118. Work | History Daily: Henry Ford's Five-Day Week

This podcast returns on May 10th 2026. A musician discovered Uranus, a Hollywood actress developed military technology, and a statesman invented bifocal glasses. Names such as Spencer, Marshall and Stewart trace their origins back to occupations. The son of Britain's first prime minister held a series of sinecures, roles that offered status and income for little or no work. 

Alongside these histories, this episode traces the origins of words such as dilettante, empleomania, gaffer, thrasonical, lucubrate and ambition. 

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https://www.historytoday.com/archive/horace-walpole-gothick-man-letters/1000 

https://www.phrases.org.uk/meanings/know-the-ropes.html