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May 2025
1h 32m

The Mystery of the Year

JIMMY AKIN
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What is a year, and how did we learn to track it? Jimmy Akin and Dom Bettinelli chart the evolution of calendars, from lunar to Gregorian, and even ponder timekeeping on Mars, with insights from history, religion, and science.

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