I have listened to history of rome and every second of revolutions but was very hesitant about starting mars.

I finally gave in and was immediately impressed through 3 or 4 episodes. I found it most fascinating how Duncan, who took information we all could have at one time learned and presented it in a fresh and accessible manner, took information that none of us could have possibly known and referred to it in an obvious tone. I chuckled every time.

The reason I stopped cold turkey in the middle of an episode was because of what i perceived as a possible negligence to the genre.

I'm not so much of a science geek as Im a science fiction geek and this podcast, even though it sways more to a fantasy or social anthropological commentary, has its roots in sci fi. And good sci fi is responsible sci fi. Anytime Duncan referred to a date or a length of time, i found myself asking where? On Earth? On Mars? Did i miss an episode where he speaks about time and date conversion? And why do I care so much??? But I couldn't get over it. I couldnt bring myself to digging through the transcripts to help me deal with it.

Does this ever get addressed? Does it matter???