421: Fictional Jobs
The Popcast With Knox and Jamie
Knox McCoy and Jamie Golden
4.8 • 7.1K Ratings
🗓️ 22 September 2021
⏱️ 53 minutes
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Summary
In this episode, we do the very real job of discussing fictional jobs. We share which make-believe jobs we want, discuss the occupations that are overplayed, and wonder why there aren’t more podcasters in pop culture.
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Transcript
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| 0:00.0 | So like it's like you're good at making scavenger hunts. |
| 0:02.4 | Are you good at making scavenger hunts? |
| 0:03.4 | No, I don't do scavenger hunts. |
| 0:04.4 | Because scavenger hunts are stupid. |
| 0:05.4 | Oh dear. |
| 0:07.9 | Whenever in youth group they would be like, |
| 0:09.1 | Hey, tonight we're gonna do like a big youth activity |
| 0:11.4 | and we're gonna do scavenger hun. |
| 0:12.4 | You're gonna have to go to Walmart and shake someone's hand. |
| 0:13.9 | I was going home. |
| 0:14.9 | Like, guess that wasn't my night. |
| 0:16.6 | Guess I don't find Jesus in this Walmart tonight. |
| 0:26.4 | Hello and welcome to episode number 421 of the podcast. |
| 0:29.0 | I'm when your host, Snox, McCoy. |
| 0:30.2 | And I'm your other host, Jamie Golden. |
| 0:31.7 | I feel like, do I miss drag racers? |
| 0:33.3 | Do you guys have drag racers out here now? |
| 0:34.7 | Oh yeah. |
| 0:35.7 | It's like classic viewers out here. |
| 0:36.7 | You know, that's what they do now. |
| 0:38.2 | Do you see Dom's son is gonna be like, |
| 0:39.7 | Vin Diesel's real life son is gonna be in a new fasten furious? |
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