Episode #1990: Ballmer Status
TBTL: Too Beautiful To Live
TBTL
4.8 • 2.4K Ratings
🗓️ 12 November 2015
⏱️ 89 minutes
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Summary
Luke and Andrew discuss the fascinating life of a man who steals trains and then returns them. Plus, a new study says it's best not to trust your coworkers, but it's not specific about how that would apply to Luke's high school basketball team.
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| 0:00.0 | I'm Floyd Brown. I'm the executive director of Young America's Foundation. |
| 0:05.0 | I'm Diana Ho, and I was one of the founders of the Media Division of the American Psychological Association. |
| 0:14.0 | My name is Kevin Began for those of you who need an introduction. I am an award-winning journalist. |
| 0:19.0 | I've won a local Emmy, but in truth, I'm just a gypsy, tumbling around the globe, chasing truth, |
| 0:26.0 | which is, as you know, quick-silver. The more you try to grasp it, the more it slips through your hands. |
| 0:33.0 | News, because I am the face of it in Spokane, Washington, is my life, my lover, my mistress, my best friend, |
| 0:41.0 | and I will fight to the death to defend it. And with that, I relinquish to you, Mr. Chair. |
| 0:48.0 | I'm Chuck Worry, and I'm here to talk to you about catheters. |
| 0:56.0 | Describe that man to me again. |
| 0:58.0 | Well, I already told him that he was big and ugly, like a monster in the movies. |
| 1:03.0 | I mean, these guys aren't really my friends, you know, I barely know their names. |
| 1:06.0 | I mean, I know Carlos, but only because of that old song, Carlos, the tickle monster. |
| 1:11.0 | Wait, what song is that? |
| 1:12.0 | Oh god, I knew he made that up. It did help me remember. |
| 1:15.0 | I would rather have sex with someone because they thought I was someone else than not have sex with someone because they thought I was me. |
| 1:23.0 | It's not easy being drunk all the time. Everyone would do it if it were easy. |
| 1:33.0 | I like to think of myself as the face of podcasting here in Bellingham, Washington, the Bay City. |
| 1:39.0 | Well, hi there, ladies and gentlemen. Welcome to another edition of TBTL, the show that just might be too beautiful to live. |
| 1:48.0 | You know what I mean? You know what I'm saying? You feel me? |
| 1:51.0 | You want to do a Maple Leaf radio show in a room somewhere. I'm telling you there's no money in that. |
| 1:56.0 | There's even less money if you don't activate the audio drops on time. |
| 2:00.0 | Hey, my name is Luke Burbank, by the way. |
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