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Episode 143: Cocaine Hippos (Entry 238.JB4021)

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Omnibus

Society & Culture, History

4.62.6K Ratings

🗓️ 9 April 2019

⏱️ 47 minutes

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Summary

In which the rivers of Colombia teem with African hippos due to the excesses of a long-dead drug lord, and Ken suggests introducing Welsh corgis to the Amazon rainforest. Certificate #37768.

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0:00.0

Omnibus is the production of I Heart Radio.

0:02.0

We are Ken Jennings and John Rodrick.

0:15.6

We speak to you from our present, which we can only assume is your distant past.

0:19.7

The turbulent time that was the early 21st century.

0:23.1

Fearing the great cataclysm that will surely befall our civilization,

0:26.7

we began this monumental reference of strange and obscure human knowledge.

0:30.4

These recordings represent our attempt to compile and preserve wonders and esoterica

0:34.9

that would otherwise be lost.

0:36.9

So whether you're listening from an advanced civilization or have just reinvented the technology

0:41.2

to decrypt our transmissions, this is our legacy to you.

0:45.2

This is our time capsule. This is the Omnibus.

1:00.6

You have accessed entry 238.jb4021.

1:21.4

Certificate number 37768.

1:26.2

Cocaine hippos.

1:39.3

Disney movies have told me that when you're drunk you see elephants.

1:44.1

Pink, pink, red, pink, so presumably when you're out of your mind on coke,

1:49.2

you see white hippos, white powdery hippos dancing through your dreams.

1:53.1

Dancing with tutus.

1:55.1

Exactly. It's all for East Disney stuff all the way down.

1:59.2

This is our second show about hippos.

2:00.5

I just realized.

2:02.0

We talked about them in the Megafana episode.

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