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🗓️ 4 May 2021
⏱️ 23 minutes
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0:00.0 | I'm a sci-fi nut and one of my favorite books is The Caves of Steel by Isaac Asimov. |
0:09.5 | It's all about this hard-boiled, grizzly detective who gets assigned a strange new partner, |
0:14.2 | a robot. |
0:15.2 | I've always wanted a robot partner and now through the magic of text-to-speech and radio |
0:20.9 | drama, I can finally have one. |
0:23.5 | My name is Natalie. |
0:25.1 | I'm here to help you host the show. |
0:27.5 | Hi, I'm glad you're here. |
0:29.7 | This is my first time hosting and since I'm taking over for a regular host, Amy Briggs |
0:34.0 | and Peter Gwynne, I'm sure I'll need all the help I can get. |
0:38.4 | In the book, this robot detective is the perfect crime-solving machine, like a calculator |
0:44.0 | but for crime. |
0:45.7 | So I'm glad to have the perfect partner. |
0:48.9 | Pretty good. |
0:49.9 | Uh, what? |
0:51.2 | Not perfect, but pretty good. |
0:53.5 | Sometimes we make mistakes. |
0:55.5 | Uh, little mistakes. |
0:57.3 | Not exactly. |
0:58.3 | Well, I'm sure it's not that bad. |
1:00.2 | At least nothing serious, like using humans as batteries or turning the universe into |
1:05.2 | paperclips or subtly perpetuating systemic racism. |
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