It’s time to embark on a journey through history with "Oh What A Time…" a comedy history podcast hosted by renowned comedians Elis James and Tom Craine along with award winning podcaster Chris Scull. Tackling a brand new subject each week, (from ‘childhood’ to ‘a life at sea’, ‘marriage’ to ‘holidays’) your hosts will dive into the very weirdest and worst that history has to offer, in an effort to answer the question… "Was the past as awful as it sounds?" For all the links, including our Patreon, head to" ohwhatatime.com You can get in touch with the show by emailing: hello@ohwhatatime.com. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy (https://acast.com/privacy) for more information.
What this show covers
comedy historydragonsNetherlandsCanadanation-buildinghistoryUruguaylistener lettersByford DolphinGallagher brothersRichard Burtonlibrariesbook historyDeauvilleComedy chat
What listeners will find here
Dragons across history, from Roman dracos to Asian and Central American traditions
Dragons are the focus here, with the episode ranging across the ancient Roman draco, Asian dragons, and the featured servants of ancient Central America. It also veers into a side discussion about whether the internet has made a historian’s life much easier.
Dragons through history, from Roman dracos to Asian and Central American traditions
Dragons are the focus here, with a tour through how different cultures imagined them across the ages. The episode also detours into whether the internet has made historians’ lives easier, mixing mythic history with a modern question about research.
How the Netherlands, Canada, and Uruguay became countries
This episode looks at how the Netherlands, Canada, and Uruguay came into being, while branching into empire, football, and American-Canadian rivalry. It also wanders into questions about whether the world felt smaller in the past and what really separates a town from a city.
How do countries come into being? Start with the Netherlands, Canada, and Uruguay
This episode explores how countries get made, using the Netherlands, Canada, and Uruguay as the starting points. Along the way, it mixes history with questions about empire, city status, whether the world once felt smaller, and a few football and biscuit detours.
Episode 200 keeps the mailbag chaos going with gossip, mishaps, and odd history
This 200th-episode special continues the listener-letter celebration with another round of strange stories and tangents. Part 2 promises more on tobacco-bum resuscitation, an alleged GWR-based affair, the Byford Dolphin accident, and some Gallagher brothers gossip.
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