Saturday, March 19th, 2022
Special Edition: Hate Changing Clocks? Here’s Why We Do It
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It’s been almost a week since Daylight Saving Time began. Why we do change our clocks twice a year? Polls have shown most American adults don’t like it. The Senate just easily passed a bill to stop the practice of changing our clocks, although if it actually becomes law, it would be up to the states whether to stay on Standard Time or switch to Daylight Saving Time year-round.
Today, we’re sharing a bit about DST’s past. Here to break it down for us is the man who wrote the book on time, Dr. Mike O'Malley. He’s the author of “Keeping Watch: A History of American Time,” and he teaches history at George Mason University. O'Malley explains why the very idea of a man-made clock was controversial in the beginning, how it evolved into the practice of changing our clocks twice a year, and some pros and cons of it all.
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Guest: Mike O’Malley
Dr. Michael O'Malley is a history professor at George Mason University. He is the author of “Keeping Watch: A History of American Time” and “Face Value: The Entwined History of Race and Money in America.”
“Keeping Watch” explores the transition from natural to mechanical sources for time, and the invention of standard time and daylight saving. “Face Value” is a history of the ways Americans argued about race when they argued about the subject of money and value. O'Malley is also co-editor of a collection of essays, The Cultural Turn in US History: Past, Present, and Future.
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