The Bangkok Podcast

Greg Jorgensen, Ed Knuth

Booking Overview

A weekly city-focused travel and expatriate-life show about Bangkok and Thailand, it mixes host-led episodes with occasional interviews featuring local creatives, photographers, expatriates, and people with distinctive experiences in the country. Credible pitches include Thailand-based experts, artists, entrepreneurs, relocation specialists, and travel or food professionals with a compelling local angle; booking difficulty is low because the show favors accessible practitioners and interesting personal stories over major-name prominence.

Metrics

Episodes: 586

Frequency: Weekly

Rating: 4.7/5.0

Estimated listeners: 1,000 - 10,000

Listener location: USA

Contact Information

Publicly listed emails

bangkokpodcast@gmail.com

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Host

Greg Jorgensen - Bangkok-based co-host who has lived in the city since the turn of the century and explores its history, neighborhoods, food, art, and hidden corners.

Ed Knuth - Bangkok-based co-host who has lived in the city since the turn of the century and contributes local knowledge on life, travel, food, and culture in Thailand’s capital.

Booking Intelligence

Booking Requirements

low

Typical Credentials:

Thailand-based professionals, expatriates, artists, photographers, entrepreneurs, and subject-matter experts with distinctive local knowledge or a compelling Bangkok- or Thailand-related experience.

Required Achievements:

Established creative or professional work connected to Thailand, A distinctive relocation, expatriate, or community-building experience, A specialized project, business, or local area of expertise

Recent Guest Discussions

Vic Levitin - Moving To Thailand With His Family On Short Notice, Adapting To Life In Koh Samui, Raising Children Abroad, Building Community, And Leaving The Corporate Grind.

Dax Ward - Urban Exploration Photography, Finding And Accessing Abandoned Sites, Researching Locations, And Creating Narratives Around Images Of Bangkok’s Neglected Spaces.

Recent Topics

Travel, Destination Travel, Bangkok, Expat Life, Thai Food

Episodes

Here's the recent few episodes on

The Bangkok Podcast

From Non-B to DTV to OMG: A Look at the Thai Visa Landscape [S8.E64]

October 06, 2026

Hey, remember when the visa rules changed, making us all learn entirely new procedures and protocols? No, the other time. No, the other…no, not that one, the other time. Greg begins by discussing the latest tightening of Thailand's entry rules, especially the reduction of visa-exempt stays from sixty days back to thirty. He and Ed use the change to illustrate a broader problem for foreigners: Thai immigration rules are constantly evolving, and advice that was accurate only a few months ago ma...

A Few Unwritten Thai Cultural Rules You Gotta Learn [S8.E63] (Classic ReCast)

September 29, 2026

Utilizing a topic suggested by listener Wes, Greg and Ed discuss the unwritten 'rules' of Thai culture - the ones that everyone knows but aren't written down anywhere, despite Ed wishing they were because he really has no idea what he's doing right and wrong! As Greg notes, we all have to fake it until we make it. Greg then begins a series of specific puzzles that farangs have to navigate, including the proper use of the expletive 'arai wa,' knowing when or how much to lower your head when pa...

Thai Wellness Holidays Are They Worth the Price? [S8.E62]

September 22, 2026

"Wellness" is a huge industry, and especially in Thailand, so the boys decide this week to discuss the options that are available. Ed begins the main segment by noting that while he expected it to be straightforward, he discovered an overwhelming variety of retreats and treatments. Greg chimes in to express his general distaste for the wellness trend, explaining that he associates it with bougie treatments that sell real results wrapped in woo-woo hype, and that a relaxing holiday sitting by...

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bangkokpodcast@gmail.com

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