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This is Part 2! For Part 1, check the feed! This week we have a Christmas special for you in which we’ll take a good look at a whole array of festive traditions. This history of the Christmas annual, the history of the...

This week we have a Christmas special for you in which we’ll take a good look at a whole array of festive traditions. This history of the Christmas annual, the history of the Christmas film and how about the history of...

This is Part 2! For Part 1, check the feed! This week we’re here with the first of two episodes on the history of maps! We’ve got 27,000 year old maps carved onto tusks, maps in ancient Egypt and, the big one, the Mappa...

This week we’re here with the first of two episodes on the history of maps! We’ve got 27,000 year old maps carved onto tusks, maps in ancient Egypt and, the big one, the Mappa Mundi. Elsewhere this week, we’re...

This is Part 2! For Part 1, check the feed! This week we’re taking a good look at some of the biggest companies ever to grace the planet; expect to hear from The Hudson’s Bay Company, the greatest (and most pungent)...

This week we’re taking a good look at some of the biggest companies ever to grace the planet; expect to hear from The Hudson’s Bay Company, the greatest (and most pungent) fish sauce company you never heard of and how...

This is Part 2! For Part 1, check the feed! This week we’re discussing US Presidents who, through various interventions of fate, weren’t actually President for any great length of time. We’ve got poor old Zachary Taylor...

This week we’re discussing US Presidents who, through various interventions of fate, weren’t actually President for any great length of time. We’ve got poor old Zachary Taylor (1784-1850), unlucky James Garfield...

This is Part 2! For Part 1, check the feed! In our most meta episode ever, this week we’re discussing the history of audiobooks and podcasts! Firstly, what was the equivalent of podcasts in Ancient Rome? How Thomas...

In our most meta episode ever, this week we’re discussing the history of audiobooks and podcasts! Firstly, what was the equivalent of podcasts in Ancient Rome? How Thomas Edison pioneered the podcast. And lastly.. what...

This is Part 2! For Part 1, check the feed! Everyone is talking about Traitors (the TV show) but this week we’re talking traitors (of the disloyal kind). We have a range of World War 2 turncoats to discuss for you: Lord...

Everyone is talking about Traitors (the TV show) but this week we’re talking traitors (of the disloyal kind). We have a range of World War 2 turncoats to discuss for you: Lord Haw Haw, Axis Sally and how about...

This is Part 2! For Part 1, check the feed! This week we’re going back in time to look at that most curious of careers: jesters! We’ve got the earliest professional farters, we’ve got Harlequins and we’ll see what...

This week we’re going back in time to look at that most curious of careers: jesters! We’ve got the earliest professional farters, we’ve got Harlequins and we’ll see what jesters were up to in Ancient Rome. Plus we have...

This is Part 2! For Part 1, check the feed! This week we’re taking a look at interesting memorials. We’ve got a brief history of statues in Britain, the history of the blue plaque and we’ve got a little on the history...

This week we’re taking a look at interesting memorials. We’ve got a brief history of statues in Britain, the history of the blue plaque and we’ve got a little on the history of naming things. Now sadly, there is no...

This is Part 2! For Part 1, check the feed! It’s a new series of Oh What A Time and this week we have for you: Luddites! Swing riots! Rebecca riots! Yes, this week we’re talking: Technophobia. Plus: how on earth did...

It’s a new series of Oh What A Time (brought to you by Acast!) and this week we have for you: Luddites! Swing riots! Rebecca riots! Yes, this week we’re talking: Technophobia. Plus: how on earth did anyone get about...

Hey listeners, here's an update! We're so sorry but we haven't been able to find a new home for Oh What A Time in time to bring you our new series here on the main feed today. But fear not! As we mention, we are very...

Hey listeners, As you may have seen, our podcasting host Wondery has closed its UK operations — which has left Oh What A Time a little homeless for the moment. Wondery+ has been the home of our bonus content for the...

OWAT returns properly on Monday 29th September 2025, so to fill the gap over the next couple of weeks we're dropping a few old subscriber episodes onto the feed. And today we have a Your Letters episode from September...

OWAT returns properly on Monday 29th September 2025, so to fill the gap over the next couple of weeks we're dropping a few old subscriber episodes onto the feed. Today we've got a Your Letters episode back from June...

OWAT returns properly on Monday 29th September 2025, so to fill the gap over the next couple of weeks we're dropping a few old subscriber episodes onto the feed. And today with have a special little selection box of a...

OWAT returns properly on Monday 29th September 2025, so to fill the gap over the next couple of weeks we're dropping a few old subscriber episodes onto the feed. Today we've got the only episode ever recorded without...

We wrap up Alexander’s legacy by looking at his cultural impact. On screen, everyone from Richard Burton to William Shatner (yes, really) takes a shot at bringing him to life. And in literature, from medieval romances...