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Audiostretto 59/4/24 English

Hans-Jörg Stark

Audiostretto 59/4/24 is a daily podcast with an encouraging impulse for the day. Because many people today have little time in a day with a full agenda, this input is a maximum of 59 seconds long. So it"s analogous to a ristretto: short, strong and invigorating. 59 seconds for 24 hours!

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00:01:14

Actors

Audiostretto 59/4/24 English ·

2024/12/18

You may watch television occasionally or regularly and have your favourite shows or series. You know the roles in the stories and automatically associate the actors with the personalities in the stories. When the same actors play completely different roles in other series or films, it can be a bit confusing at first. But good actors are those who can take on these roles and play them convincingly. Sometimes I find myself trying to imagine what such an actor is like in real life, outside of the film

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00:01:13

Wing beat

Audiostretto 59/4/24 English ·

2024/12/17

It looks so easy when birds fly. With their regular, sometimes faster, sometimes slower wing movements, they keep themselves in the air and fly forward. We humans marvel at this - at least I do - and wonder how it is possible to stay in the air like this, to move forward despite their own weight. There are physical explanations, of course, and I think we can now understand and explain this very well. But it still fascinates me and has something mysterious about it - literally supernatural. This

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00:01:23

Non-verbal

Audiostretto 59/4/24 English ·

2024/12/16

We all experience and practise it every day - sometimes consciously, sometimes unconsciously: non-verbal communication. In a good case it is the case that I understand someone - as they say - blindly. This means that we don't have to say a word, maybe just a look, and we know exactly what's going on in the other person's mind or what needs to be done. When it's not so good, it's dirty looks, suspicion, contempt or indifference, communicated by posture, looks and perhaps many other things

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00:01:16

Chestnuts

Audiostretto 59/4/24 English ·

2024/12/15

As children, we used to make chestnut figures or chestnut animals with toothpicks at nursery school and at home. Chestnuts were collected at the zoo and fed to the animals and, last but not least, chestnuts are also used to make delicious roasted chestnuts to eat in the cold season and vermicelles as a dessert. Chestnuts are also added to red cabbage as a garnish for deer dishes. So these fruits have an enormous variety of uses. But first you have to break open the prickly green shell to get to the

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00:01:18

Air humidifier

Audiostretto 59/4/24 English ·

2024/12/14

In winter, the air tends to be dry due to heating. Heating dries out the air and the mucous membranes in our airways. This makes them more susceptible to germs. This unhealthy situation can be remedied by artificially humidifying the air or using a humidifier spray that cares for the mucous membranes. Drought is a condition that is rarely good for us. Neither in agriculture nor in our own bodies. Moderate but regular humidity not only provides relief, it keeps us alive. Just as we need regular

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00:01:21

Trunk

Audiostretto 59/4/24 English ·

2024/12/13

When a tree is cut, only the stump remains in the ground - the much larger part, the trunk with the crown and all the branches, is sawn up and burned or processed industrially. Depending on the location and what is to be done with the soil, the stump may be removed with great difficulty, or it may be left behind. Cutting down a tree has something to do with killing life or ending a flowering season, with saying goodbye. The stump left behind, however small, is a sign of hope. It can give birth to a

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00:01:18

Lavender

Audiostretto 59/4/24 English ·

2024/12/12

If you have woollen garments in your wardrobe, you may be one of those people who have had an unwanted hole in their beautiful garments - because a moth had this item on its menu. This is annoying. You can fight moths with chemical products - or with natural ones: Put or hang a sachet of lavender in the box. The scent of lavender is effective in keeping moths away. It is a small effort with the desired effect. Precaution. This is very effective and requires very little effort. However, if this

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00:01:38

Turbine

Audiostretto 59/4/24 English ·

2024/12/11

The term turbine was coined in France towards the end of the 18th century by a French engineer called Claude Burdin. It comes from the Latin turbare, which means to turn. That makes sense. You may be familiar with the word turbo, which has the same origin. Turning - that's what the turbine does to generate electricity, for example. But in order for it to spin and produce that energy, something has to flow through it - often water. But other materials can also be turbined. The turbine has a purpose,

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00:01:20

Same

Audiostretto 59/4/24 English ·

2024/12/10

I've often found myself unable to associate certain names with their short form. For example, when I heard the name Bob in English, I didn't know that it was Robert or that Chuck was Charles. Here in Switzerland there are also such abbreviations, depending on the dialect. In the Bernese dialect, many names end in '-u': Tinu for Martin, Winu for Erwin or, quite differently, Aschi for Ernst. Without this knowledge, people assume that there are two different people and do not realise that they are one

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00:01:11

Aeroplane window

Audiostretto 59/4/24 English ·

2024/12/09

I was allowed to fly again recently. I had a window seat on the outward flight and not on the return. On the return flight there was a beautiful panorama with the peaks of the Alps and then a thick blanket of cloud below us and it just looked so peaceful and calm. There was nothing to see or feel of the wars on earth, political conflicts, climate change and all the social problems and challenges we face. But I could only see part of it from where I was sitting, the vast majority of the surroundings

