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 number 1177 dot AM0521. Certificate number 1.85. Smellovision. You'll be able to watch

Apocalypse Now and actually smell the napalm in the morning.

And it'll add a whole new dimension to the eating baked beans

around the campfire scene in Blazoneds.

In the future, we'll be picking our political leaders at least partially based on their smell. It's inevitable

It's a beautiful day here. We have no idea how long our civilization will last

People are going out their business, unaware of possibly impending doom.

Right. And we're talking to the future hypothetical listeners about one of the most

important advancements of the last century, Smellow Vision.

I imagine that Smellow Vision, although it hasn't, it didn't really take hold initially,

it could end up being one of those technologies that hundreds of years from now,

everyone's consuming all media with a smell aspect.

Maybe people are smelling this recording right now.

They're not even listening to it.

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