So what are the chances that two of the first four guests I ever had on this podcast would

end up being the two new hosts of Jeopardy.

We rebroadcast my conversation with Mayem Biolic last week, this week, it's Ken Jennings

turn.

He'll start sharing hosting duties with Mayem in early November.

Ken will always be associated first and foremost with his Jeopardy accomplishments, but I have

to say.

He's also written some fantastic books, and I think his life advice in this episode

was some of the best any of my guests have given.

I should note that we recorded this conversation before Alex Trebek, the former host of Jeopardy,

passed away last year.

Somebody who thinks they have an unremarkable memory or a kid who can't learn their time

stables, they still know every word of every song on their favorite album and they know

every player on the roster of their favorite team, the memory is working just fine when

engaged.

Like the people you see on Jeopardy tonight don't have photographing memories, that's not

a real thing.

They're just interested in like ten times the things you are, and so more facts stick.

So everybody knows Ken Jennings, the amazing Jeopardy champion, 74 straight wins, he won

the greatest of all time tournament, but for me that's just a tip of the iceberg.

Welcome to People I Mostly Admire with Steve Levit.

I once stumbled on one of his children's books, he writes books for nerdy 12 year olds,

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