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It’s been said that New Year’s Day is the closest thing we have to a truly global holiday.  People of all different religions and ethnicities recognize it, but how did that come to be?  It’s a complicated story involving competing lunar and solar calendars, Julius Caesar’s scientific adviser, a 16th century pope, and a two-faced Roman god.  Mansplaining’s New Year’s resolution this year is to understand how the world coalesces around January 1st as the beginning of the year. (Recorded January 6, 2023.)