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?" You can get in touch with the show by emailing: hello@ohwhatatime.com And you can support the show, get bonus episodes and extended ones by becoming an OWAT: FULL TIMER via a subscription: ohwhatatime.com
260 episodes transcribedThis is Part 2! For Part 1, check the feed!This week we’re chatting education: what did schooling look like in Ancient Greece and Rome? What has corpo...
This week we’re chatting education: what did schooling look like in Ancient Greece and Rome? What has corporal punishment looked like in schools throu...
We are truly honoured this week to be joined by one of our favourite historians in the world; it’s German-British author, who penned of one of Elis’ f...
This is Part 2! For Part 1, check the feed!This week on the show we’re talking about the sporting prowess of history’s most well-known revolutionaries...
It's a special bonus episode! This one from June 2025, never heard before on the main feed!If you want more Oh What A Time and both parts at once, you...
This week on the show we’re talking about the sporting prowess of history’s most well-known revolutionaries; we have baseball-loving Fidel Castro, Cha...
This is Part 2! For Part 1, check the feed!This week we’re looking at attempts through history at mass observation; we have Britain in the late 1930s,...
This week we’re looking at attempts through history at mass observation; we have Britain in the late 1930s, American culture after the Great Depressio...
This is Part 2! For Part 1, check the feed!This week we’re discussing that wonderful land of Australia! We’ll be finding out what was suspected about...
This week we’re discussing that wonderful land of Australia! We’ll be finding out what was suspected about a land down under in Antiquity, south-east...
This is Part 2! For Part 1, check the feed!This week we’re looking at 3x US First Ladies and their extraordinary lives: we have Louisa Adams (1775-185...
This week we’re looking at 3x US First Ladies and their extraordinary lives: we have Louisa Adams (1775-1852), the extensively travelled Lou Hoover (1...
This is Part 2! For Part 1, check the feed!This week we have three stories of incredible female leaders from throughout history: Queen Boudica and how...
We have a special bonus ep for you from our bonus ep archive! This one was first made available for subscribers in December 2024.On our Patreon you’ll...
This week we have three stories of incredible female leaders from throughout history: Queen Boudica and how she took on the Romans, trailblazer author...
This is Part 2! For Part 1, check the feed!This week we’re looking at various invasions and subsequent occupations through history; we’ve got Nordic a...
This week we’re looking at various invasions and subsequent occupations through history; we’ve got Nordic allied invasions in WW2 (including Iceland!)...
This is Part 2! For Part 1, check the feed!This week we’re discussing the various attempts through history to create a Utopia right here on earth. We...
This week we’re discussing the various attempts through history to create a Utopia right here on earth. We have for you The Diggers of the 1600s, Broo...
This is Part 2! For Part 1, check the feed!Get the atlas out because this week we’re analysing some of the world’s smallest countries! We’ve got for y...
