How to tell the truth about lies (part i of ii)

Benjamen Walker's Theory of Everything

Benjamen Walker & Radiotopia

Society & Culture, Personal Journals

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🗓️ 15 February 2022

⏱️ 23 minutes

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Summary

Journalists may write the first draft of history but Hollywood prints the legends and the myths. The 1976 film All the President’s Men remains our most authoritative account of Watergate. The film is also responsible for the myth of Deep Throat. Your host follows the myth… from 1976 to the present. This is the first half of a new ToE miniseries about America’s complicated relationship with truth and lies.

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0:00.0	You are listening to Benjamin Walker's theory of everything.
0:05.0	At Radio Topia, we now have a select group of amazing supporters that help us make all our shows possible.
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0:24.0	The folks who make our fellow Radio Topia show everything is alive.
0:28.0	The interview show in which all of these subjects are inanimate objects are bringing you something different this year.
0:35.0	Right now in the everything is alive feed, you'll find a brand new special mini series called The Animals.
0:42.0	An interview show in which all of these subjects are animals.
0:46.0	You'll get to know a beaver, a jellyfish, a flamingo, and more, all sharing the trials and tribulations of what it's like to live elsewhere in the food.
0:53.0	Like everything is alive, it's funny, informative, and poignant.
0:58.0	Here's the sample.
1:00.0	My name is Jerry Dra. You can see me, okay?
1:03.0	Okay, good. I'm a jellyfish, so that's why I always check with people.
1:08.0	We're celebrities in the natural world.
1:10.0	You know, that's the thing about being a butterfly that I don't think people understand is the pressure.
1:14.0	This is my son Joseph, and we are kangaroos.
1:18.0	Joseph, we should say you are currently still in the pouch.
1:22.0	Yeah, I live in a pouch, still.
1:24.0	Okay, it's awesome. It's like nature's pocket.
1:27.0	Humans have a phrase, eager beaver.
1:30.0	Are you not a slur? I never know if that's a slur.
1:33.0	When I look at a peacock, I don't see the king of birds.
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