Weekend Was Invented By Drunk People

Mr Murugan and Ms Fong · Oct 3, 2026 · 4m

The weekend feels like a law of physics. Two days off, every week, forever.It isn't. It's younger than the lightbulb, and it was a live argument for more than a century — fought over by drunks, factory owners, unions, church leaders and one car manufacturer who liked the math.IN THIS EPISODE- Why one day off a week was the deal for most of human history — and why it was for worship, not rest- "Saint Monday" — the unofficial hangover holiday 19th-century British workers took, and the compromise it forced- The Saturday half-holiday: the direct ancestor of your weekend- The ILO's first…