#136 Alexander the Great (Part 7)
Oh What A Time...
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🗓️ 31 August 2025
⏱️ 32 minutes
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Summary
We’re chasing Alexander into Central Asia, where Darius meets a grim fate and local satraps learn the cost of betrayal.
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| 0:00.0 | Wondery Plus subscribers can listen to episodes of Oh What a Time early and ad-free. |
| 0:04.9 | Join Wondery Plus in the Wondry app or on Apple Podcasts. |
| 0:20.8 | Hello and welcome to Oh What a Time |
| 0:22.8 | It's another Alexander the great special |
| 0:24.4 | And this is the history podcast that dares to ask |
| 0:27.1 | How on earth did people survive before freezers? |
| 0:31.1 | Because thanks to freezers, I can have British strawberries in December. |
| 0:37.5 | Pre-freezer, what, have you been to eat seasonal food? No thanks. |
| 0:42.0 | I want the food I like all year round. |
| 0:45.1 | That's right. I'm unwilling to change my habits because of nature |
| 0:49.5 | whacking in a freezer and I'll have blueberries all year round. |
| 0:53.6 | Raspberrys all year round. raspberries all year round, strawberries |
| 0:55.6 | all year round, it doesn't bother me that they don't grow now because it's too cold. |
| 1:00.2 | One of them in a freezer, I'll eat what I want when I want. |
| 1:04.0 | It's Christmas Day, he's eating a strawberry, yeah? |
| 1:07.4 | What, big time? |
| 1:08.8 | Not an issue. |
| 1:09.8 | Big time, doesn't issue. Big time. |
| 1:11.1 | Doesn't bother me. |
| 1:12.1 | Thank you, modernity. |
| 1:14.0 | Here's another good thing about a freezer. |
| 1:15.4 | A freezer means you can quickly make food for your children you know they'll eat. |
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