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Hi everyone, it's Fraser here, so this is the second of the live shows that we recorded

during the not the end of the world cruise, the end of 2012.

Once again, this was done in front of a live audience,

so you'll hear them responding to us and laughing at our jokes, I hope,

in the background.

And I apologize for the audio quality.

We did this on a sort of portable recording device.

So this is going to correspond to episode 285 for December 17, 2012.

How the world will really end.

Have you checked out the internet lately?

Apparently, there's some kind of road planet causing polar alignment and a killer solar flare,

which will set off a chain reaction turning the whole universe into strange matter

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