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The Political Orphanage

Ep. 6 | The Mathematical Case Against Democracy | Guest: Dr. Andrea Jones-Rooy

The Political Orphanage

Andrew Heaton

Politics, Comedy, News

4.91000 Ratings

🗓️ 19 November 2018

⏱️ 41 minutes

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Summary

Heaton brings on comedian and verified smart person Andrea Jones-Rooy to discuss the soft, problematic underbelly of democracy: math. Plus: News from Canada, including a butter heist and a mythical Thunderbird.

Transcript

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0:00.0

You're listening to Something's Off with Andrew Heaton. I am your host,

0:21.2

Something's Off. And we're going gonna have a lot of fun today.

0:23.6

I've got Andrea Jones Roy on later.

0:25.8

She is a comedian and verified smart person.

0:28.4

We're going to talk.

0:29.4

We're also going to do Canadian news for you here in a bit. But first we need to give a shout out to our sponsor.

0:36.2

Something's Off with Andrew Heaton is brought to you by Nick's Horseless Diner.

0:42.4

Nick's Horseless Diner has one single promise it makes to you and to every patron who enters

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that big green awning.

0:48.6

Delicious food at a reasonable price and a fun atmosphere with absolutely no horses whatsoever. Horses are not only

0:56.0

allowed in the diner, they are certainly not used by the kitchen or waitstaff.

1:00.2

No donkeys, no mules, and certainly without question, no horses.

1:04.9

The management of Nick's horseless diner is so opposed to the concept of horses crossing

1:09.6

the threshold of eateries that it refused service to jockeys until 2014 when required to by federal court order.

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Yes, siri, come to Nick's horseless diner for good food, good times, and a palpable dearth of ponies.

1:22.1

Nick's horseless diner, no horses. a palpable dirth of ponies.

1:22.7

Nix, horseless diner, no horses, ever.

1:29.8

Okay, if you're new to the program, that was probably a slightly confusing advertisement for Nick's

1:37.3

Horseless Diner.

1:40.0

To put that in context for you, last week our sponsor was Snuffies, which is a diner off Route 44,

1:47.8

where the wait staff rides horses.

1:50.7

That's their thing.

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