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Go Fact Yourself

Ep. 58: Jonathan Coulton & Ophira Eisenberg

Go Fact Yourself

MaximumFun.org

Game Show, Comedy, Quiz, Podcast, Trivia, Arts, Helen Hong, Angel City, J. Keith Van Straaten

4.6786 Ratings

🗓️ 15 May 2020

⏱️ 94 minutes

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Summary

It’s our first Go Fact Yourself that was streamed LIVE on video! In a battle of NPR trivia icons, musician Jonathan Coulton competes with comedian Ophira Eisenberg to answer questions about music, television and tentacles (seriously!)

Transcript

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0:00.0

Hey everybody, Jake Heath here. We got a brand new episode of GoFactor Self today, and this one's a little different.

0:05.2

We recorded this as a live video stream with our friends at KPCC and LAist.

0:11.1

Folks who watched it live got to see everything that you're listening to now, plus a little bit more.

0:15.9

And so it's going to sound a little bit different than our normal episodes and also a little bit longer.

0:20.1

By the way, if you want to actually see the live unedited version that we aired, you can still do so on KPC's website.

0:27.6

You can go to KPC.org and search for GoFactor Self, or we made a little shortcut for you at bit.

0:35.3

That's bitly, bit.l-l-y-g-fcyccc. Again, bitly.ly. That's bitly, bit.l-y-l-y-g-f-y-c-c-ccccc. Again, bitly slash G-Fy-K-P-C-C.

0:44.9

Thanks so much, enjoy the show, and stay safe from all your friends at GoFact Yourself.

0:49.9

Helen, take it away.

0:56.2

You a real know-it-all?

0:58.3

Do you annoy your family by shouting the answers while watching Jeopardy?

1:02.8

Do you drive people crazy when you start a sentence with...

1:06.3

Well, actually.

1:08.9

Well, guess what?

1:09.9

You can go fact to yourself.

1:13.9

Hi, everyone.

1:15.2

Welcome to Go Fact Yourself, the show where we take the smartest people we know and make

1:20.0

them look dumb.

1:21.4

And then smart again.

1:23.9

I am Helen Hong, and now socially distancing from another state-of-the-art home sound booth in Los Angeles.

1:31.3

Here's our moderator, Jay Keith, Van Stratton.

1:33.4

Hello, hello, Helen. Can you hear me?

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