Episode notes
Alex Schmidt is joined by podcasters/producers Anna Hossnieh and Shereen Lani Younes (‘Ethnically Ambiguous’ podcast) for a look at why time zones are secretly incredibly fascinating.
Visit http://sifpod.fun/ for research sources, handy links, and this week’s bonus episode.
LINKS FOR THE GUESTS:
- ‘Ethnically Ambiguous’ podcast
- ‘Natch Beaut’ podcast episode: “Eyebrow Pressure with Ethnically Ambiguous”
- ‘Will You Accept This Rose?’ podcast
- ‘The Daily Zeitgeist’ podcast
- Shereen Lani Younes’s website
RESOURCES USED TO INFORM THE EPISODE’S LAND ACKNOWLEDGEMENT:
RESEARCH SOURCES:
- Time Lords: A history of authoritarian time changes. (Lapham’s Quarterly)
- How India’s single time zone is hurting its people (BBC News)
- China Only Has One Time Zone—and That’s a Problem (The Atlantic)
- China reportedly detained a man on terrorist charges because he set his watch 2 hours behind Beijing time (Insider)
- Mountain Time Is the Best Time Zone in America (The New York Times Magazine)
- In Many Places, the Sun Peaks Well after 12:00 Noon (Scientific American)
- Time Zones in Russia (TimeAndDate.com)
- Russian clocks to retreat again in winter, 11 time zones return (Reuters)
- Time zones: List of countries grouped by current UTC offset (Time.is)
- Sunrise & Sunset — Madrid, Spain (TimeAndDate.com)
- Time Zone in Kathmandu, Nepal (TimeAndDate.com)
- How Do We Know Exactly When the New Year Begins? (Smithsonian Lemelson Center for the Study of Invention and Innovation)
- A Brief History of Modern Time (The Atlantic)
- NPR’s Planet Money: “The Day Of Two Noons”
- What would happen if we abolished time zones altogether? (Wired UK)
In this episode...
Guests
- Anna Hossnieh
- Shereen Lani Younes
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A weekly podcast about the history, science, lore and surprises that make everyday things secretly incredibly fascinating. Hosted by comedy writer, emoji creator, and ‘Jeopardy!‘ champion Alex Schmidt. Join Alex & his co-host Katie Goldin for a joyful deep dive into seeing the world a whole new way!
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