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 are accessing entry 511 dot. 6928. Certificate number 6442. Gadsby. Not the great Gadsby, mind you. That's Gatsby. That's Gatsby mind you that's Gatsby. Gatsby with a tee this is Gadsby

Gadsby with a d. And it is an American novel from the early 20th century about

youth and loss which came first and that's changing America in the

20s Gatsby Gatsby Gatsby came first as Scott Fitzgerald's the great

Gatsby this is the non-great Gadsby by equally great literary,

luminary, one of a kind American man of letters, Ernest Vincent Wright. Is he any relation to Norman

Vincent Peel? Yeah, yeah. Like most people, like most people he he carries the

middle name of his forefathers.

It's like the way Koreans do their names, right?

Except in this case it's the middle name.

They put their surname first.

Oh yeah, like Kim Jong-il, Kim Jong-un.

Well, that would be terrible in my case.

You know, do you know what my middle name is, John?

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