An Hour Of Our Time

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  • Narrator: Vários
  • Publisher: Podcast
  • Duration: 318:31:40
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Synopsis

In An Hour of our Time Podcast, we choose a new topic each episode. Topics range from sociopolitical, to scientific, to historical, we try to maintain variety. We then each perform an hour of research followed by a marginally focused one hour discussion. Featuring: Joe Wallace Dave Buker Mark Cracraft Fun for anyone who enjoys funny but sometimes frustrating tangents of referential conversation. For mature audiences.

Episodes

  • REPOST: Christmas Traditions (funeral potatoes)

    28/12/2024 Duration: 01h13min

    This week, we return to our 2020 episode about Christmas traditions. New episode on January 10!

  • Idioms - Part 7 (in the pocket of big pickle)

    15/12/2024 Duration: 58min

    This week, we continue our anthology series on idioms, focusing on popular sayings related to winter and/or Christmas.

  • Turkeys (a much more respectable bird)

    28/11/2024 Duration: 01h03min

    Happy Thanksgiving, dear listeners. Let's talk turkey...their evolution, how they became associated with Thanksgiving, and how to properly prepare them.

  • Boer War (bittereinders)

    15/11/2024 Duration: 01h22min

    This week, we discuss the Boer War(s) of South Africa around the turn of the 20th century.

  • Haunted Houses (Subway sub in a water cannon)

    31/10/2024 Duration: 01h03min

    Happy Halloween, dear listeners. On this spooky occasion, we present an episode all about haunted houses (attractions). And we brought in our friend Alan who has worked in a haunted house for decades. Mwahahahahah!

  • REPOST: Cryptids - live at COSI After Dark (moth in a sleeping bag)

    26/10/2024 Duration: 48min

    This week, we return to our 2019 live episode about Cryptids. New episode coming on Halloween!

  • Werewolf of Bedburg (cursed thong from the devil)

    11/10/2024 Duration: 01h09min

    This week, to start our Halloween celebration, we're covering the story of the Werewolf of Bedburg.

  • Space Rocks (meteor-wrongs)

    28/09/2024 Duration: 01h25min

    This week, we discuss space rocks - asteroids, meteors, comets, and the like.

  • National Delicacies - Part 3 (depression sandwich)

    06/09/2024 Duration: 01h15min

    This week, we continue our series on national delicacies and focus specifically on regional American cuisine.

  • War of Jenkins' Ears (brass balls)

    24/08/2024 Duration: 01h16min

    This week, we discuss the War of Jenkins' Ear - a forgotten 1700s war between England and Spain.

  • Food and Drug Administration - Part 2 (age of adulteration)

    12/08/2024 Duration: 01h16min

    This week, it's time for part two of our series on the Food and Drug Administration. Don't get a tummy ache.

  • Food and Drug Administration - Part 1 (poison squad)

    28/07/2024 Duration: 01h05min

    This week, we start a two-part series on the U.S. Food and Drug Administration. Spoiler alert, a lot of food used to be spoiled. Stop drinking raw milk.

  • Josef Mencik (where the tanks at?)

    05/07/2024 Duration: 01h02min

    This week, we discuss Josef Mencik, aka The Last Knight, who stood up against Germany tanks (while wearing a suit of armor) when they invaded Czechoslovakia in 1938. And...we're joined by our longtime co-host, Mark!

  • Superstitions - Part 1 (thorny issue)

    21/06/2024 Duration: 01h11min

    This week, we start a new anthology series...all about superstitions! Break a leg...

  • REPOST: Battle of Gettysburg (peanut soup)

    14/06/2024 Duration: 01h14min

    This week, while Dave is on a trip to Gettysburg, we revisit our episode about the battle for which the town is known.

  • Atlantis - Part 2 (dropides nutz)

    31/05/2024 Duration: 01h31min

    This week, we return to our discussion of pseudoscience and Atlantis and firmly blame this nonsense on the likes of Ignatius Donnelly and Edgar Cayce.

  • Atlantis - Part 1 (friend zone academy)

    17/05/2024 Duration: 01h17min

    This week, we start our discussion of Atlantis by talking about pseudosciences and Plato's origin of the myth.

  • Play - Interview with Joe S (you could get a big straw)

    03/05/2024 Duration: 56min

    This week, we're doing someting a little different - an interview with our friend Joe about what children can learn from the act of play (something we discussed during our episode on toys). Longtime listeners will remember Joe as a founding host of our podcast, and he is now pursuing a doctoral degree in education, which makes him a perfect person to talk to about this topic.

  • REPOST: Nazis and the Occult (Nazis and the Occult (disaffected sad lonely white men that are looking for something to cling to)

    20/04/2024 Duration: 01h37min

    This week, we need a short break to catch up on a few things so we're revisiting our episode about Nazis and the occult. We'll be back with a new episode on May 4!

  • Bacon's Rebellion (bacon grease enema)

    05/04/2024 Duration: 01h05min

    This week, we discuss Bacon's Rebellion - an armed rebellion held by Virginia settlers that took place from 1676 to 1677 (or so says Wikipedia). We say, it's an example o two jerks turning their issues into everyone's problem...and with disastrous consequences.

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