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, thra...