92 - If He Had Lived

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🗓️ 15 August 2016

⏱️ 26 minutes

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This week is National Alternate History Week. Plus an update on the Beatrix Lohman Memorial Meditation Zone, a warning from the National Weather Service, and Children's Fun Fact Science Corner.

Weather: "Opposite House" by Cass McCombs (cassmccombs.com)

Music: Disparition, disparition.info.

Logo: Rob Wilson, robwilsonwork.com.

Produced by Night Vale Presents. Written by Joseph Fink & Jeffrey Cranor. Narrated by Cecil Baldwin. More Info: welcometonightvale.com, and follow @NightValeRadio on Twitter or Facebook.

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0:51.2	Which came first, the chicken, the egg, or airplanes? Welcome to Nightfail.
1:22.1	Hello, listeners. This week is National Alternate History Week, in which we celebrate our rich
1:39.6	history that could have happened, if what actually happened didn't happen. The Nightfail
1:45.3	Historical Society sorts through the local submissions, and the best story gets placed into the
1:51.1	elementary school curriculum. It's a fun activity that helps boost creativity and obfuscate the past.
1:58.7	Today, for my version of history, I will be looking at the Kennedy assassination and trying to
2:04.4	answer the question, what if he had lived? Well, here's a start. He would have eaten lunch. Did you
2:12.7	know he was on his way to a lunch when he was killed? He was? He was probably hungry. If he had lived,
2:20.0	he would have eaten big bites full of gusto. Later that day, he would have gone to Austin. He
2:26.8	would have breathed deep, healthy breaths. He probably would have been reelected if he lived. Sure,
2:35.6	handsome charismatic guy like that? Four more years. No Lyndon Johnson, or Lyndon Johnson would,
2:42.8	as far as I know, continue to exist, but no president Johnson. Without the pressure of having to
2:48.7	win another term, perhaps he would have pulled us out of Vietnam in 66 or 67, saving countless lives
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