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 have accessed entry 692. J.B. 1117. Certificate number 387.

38756 Korean A. Certificate number 387. Korean Age Seng Yilchukaham Nida

Farang-an-nuri-shaki.

Sengu kukaham-nid-a-kah. Truly we're living in the Korean age. I say that all the time. Have you noticed?

Well yeah all pop music is from Korea now. All good pop music.

It's not just pop music.

Like somehow they also got movies, prestige TV,

melodrama TV, food, fashion, video games.

Oh, I watched the one where the people in jump suits killed each other.

That's what it's called.

The Korean characters, the Hong Kong says,

the one where people in jump suits kill each other.

And in England, and in the US, they're like, nobody will all watch that we have to call it

squid game I and I'm not sure why they called it squid game but I I watched it

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