Oh What A Time...

#25 Calendars (Part 1)


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AND WE ARE BACK! And this week/month/year we're looking at: Calendars. How we ended up with the names for our months and days, how the Mayan calendar caused such a kerfuffle, the failed French attempt to decimalise time and our bonus part this week: why the UK government stole 11 daysNew Year, same incredible features: THE ONE DAY TIME MACHINE, HOW WOULD YOU IMPRESS SOMEONE IN 500AD and of course DO YOU HAVE A RELATIVE OF NOTE?Want to contribute to any of our INCREDIBLE format points? Do let us know at: [email protected] is Part One (Part Two will be out tomorrow), but if you want both parts now, why not become an Oh What A Time: FULL TIMER?In exchange for your £4.99 to support the show, you'll get:- the 4th part of every episode and ad-free listening- episodes a week ahead of everyone else- a bonus episode every month- And first dibs on any live show ticketsSubscriptions are available via AnotherSlice, Apple and Spotify. For all the links head to: ohwhatatime.comYou can follow us on: X (formerly Twitter) at @ohwhatatimepodAnd Instagram at @ohwhatatimepodAaannnd if you like it, why not drop us a review in your podcast app of choice?Thank you to Dan Evans for the artwork (idrawforfood.co.uk).And thank you for listening! We’ll see tomorrow for Part Two, BYE!Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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