195: The Epistemological Jack-in-the-Box

The Way I Heard It with Mike Rowe

Society & Culture, History

4.8 • 39.1K Ratings

🗓️ 13 April 2021

⏱️ 75 minutes

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Summary

Mike tells the true story of a famous poet who wrote her best stuff while working as a waitress in a diner, many years ago. After that, another true story about the time Joan Rivers saved his career, followed by a rather remarkable catch-up with Paul Kelley, a true renaissance man who worked the overnights with Mike, back in the glory days of home shopping. Yeah, it gets a little weird… and there is some adult language.

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0:00.0	Maybe your stamps are on the table next to the birthday card you forgot to send.
0:03.9	Or in that random drawer full of pens, pennies and paperclips.
0:07.8	Or stuck to your fridge behind a do-list and a magnet from Malaga.
0:11.2	Or maybe just maybe, then neatly placed in a completely sensible spot.
0:16.1	After the 31st of January 2023, regular stamps without a barcode will no longer be valid.
0:21.5	So if you know where your old ones are, this is your last chance to use them up.
0:25.0	Or you can swap them.
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1:03.8	Hey guys, it's Mike Rowan.
1:04.9	This is episode number 195, the way I heard it.
1:07.9	And it's called the epistemological Jack in the Box.
1:10.7	That's right.
1:13.0	The epistemological Jack in the Box.
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