We are Ken Jennings and John Roderick. We speak to you from our present, which we can only assume is your distant past, the turbulent time that was the early 21st century.

Fearing the great cataclysm that will surely befall our civilization, we began this

monumental reference of strange and obscure human knowledge.

These recordings represent our attempt to compile and preserve wonders and esoterica that would otherwise be lost.

So whether you're listening from an advanced civilization or have just reinvented the technology to decrypt our transmissions,

this is our legacy to you.

This is our time capsule.

This is the omnibus. Oh, You have accessed entry 075.2P 038.38, certificate number 24524.

As slow as possible. Yeah, this whole entry is going to be about my kids getting out of the car.

Oh, I thought it was going to be about my laconic style.

Did I ever tell you the story about the time?

It's about your storytelling style? the story

telling style.

Uh-huh. Do you have the problem with your kid just,

with your kid just, with Marlow just sitting in the car for ages after you pull up to wherever?

Or is she off like a shot?

No, so I had to actually make an issue about it

because we would pull into a thing

and we would all get out of the car

and she would, she's just sitting in there.

Exactly the same.

And I was like, who do you think is running this show?

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