Bliss
Moments of total, world-shaking bliss are not easy to come by. Maybe that's what makes them feel so life-altering when they strike. And so worth chasing. This hour: stories of striving, grasping, tripping, and falling for happiness, perfection, and ideals.
- Duration
- 1h 12m
- Broadcast on
- 17 Dec 2012
- Audio Format
- other
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Moments of total, world-shaking bliss are not easy to come by. Maybe that's what makes them feel so life-altering when they strike. And so worth chasing. This hour: stories of striving, grasping, tripping, and falling for happiness, perfection, and ideals.
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[ Music ] >> Listener supported, WNYC Studios. [ Silence ] >> Wait, you're listening to Radio Lab. >> Radio Lab. >> From WNYC. >> C, C, N-P-R. >> Okay, hello, hello. >> Hello, hello, hi, how are you? >> We are super, super excited to talk with you. >> Oh, same with me, I'm sorry about the delay and so on. >> Oh, that's fine, no, it's-- >> It's quite some busy days. >> Life is crazy. >> Life is crazy. >> Yeah, I know. >> But you were so enthusiastic, so I was like, I need to talk to these guys, they really mean it. >> This is Alex. >> Alexander Gama. >> Gama. >> Are you Norwegian all the way back? >> Yeah. >> Typical Norwegian. >> You know, if typical includes things like-- >> Biking in Sahara and climbing Everest and things like that. >> He's kind of a professional adventurer. And we got him into the studio because he made a video last year on one of his trips. >> Can I tell you this video? >> It's maybe the most amazing internet video I have ever seen. >> I think so too. >> So let me just set the scene for you. >> Okay. >> What you see in the video is this guy, Alex, kind of moving along, he's on skis. This snowy, snowscape. He's filming himself, he's got the camera in his right hand. >> Where is he, exactly? >> Antarctica. He's on a three month trek to the south pole and back by himself. And what he'd been doing is every couple of days on his trip, you know, every 200 kilometers or so, he would bury stuff in the snow. >> Some fuel and sometimes a little bit of gear that I didn't use. >> Was that just a light in your load? >> Yeah. >> Yeah, because every ounce of unneeded weight has to go.
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Moments of total, world-shaking bliss are not easy to come by. Maybe that's what makes them feel so life-altering when they strike. And so worth chasing. This hour: stories of striving, grasping, tripping, and falling for happiness, perfection, and ideals.