meta_pixel
Tapesearch Logo
Log in
Stuff You Should Know

Keeping Time

Stuff You Should Know

iHeartPodcasts

Society & Culture

4.582.7K Ratings

🗓️ 20 January 2026

⏱️ 51 minutes

🧾️ Download transcript

Summary

Today, Chuck and Josh walk you through the history of keeping time, from sticks in the sun to atomic clocks.

See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Transcript

Click on a timestamp to play from that location

0:00.0

This is an I-Heart podcast.

0:02.6

Guaranteed Human.

0:05.0

Hey, everybody.

0:06.2

Just want to give a quick tour update because we have three shows coming up very, very soon with plenty of great seats available.

0:12.5

Yeah, on January 27th, 28th, and 29th, we're going to be in your town's Denver, Seattle, and San Francisco.

0:20.6

And tickets are still available. You can go to

0:23.3

Stuff You Should Know.com, click on the on tour button, and you can click on get tickets, and it will

0:29.6

take you to go get tickets. And we hope to see you guys soon. That's right. Denver, you're doing

0:34.1

great. Seattle, we love you guys. San Francisco. We love you guys.

0:42.8

So, come on out and see us. How about that? Yeah. We'll see you guys very soon.

0:50.4

Welcome to Stuff You Should Know, a production of IHeart Radio. Hey and welcome to the podcast. I'm John. radio.

1:01.0

Hey, and welcome to the podcast. I'm Josh, and there's Chuck and Jerry's here too, and we're just hanging out, and we decided, hey, let's do some talking about timekeeping,

1:06.4

so that's what we're doing today.

1:09.2

Yeah, Olivia helped us put this one together.

1:11.9

I think the charge was, hey, how about something on the history of timekeeping without

1:17.7

getting two in the weeds about how all of these things work?

1:23.1

Because that's a whole other thing, like if you want to really break down clocks and watches.

1:27.2

But I think she did it just right, the Goldilocks zone, as they say.

1:30.7

Oh, nice.

1:31.7

Nice astronomical, cosmological reference there.

1:35.6

Well, I think that is a reference for a lot of things, right?

1:38.3

Nope, just that.

...

Please login to see the full transcript.

Disclaimer: The podcast and artwork embedded on this page are from iHeartPodcasts, and are the property of its owner and not affiliated with or endorsed by Tapesearch.

Generated transcripts are the property of iHeartPodcasts and are distributed freely under the Fair Use doctrine. Transcripts generated by Tapesearch are not guaranteed to be accurate.

Copyright © Tapesearch 2026.