Beans Clock - 50th Episode Extravaganza
Cursed Objects16 Okt 2023

Beans Clock - 50th Episode Extravaganza

It's our 50th episode! Sort of. There's an asterisk. But it's sort of our 50th episode!

To mark the occasion, Dan and Kasia are tackling their own logo, the Cursed Objects avatar and icon: the beans clock. They take on the politics of time, and discuss the use of the clock to discipline people into docile worker-drones. They learn the helpful unit of time measurement "pissing-while" and why some people thought the clock was "the devil's mill".

Other vital questions: Why did Hugo Chavez put the clocks back by 30 minutes as an anti-imperialist gesture? What is it like to experience time being floaty, bendy or stretchy, rather than flying in a straight line like an arrow? Why do we talk about saving time, wasting time, time theft, clock-watching and our time being 'our own'? Why on earth does Kasia always have her time set one hour ahead? Is she really 'hacking time'?

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Theme music and production: Mr Beatnick

Artwork: Archie Bashford

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