as the 2026 climbing season is struggling to begin. This discovery comes as over 3,000 people are gathered at Everest Base Camp...
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In this video we recount a tragic climbing incident in China's Sichuan province, where a hiker's selfie accident led to an accidental death after unhooking his safety rope. We also explore the story of the "bikini...
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