Door knobs. Known for being twisty.

Famous for being knobby. Nobody thinks much about them, so let's have some fun. Let's find out why doorknobs are secretly incredibly fascinating. anything.

Hey there folks.

Welcome to a whole new podcast episode, a podcast all about why being alive is more interesting than people think it is.

My name is Alex Schmidt, and I'm not alone.

John Hodgman is my guest today.

Yeah, John Hodgman.

He's one of my favorite authors.

His most recent book is sort of a memoir at essays and travelogue and more. It's called Medallion Status, True Stories from Secret Rooms. John's also the

host of the Judge John Hodgman podcast. Over on Maximum Fun, he and Bayliff Jesse Thorne,

friend of the show, they adjudicate disputes. I also got to see a live episode of that

once in Durham, North Carolina. It was one of the best live podcasts I have ever seen. Just period.

It's a really electric room. It's awesome. And breaking news, thrilling project that was secret

until very recently, John Hodgman is the co-creator, along with

David Reese, of a very funny animated show. It's called Dick Town. That's short for Richardsville.

Dick Town is on the FXX channel. It's also on Hulu. Whole first season is on Hulu,

and then the second season premieres on FXX, March 3rd. Highly recommend if you want to see something funny.

Also, I've gathered all of our zip codes and used internet resources like native-land.ca

to acknowledge that John and I each recorded this on the traditional land of the Canarsi and Lenape peoples.

And acknowledge that in all of our locations, native people are very much still here.

That feels worth doing on each episode.

And today's episode is about doorknobs.

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