Working Class History
Working Class History
5.0from 1,668 ratings
- 153
- Episodes
- 36
- Transcribed
- 1,668
- Ratings
- Monthly
- Cadence
- 2018
- First episode
- 10M
- YouTube views
About Working Class History
History isn't made by kings and politicians, it's made by all of us. This podcast is about how we, together, have fought for a better world. Become a paid subscriber, support our work and listen ad-free with early access and exclusive bonus episodes at patreon.com/workingclasshistory.
- Publisher
- Working Class History
- Category
- education · history · society & culture
- Language
- en
- Explicit
- No
- First episode
- 28 Feb 2018
- Latest episode
- 30 Sept 2026
Latest episodes
36 of 153 episodes have a transcript.
30 Sept 2026TRANSCRIPT
E126: [TEASER] Fireside Chat - How we won the weekend
16 Sept 2026TRANSCRIPT
WCL15: Literature of the 1926 General Strike
12 Aug 2026TRANSCRIPT
E125.1: [TEASER] Riot Dogs - Greece bonus episode
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E126: [TEASER] Fireside Chat - How we won the weekend
Published 30 Sept 2026 · Transcript excerpt
[…] So as the 1800s progress, we get into the latter half, the late 1800s. This starts being more and more widely adopted. So work is being given Saturday afternoons off. And at the same time, you then see capitalist industries starting making more money from these kind of Saturday or weekend activities. You also at this time start seeing things like the word weekend as a verb becoming a thing like, oh, to weekend, meaning to weekend away or what have you. So these industries like weekends away, train companies, theaters and music halls start moving their performances from Mondays to Saturdays. And workers also started putting on football matches on Saturday afternoons. […]
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- Charles Ferrall
- Dougal McNeill
- Daniel Gross
- Tomas Rothaus
- Harry Watson
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- YouTube views
- 9,767,653
- Score snapshot 15 Sept 2025
- Apple Podcasts (US)
- 5.0 / 5
- 628 ratings
- Spotify
- 5.0 / 5
- 1,040 ratings
Podcast Authority Score: 68 / 100
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- Quality
- 72
- Social presence
- 0
- YouTube
- 66
- Engagement
- 94
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