Ep. 618: "The Bishop of the Past"

Roderick on the Line

Merlin Mann

Thelongwinters, Johnroderick, Merlinmann, Society & Culture, Philosophy

4.8 • 1.1K Ratings

🗓️ 9 March 2026

⏱️ 74 minutes

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Summary

The Problem: John didn’t make it this far because there was any plan.

(Recorded on Monday, March 9, 2026.)

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0:00.0	Hello?
0:06.0	Hi, John.
0:07.7	Hey, good morning, Merlin.
0:09.2	Good morning, John. How are you?
0:10.8	Oh, I'm fine, Merlin.
0:12.5	Oh, good. I'm so glad.
0:13.9	Me?
0:14.9	Yeah, you.
0:15.7	Oh, yeah. I'm doing great, man. Five-by-five.
0:18.4	I'm killing.
0:18.7	Rose, Rose. Jack. Jack.
0:21.1	Door, door. Hold by five. Killing. Rose, Rose. Jack, Jack. Door, door.
0:22.9	Hold the door.
0:25.2	Uh,
0:27.0	we have a lot of fun here, don't we?
0:31.7	A lot of it.
0:32.9	It's a lot of it's kind of, uh, intertextual.
0:36.7	It is, isn't it?
0:38.0	Yeah.
0:38.1	I think that's what I think that's what I like about it.
0:42.2	Yeah.
0:44.1	Groucho Marx is reported to have once said that, I think it was Groucho Marx.
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