Episode 82: It’s About Time S01E01 (1966)

Ross is away today but undergrad student Zach Hoorman is filling in to help us review the first episode of It’s About Time (1966), a sitcom from the creator of Gilligan’s Island about two astronauts who accidentally “break the time barrier” and find themselves stranded one million years in the past. There’s not much real palaeoanthropology to talk about in this episode, so instead Josh does a poor job of explaining Einstein’s theory of special relativity. Win some SotSA Merch! Send your mistakes, inaccuracies, and corrections to us by email or social media: Twitter: @SotSA_Podcast Bluesky: @sotsapodcast.bsky.social Facebook: @SotSAPodcast Letterboxd: https://letterboxd.com/sotsa/ Email: [email protected] In this episode: Watch It’s About Time on YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5QguKIuhEiI Neanderthal eyes and brains: https://www.bbc.com/news/science-environment-21759233 Just-so stories: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Just-so_story Hair in the Palaeolithic: https://www.academia.edu/81780985/Bad_Hair_Days_in_the_Paleolithic_Modern_Re_Constructions_of_the_Cave_Man?f_ri=2403396 Einstein’s theory of special relativity: https://www.space.com/36273-theory-special-relativity.html The speed of light on a train: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vVKFBaaL4uM 1960s car crash songs: https://riffmagazine.com/mp3/rewind-20220122/