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, befo
they are spicy. do i have yak meat? is this yak meat? yeah, that s yak meat. okay, i got to avoid the yak meat. and then these are dried chilies which are boiled. the yak cheese with boiled, dried chilies. yeah. i m all over that. this is excellent. yeah. excellent. really good. so yak herding is dying, we re starting to hear. people are giving it up. why? better opportunities, i suppose. yak herding is a difficult life. she herself has given up now. so she has given all her yaks to her sisters. so she is now, she has a shop and she has gone up the ladder. she is in charge of the business and she makes the decisions for the family. in bhutan, women are the boss. women inherit whatever the parents own. it s not the sons. always, all inheritance goes to the women.
darren: never. anthony: you re either going to love it or you re not going to love it. darren: that s very unique. nawang: is this yak s meat? woman: yes, it is. anthony: yak jerky? nawang: yak meat and some spinach. anthony: you ll like these greens, man. they are spicy as darren: do i have yak is this yak meat right here? nawang: yeah, that s yak meat. darren: i gotta avoid the yak meat. nawang: and then these are dried chilies which are boiled. anthony: ah, the yak cheese with boiled dried chilies. darren: i m all over that. this is excellent. anthony: yeah. darren: excellent. really good. so yak herding is dying, we re starting to hear? it s um nawang: people are giving up. anthony: why? nawang: better opportunities, i suppose. yak herding is a difficult life. she herself has given up now. who have you given your yaks to? woman: to my sister. nawang: so she has given all of her yaks to her sisters, so
to love it or you re not going to love it. darren: that s very unique. nawang: is this yak s meat? woman: yes, it is. anthony: yak jerky? nawang: yak meat and some spinach. anthony: you ll like these greens, man. they are spicy as darren: do i have yak is this yak meat right here? nawang: yeah, that s yak meat. darren: i gotta avoid the yak meat. nawang: and then these are dried chilies which are boiled. anthony: ah, the yak cheese with boiled dried chilies. darren: i m all over that. this is excellent. anthony: yeah. darren: excellent. really good. so yak herding is dying, we re starting to hear? it s um nawang: people are giving up. anthony: why? nawang: better opportunities, i suppose. yak herding is a difficult life. she herself has given up now. who have you given your yaks to? woman: to my sister. nawang: so she has given all of her yaks to her sisters, so she now, she has a shop. she s gone up the ladder. are you the head of the family
nawang: people are giving up. anthony: why? nawang: better opportunities, i suppose. yak herding is a difficult life. she herself has given up now. who have you given your yaks to? woman: to my sister. nawang: so she has given all of her yaks to her sisters, so she now, she has a shop. she s gone up the ladder. are you the head of the family? woman: yes, i am. nawang: she is in charge of the business and she makes the decisions for the family. in bhutan, women are the boss. women inherit whatever the parents own, not the sons. darren: always? all inheritance goes to the women? nawang: yes, women. anthony: what is this? nawang: this is ara, with some cordyceps in it. anthony: is that a cordycep? nawang: that is the cordycep. anthony: which is? nawang: essentially the cordycep is a fungus which infects the larvae of the ghost moths. anthony: a caterpillar that has been invaded by fungus? nawang: yes, it eventually takes over the whole larvae, kills it, s