We are Ken Jennings and John Roderick.

We are the 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 637.EZ-1704, certificate number 389. Induced demand.

What's happening on the Metropolitan Boulevard

is the traffic is still moving much better than average.

It zisings up a little bit around the

on the on the roof area, but even there doesn't slow down much.

From one end to the other in both directions, good news.

Today is the very first day that I drove here to our recording bunker through Seattle's Brands Banking new Toll Tunnel.

Oh, that's right. It costs money now to go through the tunnel that they kind of, they gave us a little taste for a few months of not charging.

It's pretty smart.

It's like the gateway drug.

Right, it's like standing outside of school and they being, hey kids, you want this free tunnel?

And how, was it less congested as a result of now costing $2?

It was a buck 25 this morning. It's variable. So outside of rush hour it's cheap.

This is a little good to go bleeper. I had to buy a little sticker. I'm not clear on how it works. You know they have

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