Ep. 595: "Everyone Was Named Randy"

Roderick on the Line

Merlin Mann

Self-help, Merlinmann, Thelongwinters, Johnroderick, Roderick, Winters, Long, The, Philosophy, Society & Culture, John, Merlin, Mann

4.8 • 1K Ratings

🗓️ 22 September 2025

⏱️ 72 minutes

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Summary

The Problem: You don’t expect it to be sharp where it is.

(Recorded on Monday, September 22, 2025.)

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0:00.0	Hello?
0:05.6	Hi, John.
0:07.6	Hi, Merlin.
0:11.9	Sometimes it seems like you're thinking about it.
0:15.9	Like, you're deciding, you know, in the moment.
0:18.6	You're not, you don't prepare for this show, right?
0:20.6	You don't have like an outline. You come in, you come in cold every time, right you're not you don't prepare for this show right you don't
0:20.9	like an outline you come in you come in cold every time right you got to come in cold i mean i got to come in cold
0:26.6	you don't come in cold but i got to come in cold what the fuck are you talking about do you come in cold
0:31.2	i come yeah oh yeah i come correct no i come know, I come five minutes after I wake up.
0:38.7	Yes.
0:39.8	I was taking my little pills and then I spilled some other pills and then there were pills all over.
0:46.9	Oh, no, my pills.
0:48.3	My pills.
0:49.2	Oh, gee.
0:50.0	Oh, that sucks.
0:52.4	Can't find the right coffee cup.
0:54.3	I'm looking around.
0:55.7	Now, I'm using a coffee cup here from Senatist to populus Romanus.
1:02.2	Um, that sounds like Latin talk.
1:05.7	It is.
1:06.1	A little bit of SPQR.
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