Crazy Wisdom
How to greet in West Timor
- travel
- Internet
- culture
- Asia
- thailand
- indonesia
- easttimor
- westtimor
About this episode
The second entry in my solo podcast detour!
In this episode, I talk about my attempts to experience the cultures I encountered, in my travels across Southeast Asia, more deeply, and my quest to find cultures that had not been as thoroughly exposed to the internet and its effects, as the West and similar modern societies. In the course of my travels, I spent some time on an island called West Timor and participated in the most awkward custom I'd ever experienced up till then. Listen to hear more. Enjoy!
Episode transcript
Welcome to the Crazy Wisdom Podcast. So you might have noticed that the world has gone a little bit insane. And to get through this in a way that is sustainable and maybe even joyous, we are going to have to find some crazy wisdom. Which is why I named the podcast Crazy Wisdom. And I try to find guests who are both contrarian and right, as well as people who can help us to understand how we can get through this period of both experiences. Acceleration as technology accelerates, and maybe even a little bit of darkness, as well as some of you may have been noticing, really crazy stuff is …
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