We are Ken Jennings and John Roderick. We speak to you from our present, which we can

only assume is your distant past, the turbulent time that was the early 21st century.

Fearing the great cataclysm that will surely befall our civilization, we began this

monumental reference of strange and obscure human knowledge.

These recordings represent our attempt to compile and preserve wonders and esoterica that would otherwise be lost.

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

this is our legacy to you.

This is our time capsule.

This is the omnibus. Oh, You have accessed entry 484. E.Z 4030, certificate number 30320. Flying through the Gateway Arch.

I'm going to the gateway arch.

Is this like a delta status level?

Yeah, that's right.

When you get to 10 million miles,

they let you fly any jet you want

through any aperture you want. I choose DC10. It doesn't matter if the

aperture is smaller than the plane. They're like he's at 10 million. I don't

know what you want. I got home the other night from my stressful guest hosting thing in LA and I was just

fried.

Your guest hosting thing?

I don't know if you've heard, John, I'm an interim guest host on the popular syndicated

quiz show Jeopardy.

Interim and guest.

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