Busiest Day Of The Year

Under the Influence with Terry O'Reilly

Apostrophe Podcast Network

Cbc, Terry O'reilly, Advertising, Marketing, Under The Influence, Society & Culture, Pop Culture, Business

4.8 • 614 Ratings

🗓️ 29 March 2025

⏱️ 29 minutes

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Summary

This week, we ask an interesting question:

What is the busiest day of the year for pizza delivery companies, Airbnb, Emergency Rooms, Maternity Wards, restaurants and dating apps?

What is the busiest day of the year for weddings?

And what is the busiest day of the year for… plumbers?

It’s all fascinating – and often very surprising.

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0:42.3	This is an apostrophe,
0:44.2	podcast production.
0:49.7	We're going to show you our big new studio baker.
0:55.1	Start the car!
1:01.5	Mama me, that's a spicy meatball.
1:04.8	What love doesn't conquer.
1:07.0	Al-Caseltzer will.
1:08.3	What a relief!
1:17.0	Yeah. Alka-Seltzer will. What a relief. You're under the influence with Terry O'Reilly.
1:32.9	Thanksgiving is a very interesting day of the year.
1:43.7	In 1957, the Governor General of Canada, Vincent Massey, issued a proclamation stating that Thanksgiving was to be observed on the second Monday in October.
1:50.6	In the U.S., Thanksgiving is celebrated later, specifically the 4th Thursday in November.
1:55.8	The biggest reason our Thanksgiving is earlier than the American one is simple.
1:58.9	The Canadian harvest happens earlier.
2:06.0	It's interesting to note that the original Pilgrim Thanksgiving in the 1600s began as a day of fasting.
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