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that s it for me. now it s time for hardtalk. welcome to hardtalk, i m stephen sackur. no one would pretend the world was a perfectly happy place before the covid pandemic, but the virus has undoubtedly worsened the mental health of many of us. lockdown isolation, economic insecurity, the absence of family, friends and intimacy, all are taking their toll. increasingly, it seems, we are rethinking what it means to be happy. my guest is laurie santos, a psychologist at yale university, whose work on the science of happiness has reached millions thanks to her podcast and free online courses. can we, even now, be taught to be happy? professor laurie santos in new haven, connecticut, welcome to hardtalk. thanks so much for having me. it is a great pleasure to have you. would it be right for me to say that you have made it your mission, particularly in this time of covid, your mission to teach us all how to be happier? yeah, i think that s one way to put it. one of the things ....
now on bbc news, it s time for hardtalk. welcome to hardtalk, i m stephen sackur. no one would pretend the world was a perfectly happy place before the covid pandemic, but the virus has undoubtedly worsened the mental health of many of us. lockdown isolation, economic insecurity, the absence of family, friends and intimacy, all are taking their toll. increasingly, it seems, we are rethinking what it means to be happy. my guest is laurie santos, a psychologist at yale university, whose work on the science of happiness has reached millions thanks to her podcast and free online courses. can we, even now, be taught to be happy? professor laurie santos in new haven, connecticut, welcome to hardtalk. thanks so much for having me. it is a great pleasure to have you. would it be right for me to say that you have made it your mission, particularly in this time of covid, your mission to teach us all how to be happier? yeah, i think that s one way to put it. one of the things we l ....
now on bbc news, it s time for a precinct dose of hardtalk. bracing dose. welcome to hardtalk, i m stephen sackur. no one would pretend the world was a perfectly happy place before the covid pandemic, but the virus has undoubtedly worsened the mental health of many of us. lockdown isolation, economic insecurity, the absence of family, friends and intimacy, all are taking their toll. increasingly, it seems, we are rethinking what it means to be happy. my guest is laurie santos, a psychologist at yale university, whose work on the science of happiness has reached millions thanks to her podcast and free online courses. can we, even now, be taught to be happy? professor laurie santos in new haven, connecticut, welcome to hardtalk. thanks so much for having me. it is a great pleasure to have you. would it be right for me to say that you have made it your mission, particularly in this time of covid, your mission to teach us all how to be happier? yeah, i think that s one w ....
gone for 30 am. time now for hardtalk. welcome to hardtalk, i m stephen sackur. no one would pretend the world was a perfectly happy place before the covid pandemic, but the virus has undoubtedly worsened the mental health of many of us. lockdown isolation, economic insecurity, the absence of family, friends and intimacy, all are taking their toll. increasingly, it seems, we are rethinking what it means to be happy. my guest is laurie santos, a psychologist at yale university, whose work on the science of happiness has reached millions thanks to her podcast and free online courses. can we, even now, be taught to be happy? professor laurie santos in new haven, connecticut, welcome to hardtalk. thanks so much for having me. it is a great pleasure to have you. would it be right for me to say that you have made it your mission, particularly in this time of covid, your mission to teach us all how to be happier? yeah, i think that s one way to put it. one of the things we lea ....
you think animals are sentient? i think pain is pain. if you don t respond to that, there s something seriously wrong with you. it s very buddhist of you, i think. look, when i worked in cape cod, my job is to load this steamer with lobsters, and they don t scream. but you know you hear them scratching against it. i have dreams i m in a sauna and i look through the window and there s a giant lobster like, you know, a bib with a chef on it, you know. i took a walk through this beautiful world felt the cool rain on my shoulder found something good in this beautiful world i felt the rain getting colder sha la la la sha la la la bhutan, a remote, relatively rarely visited kingdom of myth and legend, high in the himalayas, known as land of the thunder dragon. one of the reasons it s not on the tourist trail is it s hard to get to. flying in, you hang on to your seat as the plane negotiates some alarming maneuvers through narrow mountain passes ....