We are Ken Jennings and John Roderick.

We are receiving this message.

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. Okay. You have accessed entry 283.

ZP0206.

Certificate number 45989.

Cottage Core.

We're in the...

We're in the depth of a pandemic that's got us all confined and quarantined to our homes.

Maybe even when this show airs after the election,

there will be a different feeling about where we are.

And I think even now you and I being members of the Ivory Tower liberal elite

of the Northwest, we probably think of the quarantine differently than people who are attending the Republican National Convention.

I've noticed in particular I have a lot of privilege in my pandemic surroundings. I'm not alone, which is nice.

But nor are you cooped up with a bunch of people you don't like?

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