The World Almanac Podcast
by C. Alan Joyce
The semi-weekly podcast of The World Almanac and The World Almanac for Kids. Catch up on our weekly conversations on "Wake Up With Whoopi" and other new facts from the editors of the best-selling American reference book of all time.
Episodes
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The Origins of Thanksgiving
A brief discussion of the origins of Thanksgiving Day in the U.S., originally aired on Wake Up With Whoopi (www.whoopi.com) November 22, 2007. Visit www.worldalmanac.com daily for historical anniversaries, birthdays, sports facts, quotes, and new entries from the World Almanac blog.
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Release Week Randomness
Sometimes these Thursday-morning Wake Up With Whoopi appearances go exactly as planned, and sometimes... well, sometimes this happens: everyone gets hopped up on the chocolates I bring in for Whoopi's birthday (which happened to be the same day The World Almanac 2008 was released), and then her...
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A Festival of Lights, In Space and On Earth
Living in New York, sometimes you forget to look up and enjoy the night sky—but if ever there was a time to do so, it's now. Dedicated skywatchers should know by now about Comet Holmes (at right), which just a few weeks ago erupted, becoming nearly a million times brighter practically overnight....
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Turning Back Time
Yes, it's that time again: those glorious Daylight Saving Time days are over, as of 2AM on Sunday, Nov. 4. Seem later than last year? It is: Daylight Saving Time in 2007 started several weeks earlier, and ended a week or so later, than in recent years. The U.S. Congress claims that the change…
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Halloween Origins, with a Side of Whoopi
Better late than never (I hope): here's last week's visit with the Wake Up With Whoopi crew, wherein I gave a little spiel about the origins of Halloween, Trick-or-Treating, and other seasonal delights. For more details, click on over to The World Almanac for Kids site for some more kid-friendly...
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The World Almanac (on Wake Up With Whoopi, Oct. 4 2007)
With deadlines for the next edition of The World Almanac looming over us, it's tempting to switch back to the Julian calendar—which would make today's date September 21, and give us two extra weeks to work on the book... assuming, of course, that we could get the fine folks at the printing press…
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About this show
The semi-weekly podcast of The World Almanac and The World Almanac for Kids. Catch up on our weekly conversations on "Wake Up With Whoopi" and other new facts from the editors of the best-selling American reference book of all time.
Hosted by
C. Alan Joyce