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. Okay. You have accessed entry 118.

1.18. J.E. 226, certificate number 52760, the Bopal disaster.

Another accident on this scale seems unlikely.

But India does not have enough skilled workers and inspectors to enforce safety regulations, so

industrial safety will largely be left up to the conscience of Western companies here.

John Cochran, NBC News, New Delhi.

You know, you and I have been trying to make this show more relevant to Gen Z listeners.

It's all we talk about.

Offline, you mean, yeah.

On the show, we keep appealing only to Boomers and Gen Xers.

But in person, we're just like,

Why, are we irrelevant?

How do we connect with the kids?

Let's take a long look in the mirror. And then we... Are we irrelevant? How do we connect with the kids?

And then we bandy about trying to do Pokemon shows and realize,

oh, that's not even Gen Z.

They don't even, they don't remember Pokemon.

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