Talking Muay Thai With Fighter Matt Lucas [Season 3, Episode 50]

Talking Muay Thai With Fighter Matt Lucas [Season 3, Episode 50]

Greg interviews writer, commentator, and Muay Thai fighter Matt Lucas about the life of a foreigner in Bangkok practicing the Thai national sport.

Matt begins with his background story - living in San Francisco and choosing between working in a bar and being becoming a drunk or practicing Muay Thai and only drinking on weekends. :) Muay Thai won out, and he Matt became serious about the sport, travelled to Thailand, and eventually relocated here. Matt is not only a fighter, he's also a chronicler of the sport, a proper 'Muay Thai journalist.' Matt talks about how Muay Thai has changed over time, moving out of the pure gambling context into the world of being a popular sport, and a form of entertainment.

Greg and Matt talk about the difficulties he's faced as a foreigner practicing the national sport of another culture, the natural barriers expats encounter, such as use of Thai language, and the way the Muay Thai is ingrained in the culture of the rural countryside, which also makes it hard for foreigners to participate directly.

He also discusses the difficulties that foreigners have when trying to understand the world of Muay Thai, including some of its problems (like injuries to children), while lacking a deep understanding of Thai culture in general. Foreigners, as he points out, don't always know better. :)

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Gay Rights in Thailand [Season 3, Episode 28]

Gay Rights in Thailand [Season 3, Episode 28]

Ed interviews Thanita 'Ninar' Wongprasert, a former UN employee and long time activist in the LGBTQI community in Thailand. Ninar talks about what it's like to be gay in Thailand in general and points...

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Bangkok History Highlight: Phlaek Phibunsongkram [Season 3, Episode 27]

Bangkok History Highlight: Phlaek Phibunsongkram [Season 3, Episode 27]

Greg and Ed try something new with the first in a series of episodes that look at interesting events in Bangkok's history. For this one, they delve into one of Thailand's most interesting personalitie...

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Insight into Bangkok's Mobile Street Vendors [Season 3, Episode 26]

Insight into Bangkok's Mobile Street Vendors [Season 3, Episode 26]

Greg interviews Kisnaphol "Keng" Wattanawanyoo, an expert in the informal aspects of urban life, and in the case of Bangkok, the plethora of mobile street vendors. While Bangkok is in a rush to modern...

18 Sep 201832min

Permanent Residency in Thailand: Worth It? [Season 3, Episode 25]

Permanent Residency in Thailand: Worth It? [Season 3, Episode 25]

Greg and Ed jump into the tricky issue of whether it is worth it for expats to gain permanent residency status in Thailand, also known as PR. It's a good topic, because while Greg is still a stateless...

11 Sep 201839min

Author Patrick Winn on Organized Crime in Southeast Asia [Season 3, Episode 24]

Author Patrick Winn on Organized Crime in Southeast Asia [Season 3, Episode 24]

The podcast is very pleased to welcome back journalist Patrick Winn, who previously appeared on the show in its very early days - episode 11 of season 1, to be precise. Patrick recently authored a boo...

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What Are People Asking Google About Thailand? [Season 3, Episode 23]

What Are People Asking Google About Thailand? [Season 3, Episode 23]

Google searches have become a treasure trove of information on modern cultures, and something that everyone from students to seniors use to find information. One interesting feature is Google's autoco...

28 Aug 201835min

Endangered Languages & Evolving Thai with Linguist Rikker Dockum [Season 3, Episode 22]

Endangered Languages & Evolving Thai with Linguist Rikker Dockum [Season 3, Episode 22]

What if you got into a time machine and jumped forward a few hundred years, only to discover when you arrived that no one spoke your language anymore? It's happened plenty of times (not the time machi...

21 Aug 201837min

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Jobs You Can't Do, and Drugs You Can (Maybe) [Bonus 21]

Just for a bit of fun, we're releasing this week's bonus episode for all our listeners! Patrons of the Bangkok Podcast get the regular show + a bonus show every week. To learn more, go to https://www....

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