Oh What A Time...

By: CBW Productions | Wondery
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  • It’s time to embark on a journey through history with "Oh What A Time…" a comedy history podcast hosted by renowned comedians Elis James and Tom Craine along with award winning podcaster Chris Scull. Tackling a brand new subject each week, (from ‘childhood’ to ‘a life at sea’, ‘marriage’ to ‘holidays’) your hosts will dive into the very weirdest and worst that history has to offer, in an effort to answer the question… "Was the past as awful as it sounds?"

    Listen to Oh What A Time... on the Wondery App or wherever you get your podcasts. You can listen early and ad-free on Wondery+. Join Wondery+ in the Wondery App, Apple Podcasts or Spotify. Start your free trial by visiting https://wondery.com/links/oh-what-a-time/

    You can get in touch with the show by emailing: hello@ohwhatatime.com.
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  • #108 Rules Based Order (Part 2)

    #108 Rules Based Order (Part 2)
    Apr 21 2025

    This is Part 2! For Part 1, check the feed!


    This week we’re trawling through history to figure out how the international rules based order took shape. We’ve got The Treaty of Westphalia in 1648, the huge success that was The Concert of Europe plus the flurry of treaties, conferences, and international agreements, aimed at building a new, peaceful global order in the aftermath of WW2.


    And this week we’re trying to figure out whether Macha or Mate is the health innovation we’ve all been waiting for to achieve our fitness dreams. If you’ve got anything to add on that or anything else: hello@ohwhatatime.com


    If you fancy a bunch of OWAT content you’ve never heard before, why not treat yourself and become an Oh What A Time: FULL TIMER?

    Up for grabs is:

    - two bonus episodes every month!

    - ad-free listening

    - episodes a week ahead of everyone else

    - And much more


    Subscriptions are available via AnotherSlice and Wondery +. For all the links head to: ohwhatatime.com


    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

    See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.
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    33 mins
  • #108 Rules Based Order (Part 1)

    #108 Rules Based Order (Part 1)
    Apr 20 2025

    This week we’re trawling through history to figure out how the international rules based order took shape. We’ve got The Treaty of Westphalia in 1648, the huge success that was The Concert of Europe plus the flurry of treaties, conferences, and international agreements, aimed at building a new, peaceful global order in the aftermath of WW2.


    And this week we’re trying to figure out whether Macha or Mate is the health innovation we’ve all been waiting for to achieve our fitness dreams. If you’ve got anything to add on that or anything else: hello@ohwhatatime.com


    If you fancy a bunch of OWAT content you’ve never heard before, why not treat yourself and become an Oh What A Time: FULL TIMER?

    Up for grabs is:

    - two bonus episodes every month!

    - ad-free listening

    - episodes a week ahead of everyone else

    - And much more


    Subscriptions are available via AnotherSlice and Wondery +. For all the links head to: ohwhatatime.com


    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

    See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.
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    37 mins
  • #106 Games (Part 2)

    #106 Games (Part 2)
    Apr 14 2025

    This is Part 2! For Part 1, check the feed!


    Come with us, as we roll the dice and shoot a podcasting bullseye as today we’re discussing: games. We’ve got a brief history of chess, the game of life (as in, the board game) and.. the word gams dvlopd by a collction of Frnch xperimental writrs in tha 60s.


    And why on earth did we as a civilisation take so long to get round to inventing the bicycle? And why were the bicycle prototypes so bad? And has anyone else ever been to the Segway Olympics? Questions we’re desperate for you to answer, which you can do at: hello@ohwhatatime.com


    If you fancy a bunch of OWAT content you’ve never heard before, why not treat yourself and become an Oh What A Time: FULL TIMER?

    Up for grabs is:

    - two bonus episodes every month!

    - ad-free listening

    - episodes a week ahead of everyone else

    - And much more


    Subscriptions are available via AnotherSlice and Wondery +. For all the links head to: ohwhatatime.com


    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

    See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.
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    32 mins

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fantastic first episode. made for a great listen. laughed out loud with the chaps a few times
love the output of the 3 presenters so had to give this a try. look forward to getting into a new pod.

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