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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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00:01:22

Farewell

Audiostretto 59/4/24 English ·

2025/02/16

Everything has an end. On this earth, in this world, that is true. I know of no exception. This podcast began in the summer of 2021, and since then, over 1350 episodes have been released daily in German and over 1250 in English, without interruption. Now I feel that this time is coming to an end. So this episode is the last one for now. I don't know yet what will happen next, if there will be a follow-up format or if the podcast will be continued at a later date. But for now I say goodbye

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00:01:18

Sickle

Audiostretto 59/4/24 English ·

2025/02/15

A sickle in use today is used to cut small amounts of grain and grass. It consists of a concave blade tapering towards the front and a wooden handle. It differs from the scythe in that it has a smaller blade and a shorter handle. Harvesting with a scythe or sickle cuts off as much of the crop as possible - but the cut leaves the root of the plant in the ground, and with it the potential for new growth. A kind of clear-cutting without destroying the core. Clear-cutting is necessary from time to time

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00:01:09

Hockey stick

Audiostretto 59/4/24 English ·

2025/02/14

In ice hockey, each player has a stick to move, guide and pass the puck. The goal of the game is to get the puck into the opposing team's goal. The hockey stick has a part at the end of the shaft called the blade, which is used to guide the puck. The player should only use the blade to guide the puck, not the skate or any other part of the body. Someone can be very good with the stick and the puck and be a slow skater, and vice versa, someone can be a rocket on the ice but clumsy with the

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00:01:15

Birds

Audiostretto 59/4/24 English ·

2025/02/13

The German proverb goes: A bird in the hand is worth two in the bush. This means that it is better to settle for what you can get than to aim for something uncertain. That way you know what you've got and don't get caught up in the uncertain surplus that you could potentially have. I think this is also based on the idea that I would rather make my own choices than be dependent on something that is completely out of my control. And that is the primal nature of human beings. That's why,

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00:01:13

Prism

Audiostretto 59/4/24 English ·

2025/02/12

When light hits the sloping surface of a prism, it is refracted because the speed of light changes as it passes from one medium, such as air, to another, such as the glass of which the prism is made. This means that white light, which is made up of light waves of different wavelengths, can be refracted into its constituent parts. It can then be seen that white light is made up of different coloured components which together produce white light. I think that a good parent or other person in charge

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00:01:13

Tiredness

Audiostretto 59/4/24 English ·

2025/02/11

We all know the feeling of tiredness. It takes us significantly more effort to get up and do something than usual. Tiredness paralyses us. Tiredness can be the result of too little rest and sleep. In this case, the problem is quickly solved with one or two longer periods of sleep. But it can also go deeper. A general tiredness and the associated lack of motivation. Sleep and rest alone will not help with this. There is often a pathological background and the therapy can be much more complex. In

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00:01:26

Turning point

Audiostretto 59/4/24 English ·

2025/02/10

German Chancellor Olaf Scholz has coined the term ‘turning point’. It became a kind of winged term and was mentioned repeatedly in many places. A powerful word, in my opinion - a turning point. But who is virtually authorised to use such a term at a particular time or situation? Who defines when times change, when they change so significantly that we can really speak of a turning point - and furthermore: a turning point towards and away from what? Sometimes, in our powerlessness and helplessness,

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00:01:18

Merry-go-round

Audiostretto 59/4/24 English ·

2025/02/09

Sometimes there are chain carousels at the fair. These rotate on their own axis and have chains attached to the circumference of their round roof, with chairs on which you can sit and then be thrown through the air by the rapid rotation. Because the chain is flexible, the end of the chain always lags slightly behind the anchor point on the roof. If you looked at it from above in 2 dimensions, the anchor point would always be further than the end point of the chain in relation to the angle of

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00:01:13

Rice

Audiostretto 59/4/24 English ·

2025/02/08

Rice is one of our staple foods. But Europe has the lowest rice production in the world. So we are dependent on imports. We have Asian neighbours where the rice cooker is always on - just as we go to the bakery every day and consume bread, they do the same with rice. It's there as a matter of course - even if it's not grown here. Recent political and armed conflicts have reminded us that even this supply can quickly be put at risk. What happens then? Shortages, skyrocketing prices, or even supply

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00:01:13

Perfection

Audiostretto 59/4/24 English ·

2025/02/07

Some people are described as perfectionists. This is not always understood or meant in a positive way. Sometimes it means that such people are pedantic and never satisfied with what they achieve or receive. Perfect, when translated literally, means accomplished. It means that there is nothing more that can be done to improve what you have and that your development is complete. We humans, as we all know, are far from perfect. We have our faults, our weaknesses, and we suffer from them all the time

