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Oh What A Time...

#151 Mega Corps (Part 1)

Oh What A Time...

Pop! Pop!

Comedy, History, Education

4.81.2K Ratings

🗓️ 1 December 2025

⏱️ 41 minutes

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Summary

This week we’re taking a good look at some of the biggest companies ever to grace the planet; expect to hear from The Hudson’s Bay Company, the greatest (and most pungent) fish sauce company you never heard of and how about we discover the golden age of the American Motors Corporation?


And have you ever been uninvited from a Christmas party? Ever been banned from one? Ever put your festive foot in it? You know what to do: hello@ohwhatatime.com


ALSO! The comedy history podcast that has spent as much time talking about the invention of custard as it has the industrial revolution is here with its first ever live show! Thursday 15th January at the Underbelly Boulevard in London’s Soho. 


🎟 Tickets are on sale now: https://underbellyboulevard.com/tickets/oh-what-a-time/


And in huge news, Oh What A Time is now on Patreon! From content you’ve never heard before to the incredible Oh What A Time chat group, there’s so much more OWAT to be enjoyed!


On our Patreon you’ll now find:

•The full archive of bonus episodes

•Brand new bonus episodes each month

•OWAT subscriber group chats

•Loads of extra perks for supporters of the show

•PLUS ad-free episodes earlier than everyone else


Join us at 👉 patreon.com/ohwhatatime


And as a special thank you for joining, use the code CUSTARD for 25% off your first month.


You can also follow us on: 

X (formerly Twitter) at @ohwhatatimepod

And Instagram at @ohwhatatimepod


Aaannnd if you like it, why not drop us a review in your podcast app of choice?

Thank you to Dan Evans for the artwork (idrawforfood.co.uk).


Chris, Elis and Tom x


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0:00.0

Oh, what a time is now on Patreon. You can get main feed episodes before everyone else, ad free,

0:06.4

plus access to our full archive of bonus content, two bonus episodes every month, early access

0:11.9

to live show tickets and access to the Oh Water Time group chat. Plus, if you become an Oh Water

0:16.9

Time All-Timer, myself, Tom and Ellis will riff on your name to postulate where else in

0:21.7

history you might have popped up for all your options you can go to patreon.com forward slash

0:27.1

oh what a time

0:27.9

hello and welcome to all What a Time, the History podcast that asks all of the important questions, such as prior to, I'm going to say, 2010, just to be on the safe side, what was the equivalent of being thrown out of a WhatsApp group for a social event before it's happened that you were planning to attend?

0:57.7

What?

0:59.0

Wow.

1:00.3

Because that's just happened to me.

1:01.7

You need to talk me through what's happened.

1:03.2

This is already exciting.

1:04.8

A party is happening and has happened every year.

1:08.4

Yes.

1:08.8

For a long time.

1:10.1

And we always go.

1:12.6

Oh my God, we're...

1:14.4

WhatsApp.

1:15.7

WhatsApp group.

1:17.2

Just got a notification?

1:18.3

Oh, yeah, you've been removed.

1:19.8

What?

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