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TRAILER: Constant Wonder Podcast
Constant Wonder Podcast, hosted by Marcus Smith, delves into the marvels of the natural world and human experience. Each episode invites listeners to explore the intersection of science, history, and ...
TRAILER: Constant Wonder Podcast
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I'm Marcus Smith and I'm very pleased to let you know that constant wonder is becoming a weekly podcast.
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We're still going to explore the wonder of the natural world from the tiniest critter.
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The only thing they could do to get a black widow female to bite is to squeeze it as if it life was in peril.
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To grand cosmic discoveries.
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Rotating into view was a ginormous black spot.
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We'll mine history for inspiration.
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Before Mr. Robinson and my father, a little boy of color couldn't say I want to grow up and play in the big leagues because it hadn't happened before.
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When I think to myself that some little kid went to bed and dreamed like I want to be like Larry Dobier, I want to be like Jackie Robinson.
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I think that's a fantastic legacy.
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All the while looking for the intersection of these worlds.
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It was an urban who taught me forgiveness.
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And here's what we're up to still.
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We're bringing you conversations about our collective, joyful human pursuit of constant wonder.
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You're out in space, flugging in cables and I just stopped and I rotated my body around.
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I could see the sunrise from one side of the planet to the other.
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It was like I could hear God saying I am.
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We normalize true miracles.
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Things become mundane to us.
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We grow inured to things that we've successfully explained and can see.
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That's the premise of our show that we want to find out about the experience of wonder and what facilitates it rather than quashing it.
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Sometimes these things do just happen without warning.
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Come explore with us.
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The podcast drops on Wednesday starting February 9th on podcast platforms and the free BYU video app.