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Episode 168: Quonset Huts (Entry 1023.PS6103)

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Omnibus

Society & Culture, History

4.62.6K Ratings

🗓️ 4 July 2019

⏱️ 54 minutes

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Summary

In which the U.S. military builds hundreds of thousands of weird half-cylindrical shelters out of corrugated steel, and Ken reports on what they would look like with stained-glass windows. Certificate #35704

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I'm neb us as a production of My Heart Radio.

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I'm gonna see for the first time in a month and just skip.

0:08.0

And, uh...

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We're receiving this message.

0:13.0

We are Ken Jennings and John Rodrick.

0:16.0

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

0:20.0

The turbulent time that was the early 21st century.

0:23.0

Fearing the great cataclysm that will surely befall our civilization,

0:27.0

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

0:31.0

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

0:35.0

that would otherwise be lost.

0:37.0

So, whether you're listening from an advanced civilization or have just reinvented the technology to decrypt our transmissions,

0:43.0

this is our legacy to you.

0:45.0

This is our time capsule.

0:47.0

This is The Omnibus.

0:57.0

You have accessed entry 1023.ps6103.

1:21.0

Certificate number 35704.

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Quonset Huts.

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No matter how long it may take us,

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to overcome this premeditated invasion.

1:34.0

The American people in their righteous might.

1:38.0

We'll win through to absolute victory.

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