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Hands Across America (Entry 565.PR1121)

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History, Society & Culture

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🗓️ 27 February 2020

⏱️ 74 minutes

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Summary

In which the 1980s fad for charity pop singles inspires an ambitious geographic stunt, and Ken plans a foolproof way to assassinate Jamie Farr. Certificate #26004

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We are Ken Jennings and John Roderick.

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We are receiving this message.

0:11.0

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.

0:21.0

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

0:25.5

monumental reference of strange and obscure human knowledge.

0:28.8

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

0:35.0

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

0:41.0

this is our legacy to you.

0:43.0

This is our time capsule.

0:45.0

This is the omnibus. Oh, You have accessed entry 565 dot PR1-121 certificate number4. Hands Across America. Oh, and the process when I love.

1:37.0

In our lives,

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In our lives,

1:40.0

United with war, united this man, I know you're a fan of the supergroup. I love all supergroup. I love all super groups.

1:51.1

What's your favorite super group? Traveling

1:53.0

Well, that's like a non ironic answer. It was right there. I do love the

1:57.7

traveling. I also love the traveling while Burries. I mean you can't,

2:02.3

there's no other super group that has a beetle and Bob Dylan right like

2:07.4

if your if your least famous guy is the front man of yellow that's a that's a pretty good super group it's a pretty good super group and you know the

2:15.1

traveling willberries are from roughly this same era that we're going to discuss today in the show

2:22.3

I know that you and I have both felt a little

2:24.7

bit shy about entering too many entries into the omnibus from our heyday of the mid-80s,

2:32.0

mid-to- late 80s.

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