Let's all go to... Indonesia!

Part-Time Genius

iHeartPodcasts and Kaleidoscope

Society & Culture

4.6 • 1.9K Ratings

🗓️ 20 December 2024

⏱️ 35 minutes

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Want to know why Indonesian postal workers have one of the hardest jobs in the world? Or why the country is the best place to find new bird species? Or why it's an honor when someone makes you a tall glass of jammu? From the best types of fabric to throw into a volcano to make it stop erupting, to how to track a super-short Sasquatch, Will and Mango scour the country's 17,000+ islands to bring you Indonesia's best facts.

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0:38.6	In our first season, Bush v. Gore, we examined an unmistakable turning point in American politics, the 2000 election, which resulted in a high-stakes stalemate, ended with one of the most controversial rulings in Supreme Court history.
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1:03.8	You're listening to Part-Time Genius, a production of kaleidoscope and IHeart Radio.
1:12.2	Guess what will?
1:13.3	What's that, Mango?
1:14.2	So we all know the holiday season is a busy time for postal workers, and that is the
1:19.7	case in just about every country that celebrates the big winter holidays.
1:23.0	But there is one place where the seasonal uptick and mail volume hits parcel carriers harder
1:28.6	than anywhere in the world.
1:30.2	And that is in Indonesia.
1:32.2	Oh, that's super interesting.
1:33.3	And I actually didn't know, like, how many people would be celebrating Christmas there.
1:37.0	Like, isn't it a predominantly Muslim nation?
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