This week we're replaying some of our favorite episodes about time. In this episode from November 2019, we look at November 1883, when railroads across the United States adopted a uniform system of time, more or less getting all of us in sync with each other. But what was time like before then? Plus: Japan has had cat cafes, hedgehog cafes and bunny cafes. Now there's a minipig cafe!

Time! (Library of Congress)

Standard Time Zones In U.S. Mark 100 Years (New York Times)

The Adoption of Standard TimeIan R. Bartky (Technology and Culture)

Mipig Harajuku: We visit the new micro pig cafe in Tokyo (Sora News)

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