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The Phantom of New Guinea (Entry 928.IS0117)

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History, Society & Culture

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🗓️ 30 November 2021

⏱️ 58 minutes

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Summary

In which a purple-clad comic strip hero becomes a warrior totem in the western highlands of Papua New Guinea, and John locates the Dominican Republic of Asia. Certificate #24126.

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0:00.0

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.

0:21.0

Fearing the great cataclysm that will surely befall our civilization, we began this monumental

0:26.2

reference of strange and obscure human knowledge.

0:28.8

These recordings represent our attempt to compile and preserve wonders and esoterica that would otherwise be lost.

0:35.0

So whether you're listening from an advanced civilization or have just reinvented the technology to decrypt our transmissions,

0:41.0

this is our legacy to you. This is our time capsule. This is the omnibus. Oh, You have accessed entry 928.

1:15.0

I.S.

1:17.0

0.17.

1:19.2

Certificate number 24126 The Phantom of New Guinea.

1:26.2

The First Phantom rescued the fallu

1:27.9

from their ship.

1:29.2

They shared the secret of their magic health

1:31.6

elixir, and the phantom vowed to protect the

1:34.7

flu from all earth men who might want to steal the elixir and to keep the

1:39.4

fallu's location a secret.

1:47.0

You're the Phantom of New Guinea. Your mom's the Phantom of New Guinea.

1:49.0

I guess we're both on the record as a

1:54.2

kids.

1:55.2

Oh, the Phantom.

1:56.0

Do you have any history with The Phantom?

1:57.8

Oh, I didn't know this was going to be such a rich vein of Rod Rick Iana.

2:01.5

I loved the Phantom. So this was going to be first an hour of

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