What is time? Introducing 鈥業t鈥檚 About Time鈥�
Everything in our lives is shaped by time. This podcast series explores how we can make the most of it.
Everything that happens in your life 鈥� every experience, every interaction, even every thought 鈥� is mediated by one thing: time. That鈥檚 why the word 鈥渢ime鈥� is the聽聽noun in the English language.
We talk about time all the time 鈥� how quickly or slowly it seems to pass, how much or little of it we have, and how our past and future compare to our present. But we rarely talk about what time actually is, how our perceptions of it shape our behavior, and how changing these perceptions might improve our lives.聽
Our new podcast series hopes to change that. Over the course of six episodes, hosts Rebecca Asoulin and Eoin O鈥機arroll speak with experts in physics, psychology, philosophy, culture, history, science fiction, and many other topics to help unravel time鈥檚 mysteries. You鈥檒l learn why time sometimes seems to slow down, how Albert Einstein鈥檚 theories open the possibility for time travel, and how time enforces social hierarchies. We鈥檒l also hear from people who are fighting to help us get our time back.
We hope you鈥檒l tune in. Because understanding time more deeply can help us make the most of the time we have.
This is the teaser for "It's About Time," our 6-part series that's part of the Monitor's聽"Rethinking the News"聽podcast. To listen to episodes on our site or on your favorite podcast player, please visit聽the聽"It's About Time" series page.
Episode transcript
Rebecca Asoulin: What is time?
Eoin O鈥機arroll: Is it a number on a clock?
Rebecca: A continuum that we can travel through?聽
Eoin: Who gets to decide?
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Rebecca: I鈥檓 Rebecca Asoulin, a storytelling editor for 海角大神.聽聽
Eoin: And I鈥檓 Eoin O鈥機arroll, a science writer for the Monitor.
Rebecca: And we鈥檙e the hosts of, 鈥淚t鈥檚 About Time.鈥� A new six-part science series all about 鈥�
Eoin: 鈥� time.
Rebecca: We鈥檒l be unraveling its mysteries. Talking to physicists 鈥�
Eoin: 鈥� a philosopher 鈥�
Rebecca: 鈥� an anthropologist 鈥�
Eoin:聽 鈥� a magician 鈥�
Rebecca:聽 鈥� a procrastination expert 鈥�
Eoin:聽 鈥� and even someone trying to build a time machine!
Rebecca: Because understanding time more deeply can help us make the most of the time we have.聽
Eoin: So if you love psychology, or philosophy聽 鈥�
Rebecca: 鈥� or if you love time puns 鈥�
Eoin: 鈥� or if you鈥檙e just someone who wants to use your time more wisely, join us!聽
Rebecca: We鈥檒l soon be releasing new episodes right here on the Monitor鈥檚 鈥淩ethinking the News鈥� podcast. You can find us on Spotify, Apple Podcasts, and Stitcher. Just search, 鈥淩ethinking the News.鈥� And subscribe to 鈥淩ethinking the News鈥� to get notified about new episodes.聽
Eoin: We鈥檒l be dropping new ones every week.聽
Rebecca: Like clockwork.
Eoin: You could set your watch to it.
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Rebecca: Well, not your watch. Isn鈥檛 it broken?
Eoin: Well, it鈥檚 still right 鈥�
Rebecca & Eoin: twice a day!
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