(music) (10 hours) Happiness | Trivia Tuesday | LMBYTS #1469 | Jason Newland | 21st October 2025

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Happiness | Trivia Tuesday | LMBYTS #1469 | Jason Newland | 21st October 2025
Podcast Host: Jason Newland
Episode Theme: "Trivia Tuesday – Happiness Edition"
Tone: Casual, reflective, personal, humorous, and meandering. 🎙️ Main Segments Covered: 1. Trivia Tuesday Theme – "Happiness" Jason reflects on how he previously mentioned doing a Trivia Tuesday about happiness and finally follows through. He explores various facts about happiness from science, psychology, and culture, such as:

Smiling (even fake) can boost your mood.Finland ranks as the world’s happiest country.Bhutan measures Gross National Happiness.Music, laughter, social connection, volunteering, and gratitude all enhance happiness.Oxytocin, dopamine, and serotonin are the “happy chemicals.”Watching funny videos and being near nature or the sea can also improve mood.

🧠 Fun fact he shares: Laughing 100 times burns as many calories as 15 minutes on an exercise bike.

🧠 Deep Personal Reflections Throughout the recording, Jason frequently pauses the trivia to go on personal tangents, which are honest, introspective, and sometimes quite emotional:

He shares struggles with recognition and validation, especially from family.Talks about loneliness, bipolar disorder, and the challenges of maintaining motivation over 20 years of recording.Reflects on the joy and pain of helping others and how he has found purpose through podcasting and counseling.Shares the importance of feeling seen and appreciated — a touching moment involves an old friend saying they were proud of him.

🧡 Quote: “Even at 55, I still wish my dad would tell me he’s proud of me.”

🐶 Vinny the Dog Makes an Appearance Vinny, Jason’s loyal but quirky dog, features in various anecdotes:

Refuses to obey commands.Is his main source of companionship.Jason jokes about how Vinny often does the opposite of what he's told.

🛠️ Podcasting Insights Jason discusses:

His various podcast series: Let Me Bore You to Sleep, Jason’s Bedtime Storytime, Sleepy Boring Objects, and Let Me Pull the Pain Away.How many recordings he’s made (over 4,000!).YouTube stats, and how listener feedback (or lack thereof) affects his motivation.Technical and emotional effort involved in each episode.

🧦 Random Tangents In true Jason fashion, he takes detours into:

Childhood memories (like tin baths in front of the fire).Helping strangers in the rain with an umbrella.Watching old comedy shows.His eyesight declining and needing new glasses.The mystery of podcasts disappearing from directories.Debating whether helping family counts as “charity” (it doesn’t, he says!).

🎯 Key Themes

Happiness is complex and individual.Helping others helps yourself.You can create meaning, even if the world doesn’t always see it.Vinny rules the house.