Oh What A Time...

This week we're taking a look at great (and not so great) inventions through the ages. We've got the Player Piano (that piano that looks like it's being played by a ghost), Tamagotchi (the virtual pet that was huge in the 90s) and the Paternoster Lift (that constantly revolving lift that looks absolutely terrifying). Plus there's naturally a mention for Sir Clive Sinclair.And there's so many features for you to email us about: Interesting relatives? Prove an interesting fact to someone in 500AD? Historic jobs that are easy? ONE DAY TIME MACHINE? Send us your thoughts by emailing: [email protected] if you like it, why not drop us a review in your podcast app of choice?Oh and please follow us on Twitter at @ohwhatatimepodAnd Instagram at @ohwhatatimepodAnd thank you to Dr Daryl Leeworthy for his help with this week’s research.Thank you to Dan Evans for the artwork (idrawforfood.co.uk).And thank you for listening! We’ll see you next week!Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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As the 20th century poet Des'ree once said: "Money don't make my world go round, I'm reaching out for a higher ground". Sadly, for the rest of us, the acquisition of money is a necessity. So this week we're back into the history books to analyse a series of money making ventures; from the Dutch Tulip craze of the 1600s to the 'Black Gold' of the Rhondda Valley and we wind the clock back to the 2000s and the infamous dot-com bubble.A listener suggested this week's episode, so do you have an episode suggestion yourself? Let us know about that or any of our other AMAZING FEATURES by emailing: [email protected] if you like it, why not drop us a review in your podcast app of choice?Oh and please follow us on Twitter at @ohwhatatimepodAnd Instagram at @ohwhatatimepodAnd thank you to Dr Daryl Leeworthy for his help with this week’s research.Thank you to Dan Evans for the artwork (idrawforfood.co.uk).And thank you for listening! We’ll see you next week!Ps... THIS IS IT NOW!Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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As regular listeners will note, over the past few weeks we have invented many of the world's greatest podcasting features: ONE DAY TIME MACHINE, HOW WOULD YOU IMPRESS SOMEONE IN 500AD and of course DO YOU HAVE A RELATIVE OF NOTE?And given the fact our inbox has been so full of good stuff, we decided that this week we'd dedicate a whole episode to these HOT NEW PODCASTING FORMATS. And guess what, we're back every Monday at the moment; so got an episode idea? Want to contribute to any of our INCREDIBLE format points? Do let us know at: [email protected] if you like it, why not drop us a review in your podcast app of choice?Oh and please follow us on Twitter at @ohwhatatimepodAnd Instagram at @ohwhatatimepod (where we'll put that picture of the soldier from the Battle of Towton)Thank you to Dan Evans for the artwork (idrawforfood.co.uk).And thank you for listening! We’ll see you next week!Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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This week we're dipping back through time to spend some time with the Victorians; those in the working class eating jellied eels from dirty cups, the middle classes and all their lovely spare time and the upper classes who, frankly, are having a whale of a time.Elsewhere, there's more ONE DAY TIME MACHINE with one listener choosing to go back in time to witness possibly the greatest guitar duel ever. And there's even more facts that would mark you out in 500AD as an absolute genius. If you’ve got a one day time machine or anything else, drop us an email here: [email protected] guess what, we're back every Monday at the moment; got an episode idea? Do let us know.Aaannnd if you like it, why not drop us a review in your podcast app of choice?Oh and please follow us on Twitter at @ohwhatatimepodAnd Instagram at @ohwhatatimepodAnd thank you to Dr Daryl Leeworthy for his help with this week’s research.Thank you to Dan Evans for the artwork (idrawforfood.co.uk).And thank you for listening! We’ll see you next week!Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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Pop some chicken soup on the hob and check out this week’s episode which is: Healthcare. From how the common cold has been cured down the years, to how our ancestors diagnosed diabetes via a good old look at urine, right through to the worst headache cure you have ever heard in your life.And ONE DAY TIME MACHINE is back once again and would you believe it? Someone has finally taken up Elis’ once scorned ‘coffee table’ option. If you’ve got a one day time machine or anything else, drop us an email here: [email protected] also HAVE AN ANNOUNCEMENT! This is the 12th episode and as we suggested, was meant to be the end of the series. But we’ve had so much fun doing this and your emails have been so funny, that we simply don’t want to stop… so WE HAVE BEEN RECOMMISSIONED! And we’ll be back next week.So thank you so much for being part of this burgeoning community of ours. Aaannnd if you like it, why not drop us a review in your podcast app of choice?Oh and please follow us on Twitter at @ohwhatatimepodAnd Instagram at @ohwhatatimepodAnd thank you to Dr Daryl Leeworthy for his help with this week’s research.Thank you to Dan Evans for the artwork (idrawforfood.co.uk).And thank you for listening! We’ll see you next week!Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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This week we're discussing Adventurers; each with varying levels of success, to put it mildly. From the race to the South Pole, to Maurice Wilson's somewhat bizarre plan to scale Everest, right through to that know-it-all William Morris and his trip to Iceland.There's more ONE DAY TIME MACHINE once again and if you've got anything else you'd like to share, you know what to do! (Email: [email protected])Aaannnd if you like it, why not drop us a review in your podcast app of choice? (Thus taking heed of our increasingly desperate pleas for reviews).Oh and please follow us on Twitter at @ohwhatatimepodAnd Instagram at @ohwhatatimepodAnd thank you to Dr Daryl Leeworthy for his help with this week’s research.Thank you to Dan Evans for the artwork (idrawforfood.co.uk).And thank you for listening! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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Up this week we're looking a collection of absolutely random jobs from history. From the folk who sang the news, to professional knocker uppers plus we take a look at the people paid to clap the arts in 19th century France.And ONE DAY TIME MACHINE is back; is there somewhere in history you'd like to go for a day? You can let us know here: [email protected] first series will contain 12 episodes that we’ll be releasing weekly. If there's an episode you'd like to hear, please let us know!Aaannnd if you like it, why not drop us a review in your podcast app of choice? (Thus taking heed of our increasingly desperate pleas for reviews).Oh and please follow us on Twitter at @ohwhatatimepodAnd Instagram at @ohwhatatimepodAnd thank you toDr Daryl Leeworthy for his help with this week’s research.Thank you to Dan Evans for the artwork (idrawforfood.co.uk).And thank you for listening! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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Let's have a historical laugh shall we? This week we're analysing what has registered as 'humour' through the ages. We'll be taking a look at the kind of gags you might see chiselled on the walls of ancient Egypt, why the ancient Greek's found flatulence so amusing plus we trawl through the kind of jokes doing the rounds in the Soviet Union.And the world's greatest feature ONE DAY TIME MACHINE returns! Let us know where in history you'd like to go for one day and also please fill us in on your time travel rules: [email protected] first series will contain 12 episodes that we’ll be releasing weekly. If there's an episode you'd like to hear, please let us know!Aaannnd if you like it, why not drop us a review in your podcast app of choice? (Thus taking heed of our increasingly desperate pleas for reviews).Oh and please follow us on Twitter at @ohwhatatimepodAnd Instagram at @ohwhatatimepodAnd thank you toDr Daryl Leeworthy for his help with this week’s research.Thank you to Dan Evans for the artwork (idrawforfood.co.uk).And thank you for listening! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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This week we're taking a look at how different societies have dealt with the rearing of children through the ages. From the militaristic upbringing offered by Sparta to coming of age ceremonies from all corners of the globe, plus we check in with 16th century England's version of NHS Direct; “The Boke of Chyldren” by author Thomas Phaer.Our new feature ONE DAY TIME MACHINE has had our inbox red hot this week. Listener Jo wants to travel back to smash up a certain wet market in 2019, while Stephen wants to head to Dallas in 1963 to set a few extra cameras rolling (potentially getting himself arrested in the process). Let us know where in history you'd like to go for one day and also please fill us in on your time travel rules: [email protected] first series will contain 12 episodes that we’ll be releasing weekly. If there's an episode you'd like to hear, please let us know!And thank you so much for your support for the podcast since our launch a few weeks ago. If you like it, why not drop us a review in your podcast app of choice? (Thus taking heed of our increasingly desperate pleas for reviews).We’re also on Twitter and Instagram @ohwhatatimepodAnd thank you to Sam Parry for his help with this week’s research.Thank you to Dan Evans for the artwork (idrawforfood.co.uk).And thank you for listening! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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This week on the podcast we're turning our attention to the animals humans have befriended throughout history; from the animals beloved by Mayans and Aztecs, to the most famous horse in ancient Rome, to pigeon racing in South Wales (no prizes for figuring out which of your three presenters has tackled that one).We've got a new feature: ONE DAY TIME MACHINE. Let us know where in history you'd like to go for one day and also please fill us in on your time travel rules: [email protected] first series will contain 12 episodes that we’ll be releasing weekly. If there's an episode you'd like to hear, please let us know!And thank you so much for your support for the podcast since our launch a few weeks ago. If you like it, why not drop us a review in your podcast app of choice? (Thus taking heed of our increasingly desperate pleas for reviews).We’re also on Twitter and Instagram @ohwhatatimepodAnd thank you to Dr Daryl Leeworthy for his help with this week’s research.Thank you to Dan Evans for the artwork (idrawforfood.co.uk).And thank you for listening! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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