The Backstory: My Perfect Co-worker . . Is a Baboon
Elvis Duran and the Morning Show ON DEMAND
Elvis Duran Podcast Network and iHeartPodcasts
4.7 • 1.2K Ratings
🗓️ 20 June 2025
⏱️ 14 minutes
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Summary
Got a co-worker who likes to monkey around at work? Don’t be so quick to give them the thumbs down. There are lots of actual animals that are amazing at jobs most humans can’t do. But this is a story of an official railroad worker who was a real baboon . . literally.
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| 0:00.0 | All right, ever had a co-worker who was like a total baboon? |
| 0:04.2 | No, I mean literally a baboon. |
| 0:07.1 | Back in the 1880s, on a railroad in South Africa, a baboon named Jack, got a job as a signalman, and later a switchman. |
| 0:16.1 | I'm Patty Steele, his impressive record and the story behind what lead is being hired next on the backstory. |
| 0:26.2 | This is an I-Heart podcast. |
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