{"podcast":{"title":"The Bangkok Podcast","slug":"the-bangkok-podcast-419399","podcast_index_feed_id":419399,"rss_url":"https://thaifaq.libsyn.com/rss","website_url":"http://www.bangkokpodcast.com","image_url":"https://static.libsyn.com/p/assets/7/b/f/5/7bf5548cb29d038fd959afa2a1bf1c87/S8_Show_Logo.jpg","author":"Greg Jorgensen & Ed Knuth","episode_count":574,"summary":"Online since 2010! Greg Jorgensen and Ed Knuth have been knocking around Bangkok since the turn of the century. Exploring dark corners, eating amazing food, and interacting with fascinating people, the two have gotten to know and love Thailand's capital in all its confusing, mysterious glory. Every week they chat about topics near and dear to those living here, those visiting here, or those who are just curious about what it's like to live in Asia's craziest city. Want to explore Bangkok on your own? Check out Greg's self-guided audio tours on Voice Map! https://voicemap.me/publisher/greg-jorgensen","last_synced_at":"2026-07-15T06:21:24.425454+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-bangkok-podcast-419399"},"episode":{"title":"Lumpini Park Turns 100! Celebrating Bangkok's First (Best?) Park [S8.E42]","slug":"lumpini-park-turns-100-celebrating-bangkok-s-first-best-park-s8-e42","published_at":"2026-05-05T17:01:00+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-bangkok-podcast-419399/lumpini-park-turns-100-celebrating-bangkok-s-first-best-park-s8-e42","show_page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-bangkok-podcast-419399","url":"https://thaifaq.libsyn.com/lumpini-park-turns-100-celebrating-bangkoks-first-best-park-s8e42","audio_url":"https://traffic.libsyn.com/secure/thaifaq/BPS8E42_-_Lumpini_Park.mp3?dest-id=34166","summary":"Greg and Ed discuss the 100th 'birthday' of Lumpini Park. The guys begin by highlighting the improvements in the park over the last several years. More and cleaner bathrooms, landscaping, and an adjacent 'hawker center' are some of the highlights. Greg then reviews the different facilities that populate the 142 acre park, such as a fitness center, swimming pool, and even a lesser known library, one of the first in Thailand to be truly open to the public. The show then shifts to a walk-and-talk in the park itself, recorded a few days before. With its proper roof and organized layout, the Hawker Center is a definite upgrade over random street vendors but in the end is just another Bangkok market. The boys tell some funny Lumpini-centric stories about their early days in Bangkok and their great memories of the park, before a discussion of the soft power possibilities of the park's famous monitor lizards. Next, they check out the status of the Green Mile, the long walkway from lower Sukhumvit and Benjakitti Park to Lumpini Park itself. There is now a twisting walkway leading down into Lumpini, suitable for bike riders. The guys walk over Wireless Road and note that the path seems wide open all the way to Benjakitti. Both guys celebrate the realization of a long dream of Bangkok cyclists: riding through Benjakitti Park, up onto the Green Mile, and then down into Lumpini Park without once having to dismount! It might have taken decades, but that dream is finally a reality. :)","meta_description":"Greg and Ed discuss the 100th 'birthday' of Lumpini Park. The guys begin by highlighting the improvements in the park over the last several years. More an…","key_points":[],"chapters":[],"topics":[],"duration_seconds":2534,"processing_state":"not_requested","actions":[{"name":"request_transcript","method":"POST","url":"https://stenobird.com/v1/public/podcasts/the-bangkok-podcast-419399/episodes/lumpini-park-turns-100-celebrating-bangkok-s-first-best-park-s8-e42/transcription-requests","description":"Idempotently request low-priority transcript generation for this episode."},{"name":"read_markdown","method":"GET","url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-bangkok-podcast-419399/lumpini-park-turns-100-celebrating-bangkok-s-first-best-park-s8-e42.md","description":"Read the agent-friendly Markdown representation of this episode resource."}]}}