Ep. 612: "Regular Doors"

Roderick on the Line

Merlin Mann

Thelongwinters, Philosophy, Society & Culture, Merlinmann, Johnroderick

4.8 • 1.1K Ratings

🗓️ 26 January 2026

⏱️ 65 minutes

🔗️ Recording | iTunes | RSS

🧾️ Download transcript

Summary

The Problem: John had to enter the order portal.

(Recorded on Monday, January 26, 2026.)

Transcript

Click on a timestamp to play from that location

0:00.0	Hello?
0:07.7	Hi, John.
0:08.7	Hi, Merlin.
0:10.1	How's it going?
0:11.1	Well, my computer is really slowing down.
0:15.7	It's ready to collect it Social Security, I think.
0:19.0	Hmm.
0:19.7	You're going to push it, push it out on its iceberg?
0:22.3	I don't want to.
0:25.0	It's so familiar.
0:27.2	Is it really slow?
0:28.1	Is it slowing down what you do?
0:30.5	No, it's just everything.
0:34.6	Everything is everything, as you know.
0:36.5	Ah, I can't every. Sometimes everything feels like everything but as i like
0:40.6	to tell the kids it may sometimes everything feels like everything but not everything is everything you
0:46.8	just said a mouthful oh it's it's a it's a temple it's one of my strangest aphorisms that i'm sure
0:53.7	frustrates people but it it gives me it's instrumental to me in understanding life. Yeah. And I mean, you know, it's like going a journey with Merlin is with those. I wish they would. I wish, but like the thing is, you know, this is, and you know, where it comes from is straight out of something you'd appreciate, which is it's become, I'm not complaining. No. But it's become difficult to talk about one thing.
1:10.9	Without time. from is straight out of something you'd appreciate, which is it's become, I'm not complaining.
1:11.2	No.
1:17.5	But it's become difficult to talk about one thing without talking about everything.
1:18.7	And that's what's happening.
	...

Please login to see the full transcript.

Previous episode | Next episode

Disclaimer: The podcast and artwork embedded on this page are from Merlin Mann, and are the property of its owner and not affiliated with or endorsed by Tapesearch.

Generated transcripts are the property of Merlin Mann and are distributed freely under the Fair Use doctrine. Transcripts generated by Tapesearch are not guaranteed to be accurate.