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In Our Time is a wonderful podcast, always interesting content! Also, as an American, the pace of the show and way of speaking is itself interesting to me.
by nadagast 5y ago
In Our Time is a wonderful podcast, always interesting content! Also, as an American, the pace of the show and way of speaking is itself interesting to me.
- mypastself 5y agoI love the no-nonsense, down-to-business way he starts every show: “Hello. In 1896…”
- tomstuart 5y agoThen you might enjoy this: http://pascalwyse.com/blog/2017/12/15/in-our-time-machine http://pascalwyse.com/blog/2017/12/15/in-our-time-machine
- mypastself 5y agoThank you, that is amazing. I just got to: “Hello. Throughout history, people have taken drugs”
- ChrisKnott 5y agohttps://youtu.be/VdOr5FpLKR8 https://youtu.be/VdOr5FpLKR8 "And now it's time for In Our Time, the programme that just starts. The Byzantines..."
- mypastself 5y agoI’m completely unfamiliar with the other programmes, but that’s still pretty funny.
- Veen 5y agoThat's funny, although it's missing the one of the best bits about Radio 4: the Shipping Forecast. For some reason, I find the late (0040) and early morning (0520) shipping forcasts immensely familiar and comforting. It's been a part of my life since I was a small child getting up very early for school when I had no idea what Dogger, Forties, Cromarty and Rockall meant. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CxHa5KaMBcM https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CxHa5KaMBcM