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00:01:15

Display case

Audiostretto 59/4/24 English ·

2025/02/06

My father-in-law had a display case in his flat where he displayed things he had made. These objects were very beautiful to look at. They weren't as intricate as those made by an artist, but you could see that they had been carefully made. The colours were bright and you could see that someone had worked on them with passion and heart. But I kept asking myself: why did he do this? So that the objects would end up in a showcase and be beautiful to look at? Or so that children will play with them

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00:01:13

Wheel Hub

Audiostretto 59/4/24 English ·

2025/02/05

I am a cyclist at heart. And I think it's one of man's greatest inventions. But for cycling to be fun, the bike has to be in good shape and well maintained. That includes good brakes, lights, enough air in the tyres and other things. It also includes wheels that are well aligned, i.e. not twisted into a figure of eight or anything else. The spokes are connected to the hub to make this work well. It is invisible, but it is what makes the wheels turn so smoothly and evenly. No ride without a

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00:01:18

Freedom

Audiostretto 59/4/24 English ·

2025/02/04

I used to have a running shoe that was very soft at the front of the shoe, with only a thin upper part. This meant that the front of my foot could move around a lot, which felt good because it felt like I was almost barefoot. This was good when I was just standing or walking a short distance, but not so good for longer distances because my feet got tired and hurt. But when I ran in them, I found that although it was nice and airy for short distances, it was not supportive enough for longer

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00:01:23

Sugar

Audiostretto 59/4/24 English ·

2025/02/03

At Christmas time, there are certain baked goods that are decorated with sugar crystals: Doughmen, which we call Grättimänner or Grittibänzen in dialect, and Drei-Königs-Kuchen. Because the sugar is sprinkled on the dough before it is baked in the oven, there is a different amount on each pastry. But there is always some on top. It's part of it, both visually and flavour-wise. If you can't see the sugar, something is missing. As if the product is imperfect or flawed or not the real thing

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00:01:09

Caramel

Audiostretto 59/4/24 English ·

2025/02/02

Caramel is something that many people really like. There are caramel sweets or caramel fillings in confectionery or even protein drinks that have a caramel flavour, and more recently it is often combined with salt. It is sweet and has its own flavour. But if you think about how caramel is made, you might be surprised: caramel is basically burnt or almost burnt sugar. The process of burning the sugar gives it its colour and consistency and preserves the sweetness of the sugar. Who would say that

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00:01:18

Jump

Audiostretto 59/4/24 English ·

2025/02/01

When you swim, you stand at the edge of a pool or on a diving platform or board, or in nature on a ledge with the water in front of you. In an outdoor pool, you can see the bottom of the pool because it is not very deep and the water is very clean. This is not always the case in nature, especially in deep rivers, where the water can be murkier and less transparent. Then comes the moment to jump. Sometimes you need a lot of courage, sometimes not. It's also a question of character. When we dare to

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00:01:18

Steering wheel

Audiostretto 59/4/24 English ·

2025/01/31

Many vehicles and ships have a steering wheel. As far as I know, it is round and can be turned in both directions. I don't know if these wheels can be turned more than once, but at least they have no beginning or end. When you get into the car, you can't tell from the steering wheel whether the wheels are straight or turned in. Because of the circular shape of the wheel, the steering wheel is always the same and has no markings for a quasi-normal straight-ahead position. This is not the case with a

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00:01:09

Overslept

Audiostretto 59/4/24 English ·

2025/01/30

The other day I dreamt that I was on a train heading towards the station where I live. In my dream I suddenly looked out of the window and the surroundings didn't look familiar at all. I knew that I was on a train going to a neighbouring country. And that's obviously how it must have happened: I must have fallen asleep during the journey and missed the exit. I wasn't in the right place at the right time, and the people who were expecting me on time waited in vain. Even though I got off as quickly

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00:01:15

Surprise

Audiostretto 59/4/24 English ·

2025/01/29

When I went into the bathroom the other morning, still quite tired, and just wanted to wash my hair over the bath, I turned on the water as usual to temper it before picking up the shower head. The shower was hanging in its fixture as usual, with the shower head facing me. You can guess what happened next... the setting was not as usual, so the water came out of the tap and I could then switch to the shower at the correct temperature, but the setting was already on the shower head. I was splashed

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00:01:12

Freezing rain

Audiostretto 59/4/24 English ·

2025/01/28

In winter, falling rain can hit frozen ground and freeze. This is not necessarily what you would expect. In fact, you might think: it's warm enough that it's raining and not snowing, so the rain will wet the ground, and because it's not snowing, the roads and paths will just get wet, but there will be no need for winter maintenance in the sense of shovelling snow. However, if you don't take into account that it has been cold enough the days before so that the ground is still frozen, you will

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