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Have you ever stopped in the middle of something completely normal and thought... wait, why do we do that?
Why is the workday eight hours? Why do we change the clocks twice a year? Why is a marathon exactly 26.2 miles? Why do hotels want you out by 11? Why do we tip? And who decided everyone needed a lawn?
Wait... Why Do We Do That? explores the strange, surprising and sometimes ridiculous stories behind the everyday things we rarely stop to question.
Each episode takes one ordinary part of modern life and follows the story of how it got here, who decided it, why it stuck and whether the original reason still makes any sense today.
It's history, psychology, business, culture and a healthy dose of curiosity, without the lecture.
Because apparently, there's a reason for almost everything.
Even if it isn't a particularly good one.
Uppdateringsfrekvens:
daily
Genomsnittlig ljudlängd:
18 minutes
Videopodcast
Engelsk
USA
12 avsnitt
sedan 25 september 2026
episodic
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Why Do We Have Hold Music?
"Your call is very important to us."
Is it, though?
Because I've been listening to the same twelve seconds of instrumental jazz for forty-three minutes, and I'm beginning to suspect my call is being held hostage.
We've all been there. You call a c…
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Why Do Houses Have Lawns?
We buy grass seed. We water it. We fertilize it. We encourage it to grow.
And then, the moment it does...
We cut it.
Every week. For decades.
And if the neighbour's grass looks slightly greener than ours? Well, now it's personal.
In this episode of Wait... Why Do…
Why Do Elevators Have a Close Door Button?
You step into an elevator. Press your floor. Then press the Close Door button.
Nothing.
So you press it again.
Still nothing.
Naturally, you press it another six times. Because apparently the elevator didn't understand how serious you were the first s…
Why does something cost $19.99 instead of $20?
It's one cent.
We all know it's basically twenty dollars. The retailer knows we know it's basically twenty dollars. We know they know we know.
And yet... $19.99 survives.
In this episode of Wait... Why Do We Do That?, we investigate one …
Why do hotels kick you out at 11 AM? And if you can't check in until 3 or 4 in the afternoon... what exactly happened to the other five hours?
In this episode of Wait... Why Do We Do That?, we investigate one of those travel rules almost everyone accepts without really questioning.
You pay for…
Why do we change the clocks twice a year? Are we actually saving daylight? And whose idea was this anyway?
In this episode of Wait... Why Do We Do That?, we uncover the surprisingly complicated history behind daylight saving time.
We'll find out why Benjamin Franklin didn't actually inven…
Why do people voluntarily run 26.2 miles, and who decided that the final 385 yards were absolutely necessary?
In this episode, Steve explores the strange history of the marathon, from an ancient Greek legend and the early Olympic Games to the chaotic 1908 race that helped establish the distance we …
Why do we change the clocks twice a year? Are we actually saving daylight? And whose idea was this anyway?
In this episode of Wait... Why Do We Do That?, we uncover the surprisingly complicated history behind daylight saving time.
We'll find out why Benjamin Franklin didn't actually inven…
Why is a normal workday eight hours? Why not six, ten or some other number entirely?
In the first episode of Wait... Why Do We Do That?, we uncover the surprisingly turbulent history behind something millions of us accept without much thought: the eight-hour workday.
It turns out eight hours wasn&a…
Why do we have weekends? And who decided that two days off after five days of work was the right deal?
In this episode of Wait... Why Do We Do That?, we uncover the surprisingly complicated story behind Saturday and Sunday.
For much of history, the weekend as we know it simply didn't exist. Wo…
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