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This is 99% invisible. I'm Roman Mars in Athens, Georgia.

This is the third and final episode in a three-part series of me recording on-location guides

to the design features and interesting spots in the

cities I love. These bonus episodes are made possible by the new 2024 Lexus

GX who heard this idea and gave the thumbs up and then shipped Alexis there and shot video me careening down rural

highways. I'm here again with my wife Joy, who has been generous enough to accompany me to these

cities so I have someone to tell stories too instead of me

talking into a large fuzzy microphone by myself like a weirdo.

Hey there.

You're not a weirdo. Well, yay.

So as you know, but other folks may not, I lived in Athens, Georgia for a few years in the mid-90s. I moved here to pursue a PhD in Plant Genetics, but I dropped out and then I just hung out here for a bit, you know, seeing bands starting a film festival, all things that are very Athens in the 90s

things to do. The key part of that story is that I did not graduate from UGA and mostly that doesn't have a huge effect on my life

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