Hello, we are transmitting 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.

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 Beyond the Bus.

This is Beyond the Bus. You have accessed entry 835.

AC 2710.

Certificate number 44688.

New York to Nome.

Nome, Alaska, the pride of the USA.

And you never roam from from L.A.

Jacob, where are you joining us from? I am in Duluth, Minnesota, so right on the shores of Lake Superior.

Yeah, you know, the first time I visited Duluth, it was in the early 80s.

My parents sent me to Outward Bound.

They're in the Boundary Waters.

Oh, yeah. Very nice. Cool.

They figured that because I was a delinquent, I'd get straightened out in Outward Bound.

Yeah.

But my delinquency was, I didn't smoke or drink or chase girls or anything.

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