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Conflict & Legacy: Journalist Denis Gray Discusses His New Memoir [S8.E47]

June 09, 2026

In this episode, Greg interviews legendary foreign correspondent Denis Gray about his memoir, Lost Horizons. Denis details his fascinating life story, beginning with his family's escape from communist Czechoslovakia and his father's subsequent intelligence work for the CIA. After graduating from Yale, Gray served in the U.S. Army during the Vietnam War, an intense experience that inspired his transition into journalism with the Associated Press. The next few decades saw Denis covering critic...

Thai Style vs Western Style: The Diverse Art of Storytelling [S8.E46]

June 02, 2026

With Ed unavailable this week, Greg welcomes his friend John as co-host to talk about storytelling. Specifically, the difference between how westerners tell stories, and how Thais tell stories. This is especially apropos to John, as he is the creator of Bangkok Stories, an event that, unsurprisingly, showcases the talents of locals who tell tales for an audience. The discussion is at turns funny, insightful and sometimes dark, as Greg and John analyze storytelling styles to see what they tell...

Foreign Fool: A Conversation with Author Alan Platt [S8.E45] (Classic ReCast)

May 26, 2026

When it comes to characters, Bangkok has them in droves - people who have been places, eaten things, talked to people, and lived adventures that would make your mother put her hand to her mouth and proclaim, "Oh my" with a frightened little squeak. On this episode of the Bangkok Podcast we're happy to have one of these epic characters on the show with us - Mr Alan Platt, who, as it happens, has just released a book about his adventures entitled Foreign Fool. Now I know what you're thinking, a...