Born of Wonder

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S6:3 EP79: Goodnight (Blue) Moon Aug 22, 2023

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This month, August 2023, has two full moons - which means we get to experience the rare "Blue Moon." We're using this opportunity to wax philosophic on the Moon and all it inspires - from Margaret Wise Brown's "Goodnight Moon" to the poetry of Shelley, Stevenson, and Plath. We'll go through the evocative, poetic names for each month's full moon and their origins ("the cold moon," "the harvest moon," "the worm moon" etc.) and end with some incredibly beautiful music a la Claude Debussy's Clair de Lune.

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https://www.space.com/blue-moon-supermoon-august-2023#:~:text=The%20Blue%20Moon%20will%20rise,slightly%20larger%20and%20brighter%20than

The Surprising Ingenuity Behind “Goodnight Moon”

https://www.smithsonianmag.com/history/surprising-ingenuity-behind-goodnight-moon-180961923/

"To the Moon" - Percy Shelley

https://www.scottishpoetrylibrary.org.uk/poem/to-the-moon/

"The Moon" - Robert Louis Stevenson

https://poets.org/poem/moon

"The Moon and the Yew Tree" - Sylvia Plath

https://www.blueridgejournal.com/poems/sp-moon.htm

Farmers Almanac List of the Names for the Moon

https://www.almanac.com/full-moon-names

"Clair de Lune" - Paul Verlaine

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Clair_de_lune_(poem)

"Clair de Lune" performed by Pascal Roge

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=c977QdbTImU

S6:2 EP78: An Honest Parenting Chat with Gina Dadaglo: Creating an Authentic Family Culture Aug 15, 2023

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Today on the podcast, Katie is joined by Gina Dadaglo, writer and mom of three, currently living in Paris, France to talk about creating an authentic family culture. When you become a parent you're barraged with conflicting information - when it comes to sleep, birth, faith, discipline, you name it, everyone has an opinion. It can be overwhelming and guilt-inducing - how can you know you're doing it right? Katie and Gina talk about their own parenting journeys and how they've gained the confidence to do things in ways that are right for their family, even when it may be different from other people. Hopefully this chat, whether you're a parent, hope to be one, or know one - can help you feel less alone and more validated in your choices! Grab a cup of tea (or glass of wine!) and join us.

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Subscribe to Born of Wonder on Substack https://bornofwonder.substack.com Support Born of Wonder on Patreon https://www.patreon.com/bornofwonder www.bornofwonder.com ---- Follow Gina on instagram @holy.ordinary Sign up for Gina's Substack 'The Process' https://ginajune.substack.com ---- Don Giovanni - Mozart - Overture https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jyjVCbTo5F0 Gina's recommendation - Barbara Pym Novels O Mio Babbino - Joshua Bell https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vxfbBwHqK00

S6:1 EP77: Unicorns: History, Symbolism, and An Ongoing Fascination Aug 08, 2023

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Unicorns have captured our imaginations for centuries. Their horns were sought after for medicinal and spiritual purposes all the way up through the late 1800s. Christ has been referred to as a unicorn and the unicorn's ability to purify water has been compared to Moses cleansing the waters of Marah. Scotland's National Animal is the Unicorn (can this country get any more magical?) and America's 1982 "The Last Unicorn" MAY be one of the easiest songs ever to get in your head. To sum up - there's a lot to discuss! Rediscover some magic on today's episode as we explore the history and symbolism of unicorns.

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BONUS EP: Mary Oliver: ”Meanwhile, the world goes on” Sound Escape Aug 01, 2023

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A bonus episode before we launch into Season 6!

Mary Oliver loved to go on long solitary walks around the Cape in New England. She watched the tide for hours on end. In and out, in and out. She listened to the geese flying south and she prayed earnestly while counting sparrows and watching the clouds. She is a poet of deep attention and quiet.

In her poem “When Death Comes” Oliver celebrates the endless wonder she finds in the world: “When it’s over, I want to say: all my life / I was a bride married to amazement. / I was the bridegroom, taking the world into my arms.”

Enjoy this Sound Escape, hopefully an experience that allows you to get lost in the quiet peace of nature and to remember your place in the family of things.

Many thanks to Chris Marquette for his wonderful guitar playing throughout this episode.

Poems in this episode:

Wild Geese

Six Recognitions of the Lord

S5:8 EP76: The Comic Genius of Frasier Jul 24, 2023

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Frasier was a hit sitcom that ran for 11 seasons from the early 1990s through the early 2000s. It was also the backdrop to much of Katie and her sister Chrissy's childhood. Today on the show Katie is joined by Chrissy to chat about what makes Frasier such a great show - how it's an excellent introduction to theatre, encourages a love of learning, celebrates families connecting despite big differences, and also what makes it different from other sitcoms of the era (especially Seinfeld and Friends). Coffee, theatre, radio, a cloudy, rainy city -- what could be better! A fun, light-hearted episode about a truly great show! Hope you enjoy!

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Subscribe to Born of Wonder on Substack https://bornofwonder.substack.com Support Born of Wonder on Patreon https://www.patreon.com/bornofwonder www.bornofwonder.com ---- Episodes referenced: The Ski Lodge Don Juan in Hell The Seal Who Came to Dinner Voyage of the Damned Halloween Daphne Does Dinner Freudian Sleep --- Book Recommendation - "The ABC Murders" - Agatha Christie

S5:7 EP75: Deleting Social Media, Surviving Summer, and What is Born of Wonder Jul 14, 2023

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Katie pulled the plug and deleted all her social media. She updates us how it's going, how she's surviving the existential despair brought on by midsummer heat, and what she hopes the podcast is contributing to the world.

