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DAYLIGHT SAVING TIME: WHO IS TO BLAME?

The Alarmist

The Alarmist

Comedy, History, Society & Culture

4.42K Ratings

🗓️ 7 March 2023

⏱️ 58 minutes

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Summary

On this week’s Alarmist, Rebecca decides who is to blame for the biannual chaos caused by Daylight Saving Time. She is joined by Amanda McLoughlin, co-host of the podcasts Spirits and Join the Party! Fact Checker Chris Smith and Producer Alex Paul try to understand the concept of time and leave more confused than ever. On the board this week: Ben Franklin, the World Wars, and Big Barbeque. 


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0:22.1

And here you go, original.

0:26.3

I was born with a special gift.

0:28.9

The ability to mentally transform any situation into the worst case scenario.

0:35.1

In my own brain, my therapist calls my gift catastrophizing.

0:43.6

And that's why I'm uniquely qualified to scrutinize and analyze history's greatest disasters

0:50.1

and find out who's to play play.

0:55.2

They say history repeats itself.

0:57.6

Not on my watch.

0:59.2

My name is Rebecca Delgado-Smith and I am the alarmist.

1:10.9

Hey everyone, thanks for tuning into the alarmist,

1:13.2

a comedy podcast where we talk about history's greatest tragedies and figure out who's to blame.

1:18.9

Today we're discussing daylight saving time.

1:22.2

Here's what you need to know.

1:26.4

For as long as we can remember, humans have created systems to quantify,

1:30.8

organize and understand the concept of time.

1:34.0

And while it operates as an innate and organic characteristic of life,

1:38.6

time never feels more like a social construct than that faithful second Sunday in March.

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