Podcast Episodes

#26 Blunders (Part 2)

Episode 26

This is Part 2, for Part 1 check the feed yesterday!This week on the show we're chatting: BLUNDERS! From the worst sponsorship deal ever to darken German ice hockey, an author's worst nightmare come …

Published on 1 year, 10 months ago

#26 Blunders (Part 1)

Episode 26

This week on the show we're chatting: BLUNDERS! From the worst sponsorship deal ever to darken German ice hockey, an author's worst nightmare come true, the demise of Frederick Barbarossa; and this w…

Published on 1 year, 11 months ago

#25 Calendars (Part 2)

Episode 25

(This is Part Two! Check yesterday for Part One)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 c…

Published on 1 year, 11 months ago

#25 Calendars (Part 1)

Episode 25

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 attemp…

Published on 1 year, 11 months ago

Gifts (Bonus Preview)

Oh What A Time returns next week on the main feed but between now and then, we thought we'd drop a little excerpt from December's bonus episode onto the feed and this one is: GIFTS!Presidential gifts…

Published on 1 year, 11 months ago

Best of OWAT Volume 1

While we recover from Christmas and New Year, please enjoy our first 'best of' episode featuring some brand new correspondence and a few of our favourite bits from the first 6 months of the show.We'l…

Published on 1 year, 11 months ago

#24 Your Correspondence 2

Episode 24

It’s time again for us to mine the OWaT mailbag and have another correspondence special (although we inevitably get sidetracked into Christmas chat).Now if this podcast is famous for one thing it’s: …

Published on 2 years ago

#23 Christmas

Episode 23

Get the decorations down from the loft and pop the tree up, because this week we're talking about: Christmas. We'll be covering the interesting history of Christmas traditions; from Carols to Decorat…

Published on 2 years ago

#22 Big Projects

Episode 22

This week we're looking into some huge undertakings through history in a category we're calling: BIG PROJECTS. How did ancient Rome manage to feed a population of 1 million people? How did Alexander …

Published on 2 years ago

#21 The Great Depression

Episode 21

This week we're looking at the aftermath of the 1929 Wall St Crash, which signalled the beginning of an era known as: The Great Depression (Merry Christmas!). We'll be looking at the origins of the c…

Published on 2 years ago