51: America Can’t Figure Out Daylight Saving Time (Finale)

An Old Timey Podcast

True Crime, History, Comedy

4.9 • 1.3K Ratings

🗓️ 23 April 2025

⏱️ 95 minutes

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Summary

In his final episode on Daylight Saving Time, Norm tells us that America has flip flopped on Daylight Saving Time for decades. We love it! We hate it! We implement it; we rescind it. Will the battle ever end? Probably not! Will Norm survive the disease known as the flu? We sure hope so!

Remember, kids, history hoes always cite their sources! For this episode, Norm pulled from:
Austermuhle, Martin. “A History Of D.C.’s Bizarre Daylight Saving Mishaps.” DCist (blog), n.d. https://dcist.com/story/19/03/11/a-history-of-d-c-s-bizarre-daylight-saving-mishaps/.
Duster, Chandelis. “Trump Urges Congress to Make Daylight Saving Time Permanent.” NPR, April 12, 2025. https://www.npr.org/2025/04/12/nx-s1-5363208/trump-daylight-saving-time.
Preprau, David. Seize the Daylight: The Curious and Contentious Story of Daylight Saving Time. Basic Books, 2006.
“Vietnam Lotteries : Selective Service System,” n.d. https://www.sss.gov/history-and-records/vietnam-lotteries/.

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0:00.0	Hear ye, hear ye. You are listening to an old-timey podcast. I'm Normie C.
0:06.2	And I'm Kristen Caruso.
0:07.8	And on this episode, the thrilling conclusion of my series on Daylight Saving Time.
0:14.0	I am thrilled.
0:15.9	I don't think you are.
0:17.0	I, well, okay. Are we going to tell the people what's happening here?
0:21.0	What's happening?
0:22.4	Norm, it's pandemonium.
0:24.5	You are an injured civil war hero right now, which is just for the listeners.
0:31.5	That's how Norm behaves when he's got a cold.
0:34.5	And boy, has Norm had a cold.
0:36.3	Okay.
0:36.6	Hold on a goddamn minute.
0:40.8	Oh, my God.
0:41.8	Language.
0:42.8	Please.
0:43.1	First of all, I had the flu.
0:45.0	Yeah.
0:45.5	Let's get something clear.
0:46.7	A cold and a flu are very different.
0:48.5	Okay.
0:48.8	Yes.
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