About Time

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A 5-episode probe of our complex relationship with time – from how we think and talk about it, to how we experience it. Separating scientific truth from social construction to understand what it truly means to live with time.

2019. 10. 22.

The Construction of Time

Although time may not materially exist, most of us still measure it out using clocks and calendars. From the creation of days to the atomic clock, this episode explores how the abstract concept of time became a countable “reality” — and why metric time worked its way to the heart of Western society.This episode in brief:1. Mapping calendrical time | 03:15The countable time we use in our everyday life is a social construction. This section takes a look at how different cultures divided the abs...

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2019. 09. 19.

The Physiology of Time

Time isn’t just lived in the brain; it’s stamped into the very cells of our being. With insights from neuropsychologist Marc Wittmann, this episode explores how bodily clocks, illness and age all impact how we experience time. We'll see how social time inventions, like daylight saving, can clash with our highly individual biological time.This episode in brief:1. What is biological time? | 02:50We all have a silent clockwork inside us governing what we feel and how our bodies operate. This sec...

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2019. 08. 19.

The Psychology of Time

Since we can’t prove that time physically exists, it must live somewhere inside the human mind. With the help of neuropsychologist Marc Wittmann, this episode takes a closer look at subjective time — the time we ‘feel’ — to see how our brains create our sense of time, and why it’s constantly speeding up and slowing down.This episode in brief1. How we are able to perceive time | 02:30Time processing plays a role in almost all aspects of our cognitive function. But what exactly is happening in ...

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2019. 07. 23.

The Physics of Time

Time is seen as part of the fundamental grammar of the world. Yet there is little evidence proving it actually exists. With the help of quantum physicist Carlo Rovelli, this episode seeks to mop up some of the biggest misconceptions surrounding time — exploring the theories and hypotheses shaping our current scientific understanding of it.This episode in brief1. Absolute Newtonian time | 03:00We often think of time as a substance that lives outside of us and flows from past to future. Bu...

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2019. 06. 24.

The Language of Time

“Time” is the most frequently used noun in the English language. But what are we actually talking about when we talk about time? This episode looks at time representations and referencing systems used by different cultures, to explore how far language can shape how we think about time. This episode in brief:1.The spatial language of time | 03:45Many cultures use the graphical model of space to understand time, but there are some pretty interesting differences in how the world’s languages conc...

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A 5-episode probe of our complex relationship with time – from how we think and talk about it, to how we experience it. Separating scientific truth from social construction to understand what it truly means to live with time.

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The Construction of Time

The Physiology of Time

The Psychology of Time

The Physics of Time

The Language of Time

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