Dalai Lama Podcasts

Dedicated podcast coverage of the Dalai Lama is thin and sharply divided. The substantial listening consists of two reflective conversations around WISDOM OF HAPPINESS. Elsewhere, he appears within broader Buddhist teaching or as one name in a comedy prompt. Anyone seeking a sweeping biography or sustained argument will need to look beyond these episodes.

The clearest direct route

Sustainability, Climate Change, Renewable Energy, Politics, Activism, Biodiversity, Carbon Footprint, Wildlife, Regenerative Agriculture, Circular Economy, Extinction, Net-Zero ú One Planet Podcast provides the strongest focused coverage. Its measured, guest-forward format gives ideas room to develop, and WISDOM OF HAPPINESS - Heart-to-Heart w/ DALAI LAMA - Conversation w/ Director Barbara Miller makes the director’s perspective the route into the subject.

The companion episode, In the Presence of the DALAI LAMA - Doc. Director of WISDOM OF HAPPINESS Discusses her Path to Joy - Highlights, promises a shorter pass through similar territory. Both frame the listening around presence, happiness and the director’s experience rather than chronology or institutional history.

A comic detour

Somehow Related with Glenn Robbins and Dave O'Neil takes an entirely different approach. Peter Cook and Dudley Moore, Dalai Lama and Joan Rivers ?? places the Dalai Lama inside the show’s loose game of unexpected connections. Expect rapid banter, digression and comic escalation. It is a palate cleanser, with little reason to choose it for depth.

The Buddhist neighborhood

Most other mentions occur in episodes whose main subjects lie elsewhere. The Workshop is in the Mind comes closest to useful surrounding context through practice-centred teaching and discussion: Being a Buddhist means changing the way we see things (STTA 356), Storytelling and Q&A on Losar and Compassionate Activism (teaching). The Dalai Lama may enter the conversation, but none of these episodes presents itself as a profile or dedicated interview.

Bob Thurman Podcast: Buddhas Have More Fun! offers a warmer, more scholarly and digressive setting. A Tibet House US Menla Conversation with Andy Chaleff - Ep. 345 and A Tibet House US Menla Conversation with Isa Gucciardi - Ep. 344 place the mention within expansive Buddhist conversations rather than a focused treatment.

Natural Meditation podcast moves further toward personal practice. Its slow, embodied teaching style shapes Karma and Trauma - Part 6 and Peace with and without a cause - Part 2. Listeners drawn to the contemplative territory around the Dalai Lama will find these worthwhile, while the episode titles make clear that he is not the central subject.

Where to start

Begin with WISDOM OF HAPPINESS - Heart-to-Heart w/ DALAI LAMA - Conversation w/ Director Barbara Miller for the fullest direct treatment. Choose In the Presence of the DALAI LAMA - Doc. Director of WISDOM OF HAPPINESS Discusses her Path to Joy - Highlights for a shorter entry point. For Buddhist practice rather than personality, try Compassionate Activism (teaching). For the comic outlier, pick Peter Cook and Dudley Moore, Dalai Lama and Joan Rivers ??.

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