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Roderick on the Line

Ep. 353: "Reverse Khrushchev"

Roderick on the Line

Merlin Mann

Johnroderick, Society & Culture, Philosophy, Thelongwinters, Merlinmann

4.81.1K Ratings

🗓️ 23 September 2019

⏱️ 74 minutes

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Summary

Deliver Quietly.

The Problem: Throw a frog at a wall, and see if it sticks.

(Recorded on Monday, September 23, 2019.)

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Transcript

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0:00.0

Hello. Hi John.

0:07.0

Hi John.

0:08.0

Oh, hey there.

0:09.0

Whoa, hey Marlon.

0:10.0

How's it going?

0:11.0

How did you get in here?

0:12.0

Oh, I get in. I find a place. You know, it's like they say about

0:15.8

roaches. If their head can get in, the rest can get in.

0:18.2

Is that what they say about roaches? They say that about roaches. Yeah, they say

0:21.6

it all lots of things. Do roaches have heads? Oh yeah. Oh interesting. Yeah what's

0:26.8

a thorax without a head you know? Yeah that's something I never really thought about like

0:31.9

whether roaches have heads but I guess of course they do. They do and you can

0:36.4

take precautions you can do things like you get you some steel wool?

0:44.0

Oh yeah.

0:45.0

You know about steel wool?

0:46.0

Yeah, the problem with that of course is that in the climate that I live in,

0:50.0

the steel wool will rust.

0:51.0

It is so wet in my office right now. Yeah. Oh well you really

0:56.0

moist. I don't want to I don't want to give away your location but it's at the

0:59.3

bottom of the hill. Yes. It's not at the complete bottom you know the ocean's at the bottom of the hill. Yeah, it's over in the

1:06.1

my office is in the smoking patio of bottom of the hill. Coming to you live today from Petrero Hill. It's very moist and I do run a dehumidifier.

1:16.4

Yep, that's a good, that's a great item.

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