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9 Minutes of Wonder

9 Minutes of Wonder

De : Betsy Hedberg
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 Hi, I’m Betsy Hedberg. This podcast helps you find wonder in this captivating world and its inhabitants — taking you out of the daily-life grind for at least a few minutes. We explore real-life examples of how things we often take for granted, or never even think about at all, are actually fascinating if we pay attention to them. Each episode is around 9 minutes or less, but I hope these few minutes will affect how you experience the other minutes and hours of your day. A sense of wonder and awe is good for us, as we already intuitively know and as science is increasingly demonstrating — so please join me!Copyright 2024 All rights reserved. Développement personnel Réussite personnelle Science Sciences sociales
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    • Christmas traditions you may or may not have heard of — and happy holidays to you!

      Christmas traditions you may or may not have heard of — and happy holidays to you!
      Dec 23 2025

      Christmas is not the same everywhere, and isn't that a good thing?

      Every December when I was a young girl, the phone company set up a special phone number that we could call to hear Santa speaking from various countries. He'd tell us about Christmas traditions in those places and of course wish us a Merry Christmas. I'd then get out my globe and imagine what it might be like to celebrate Christmas around the world.

      This episode is from me, not Santa, but it's my way of saying happy holidays to you by sharing a few Christmastime traditions from various countries.

      See also: The Caganer nativity tale: a pooping figure in Catalan Christmas culture Japan's bizarre Christmas tradition: eating KFC (here's why)

      Music: Jens East — Daybreak (ft. Henk) www.soundcloud.com/jenseast Licence: Creative Commons Attribution V4.0
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      8 min
    • (Reposting in honor of this week's lights) The northern lights: how can we not be amazed by lights jumping around in the sky?

      (Reposting in honor of this week's lights) The northern lights: how can we not be amazed by lights jumping around in the sky?
      Nov 14 2025

      Wow, pink and purple skies! I hope you've had a chance to see it this week, or at least sometime in the past or future. Let's talk about these magnificent lights.

      A few resources:

      What causes the northern lights?

      Northern lights: what they are and how to see them

      10 awesome aurora facts (from the Australian government)

      Fire in the sky: the southern lights in Indigenous oral traditions

      Hubble captures vivid auroras in Jupiter's atmosphere (NASA)

      Music: Jens East — Daybreak (ft. Henk) www.soundcloud.com/jenseast Licence: Creative Commons Attribution V4.0
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      9 min
    • Magnificent sun, where have you gone? Fall is a good time to reflect on the wonders of our favorite star.

      Magnificent sun, where have you gone? Fall is a good time to reflect on the wonders of our favorite star.
      Oct 29 2025

      What's something you often yearn for but then sometimes wish would leave you alone? That could be the sun. But our friendly closest star is much more than that bright circle in the sky we mainly think about when it's not visible and we're cold. It's one of the few things that are absolutely vital to life on Earth. So let's focus on the sun, without looking directly at it, of course.

      A few resources:

      Sun (Wikipedia)

      Sun vs. atomic bomb (YouTube)

      6 ancient sites aligned with the solstice and the equinox

      The Light Eaters book by Zoë Schlanger

      Here Comes the Sun: A Last Chance for the Climate and a Fresh Chance for Civilization by Bill McKibben

      Music: Jens East — Daybreak (ft. Henk) www.soundcloud.com/jenseast Licence: Creative Commons Attribution V4.0
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      10 min
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