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 548. JL 0202 certificate number 31217, the Great Idaho Beaver Drop.

You know, I like talking about wild animals and ecology and the American West.

You'll never shut up about it.

Yeah, they're reintroducing the wolves.

Yep. Yep, that, we get it.

Yep, that's right.

That's basically being my friend.

You've got those big wolves airbrushed on your van.

You've got that.

Ken, have you seen the latest salmon statistics you're like oh god more salmon

statistics no I say yeah I've already seen them yeah let's discuss that's true

we're both on this all the same salmon alert emails.

That's correct.

My son gave, we wanted the kids to like get more into the idea of like donation and

non-profits.

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