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00:01:20

Rhombus

Audiostretto 59/4/24 English ·

2024/12/08

A rhombus is a special geometrical shape characterised by the fact that its opposite sides are parallel and of equal length, and the opposite angles are equal and the adjacent angles are complementary. Not really exciting. So a square is a special case of the rhombus. In everyday life, it appears in architecture: there are roofs, tiles, etc. that are laid out in the shape of a rhombus, and rhombuses make it possible to cover the entire surface of a floor or roof, for example. It can also be found

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00:01:15

Snow Goggles

Audiostretto 59/4/24 English ·

2024/12/07

You've probably been out in the snow in winter. When the sun is shining, the sun and snow can blind you. Without the right snow or ski goggles, it can be dangerous for you. You may be wondering why this is the case: as a human being, you have eyes, of course, and snow and sun are also natural phenomena - yet they don't seem to get along together. Protection is needed. Snow goggles. Not only do they block out the blinding light, but in most cases they also protect against dangerous UV rays. We know

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00:01:19

Honour

Audiostretto 59/4/24 English ·

2024/12/06

Give credit where credit is due. You may have used this yourself. The point is that those who deserve something by virtue of their authority, merit or other qualifications should receive it. So the state should get the taxes it is entitled to because the law says so. Whether we agree with that or not, or whether we want to give the money in the amount demanded or not - that is not the point. Similarly, whether we give someone recognition or praise should not be influenced by our mood or attitude

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00:01:14

Dimensions

Audiostretto 59/4/24 English ·

2024/12/05

I was recently in Berlin. I was struck by the dimensions of the city: The buildings are incredibly massive, the squares and streets take up an enormous amount of space, and I could go on and on. As well as being amazed by these dimensions, which are so unfamiliar to me, I find myself fixated on what I'm looking at, completely forgetting myself or not even noticing myself. I feel different when, in my own arrogance, I compare myself with others and do very well - in my own eyes, of course. Then I am

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00:01:16

Railway sleepers

Audiostretto 59/4/24 English ·

2024/12/04

Next year, 2025, will be a special year for the railway. That's when the first commercial steam railway, the Stockton and Darlington Railway in England, will celebrate its 200th anniversary. I imagine there is a huge difference between the locomotives of then and now. However, the principle of an - as the name suggests - iron railway, i.e. a track on or made of iron, has remained the same. The rails are still made of the same material, or at least similar alloys, as are the wooden sleepers. These

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00:01:14

Floor lamp

Audiostretto 59/4/24 English ·

2024/12/03

The advantage of a floor lamp is that it is mobile and provides good illumination of the room, thanks to the usually rather tall stand that supports the lamp. It can be placed anywhere there is space and a power supply. It is often open at the top so that it provides good lighting without dazzling. It is therefore often used near a comfortable seating area. You can read or relax in comfort. Such a lamp is rather modest and is one of the less expensive items of furniture - but it makes a significant

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00:01:26

Christmas Tree

Audiostretto 59/4/24 English ·

2024/12/02

Here in the German-speaking world we have the well-known Christmas carol 'Oh Tannenbaum'. It is probably one of the first songs you learn as a child. And yet - if you look at the lyrics - it doesn't have much to do with Christmas at all. But it is part of the tradition, it has become established, naturalised, you might say. A shell without content - when it comes to the Christmas story or message. As is often the case, I think, in everyday life the shell or the form is more important than the

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00:01:16

Rain

Audiostretto 59/4/24 English ·

2024/12/01

Rain is considered bad weather. Probably because you can't see the sun when it's raining. But both are necessary for us to survive. The necessary moisture has to come from somewhere for all the plants to get their food. After all, we water the plants at home, and if you asked them, they would probably not see it as punishment or bad weather, but as grateful refreshment, the satisfaction of a need, namely thirst. It is interesting that we do not describe our own need, the thirst that is quenched by

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00:01:18

Weight

Audiostretto 59/4/24 English ·

2024/11/30

We all experience gravity every day. According to physics, two bodies attract each other and this explains gravity towards the centre of the Earth. So, we let go of something - and it falls to the ground; except for a helium-filled balloon. In water, things are different. Not all objects sink, only those that are heavier than water. Air rises. Light things rise. This is also easy to transfer. The light things in life lift us up, pull us up emotionally and spiritually, and make us happy, grateful and

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00:01:19

Black

Audiostretto 59/4/24 English ·

2024/11/29

We used to argue about whether black was really a colour or not. Black is black. Dark. Full stop. With other colours, there is dark and light, like light red or dark red. That's not possible with black. It is the end of the scale, the superlative of dark. If I remember correctly, black is the colour that absorbs everything and does not reflect light or parts of the light spectrum like other colours do. Everything is absorbed, nothing comes back from black. Black is also often associated with

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