For those who were told not to ask... and asked anyway.
What if the New Year… wasn’t new at all?
In this New Year special, we spiral through the forgotten history of calendars, lost time systems, and the quiet rebellion that lives in our hands, moons, and memory. This is the episode that explains why you’ve never felt quite right in January.
We explore:
Why January 1st became the “official” New Year — and who decided it;
What a deck of playing cards reveals about the real calendar;
How April Fools was used to humiliate people who remembered the spring New Year;
Why Ethiopia, Iran, Thailand, and the Islamic world are still in different years;
How time became a tool of empire, standardisation, and control;
What it means to live in parallel time. Not “behind,” but outside.
We talk about solstice, seasons, empire, menstruation, divination, and the violence of ridicule, all in service of a deeper question:
Who does your time belong to?
If you’ve ever felt off-rhythm in the dark of winter,
if the calendar never seemed to match your body,
if you suspect time itself might be a spell...
this episode is your unlearning.
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And remember:
the sun turns when it turns.
Not when the calendar says so.
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Also available on YouTube.
This soundtrack was composed by Bloodline. Not found, not borrowed, but made for this moment.