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🗓️ 11 June 2019
⏱️ 56 minutes
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In which we trace script handwriting from ancient Egypt all the way up to the modern culture wars, and John and Ken argue over the ugliest cursive capital letter: is it J or Q? Certificate #32892.
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0:00.0 | Omn is a production of High Heart Radio. |
0:02.0 | We are in the world emergency for the first time in a |
0:07.0 | position. |
0:08.0 | And, uh... |
0:10.0 | We are Ken Jennings and John Roderick. We speak to you from our present, which we can |
0:17.9 | only assume is your distant past, the turbulent time that was the early 21st century. |
0:23.3 | Fearing the great cataclysm that will surely befall our civilization, |
0:26.9 | we began this monumental reference of strange and obscure human knowledge. |
0:30.7 | These recordings represent our attempt to compile and preserve wonders and |
0:34.1 | esoterica that would otherwise be lost. |
0:36.5 | So whether you're listening from an advanced civilization or have just |
0:40.1 | reinvented the technology to decrypt our transmissions, this is our legacy to you. |
0:45.5 | This is our time capsule. |
0:47.4 | This is the omnibus. Yeah, Oh, oh, oh, oh, You have accessed entry 307. |
1:15.0 | D.A.0508. |
1:22.0 | Certificate number 32892. Cursive. |
1:27.0 | So today we're going to have you try to do cursive writing. |
1:31.0 | Ha ha ha ha. It's a joke, right? |
1:34.8 | I would rather like be locked up in a cage with anacondaous for an hour. |
1:40.4 | No, I think it's a waste of time in school. |
1:43.0 | I don't want to use cursive in the future ever again. |
1:46.0 | It's creepy. |
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