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Subscribe to Born of Wonder on Substack https://bornofwonder.substack.com Support Born of Wonder on Patreon https://www.patreon.com/bornofwonder www.bornofwonder.com ---- Why I deleted my social media https://bornofwonder.substack.com/p/why-i-deleted-my-social-media Leaving Instagram: one year later https://substack.com/inbox/post/128091834 Is Instagram the narcissist? https://anneliseroberts.substack.com/p/is-instagram-the-narcissist What is Born of Wonder? https://bornofwonder.substack.com/p/what-is-born-of-wonder On Feeling Duped https://bornofwonder.substack.com/p/on-feeling-duped -- Recommendation: "Three Blind Mice" Agatha Christie + LOTR/Star Wars theme! In honor of Meghan and Ben

S5:6 EP74: Life is But a Dream: the subconscious, the anxious mind, and the persistence of Hope Jun 06, 2023

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Every night our mind enters another world, a strange place of images, memories, ideas, often a place filled with anxiety or unease, but also sometimes a place of artistic inspiration, love, and hope. Today on the podcast we'll be discussing that strange in-between state of dreaming - and how we use the word 'dream' in the waking world - MLK Jr's "I have a dream" and Fantine's "I dreamed a dream"... to rowing merrily down the stream, life is but a dream... to Christopher Nolan's Inception. This a sound rich episode inviting you to meditate, wonder, and get a little lost in some dreamscapes of your own.

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History of "row row row your boat" https://americansongwriter.com/behind-the-meaning-of-the-nursery-rhyme-row-row-row-your-boat/ Martin Luther King Jr. "I have a Dream" Speech https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vP4iY1TtS3s
Anthony Hopkins reciting Hamlet's soliloquey https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Lp06Yoj8yWU
Original Broadway Recording "I Dreamed a Dream" https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5fiWR5iyFf0 Recommendation: Thomas Newman - Meet Joe Black - "Cold Lamb Sandwich" https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=S2XmueM7X_M ------ “I think we dream so we don’t have to be apart for so long. If we’re in each other’s dreams, we can be together all the time.”
― A.A. Milne, Winnie-the-Pooh “I dream my painting and I paint my dream.”
― Vincent Willem van Gogh “Hope is a waking dream.”
― Aristotle

“To know that one is dreaming
is to be no longer perfectly asleep.”

― C.S. Lewis, The Four Loves

“It does not do to dwell on dreams and forget to live.”
― J.K. Rowling, Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone

“All that we see or seem is but a dream within a dream.”
― Edgar Allan Poe

S5:5 EP73: Owls and the Call of the Wild May 23, 2023

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On this episode Katie is joined by her husband Chris to discuss their shared love of owls. We'll learn about the time Katie and Chris found an injured screech owl on one of their walks... An experience that greatly impacted them both. We'll discuss the symbolism of owls... Harbingers of death, symbols of wisdom, good luck... Athena's familiar and companion... And why the animal world and these 'touches with the wild' can bring us back to the reality of all things. A fun episode to rekindle your interest in the animal world and all that it can teach us.

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Subscribe to Born of Wonder on Substack https://bornofwonder.substack.com Support Born of Wonder on Patreon https://www.patreon.com/bornofwonder www.bornofwonder.com instagram: @bornofwonder ------ Mentioned in this episode - H is for Hawk - Helen Macdonald Hawk Roosting - Ted Hughes Clash of the Titans (1981) The Wonders of Creation: Learning Stewardship from Narnia and Middle-Earth Kristen Page Recommendations - Ave Regina Caelorum from the Dominican House of Studies https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=y11-6W2fEec&list=OLAK5uy_nPeeocBqa-nNK4PQJw6e1UbQnF9LJZKk0&index=6 Relax with Animal Facts https://www.relaxwithanimalfacts.com/ -- Forgot to mention but Twin Peaks fans will remember - "the owls are not what they seem!"

S5:4 EP72: The Night May 09, 2023

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On today's episode, Katie shares a radio piece she produced for PRX/The Goethe Institut called "The Night." This is a chance to meditate on our charged perceptions of the Night - its darkness, its hopes, dreams, promises, myths, and legends. A particularly poignant topic for Mother's Day as we focus in on how sleepless nights with a new baby can have us asking all those 'big questions' that seem too scary or distant during the day.

------ Subscribe to Born of Wonder on Substack https://bornofwonder.substack.com Support Born of Wonder on Patreon https://www.patreon.com/bornofwonder www.bornofwonder.com instagram: @bornofwonder ----- Guitar playing - Chris Marquette Other background - Bluedot sessions "The Night" https://www.goethe.de/prj/tbp/en/eps/thn.html

S5:3 EP71: Imagination and All Artificial Intelligence Cannot Give Us Apr 25, 2023

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We're being overwhelmed with stories of artificial intelligence - AI's ability to mimic human emotion, write faster than any person, create beautiful art, play music, find any fact in less than a second. We're also being told of AI's less desirable effects - the prevalence of fraud, plagiarism, hacking, even targeted threats. So what do we make of this pandora's box? And where does that leave us hum-drum human beings, with our ordinary minds, hearts, and souls? On this episode we'll explore the UNIQUELY HUMAN capacity for imagination and celebrate the beauty and uniqueness of the human experience, ultimately emphasizing just how much AI can never give us.

------ Subscribe to Born of Wonder on Substack https://bornofwonder.substack.com Support Born of Wonder on Patreon https://www.patreon.com/bornofwonder www.bornofwonder.com instagram: @bornofwonder ----- How Web Platforms Collapse: The Facebook Case Study Ted Gioia https://tedgioia.substack.com/p/how-web-platforms-collapse-the-facebook/comments Recommendation: Anne of Green Gables Series by L.M. Montgomery Doctor Who Excerpt from "Age of Steel" Music: Blue Dot Sessions

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