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The Ricochet Podcast

The Ramble: All the Trimmings

The Ricochet Podcast

Ricochet

News, Politics, News Commentary

4.81.4K Ratings

🗓️ 24 November 2021

⏱️ 27 minutes

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Summary

James Lileks reboots The Ramble, just in time for Thanksgiving (AKA a great time to start a diet). Subscribe to James Lileks’ The Ramble here: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/james-lileks-the-ramble/id1073828132. Source

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0:00.0

Hi, this is James Lylex. Sorry to drop into your podcast feed like this,

0:04.0

unannounced. Like, you don't have enough podcasts already. I know. Well, this is the ramble.

0:09.5

And what is that? Well, it's my true crime podcast where I essentially rephrase Wikipedia articles

0:16.0

with ominous music underneath. No, no, it's not that. And it's not politics and it's not

0:20.1

punditry. We have enough of that. Essentially, basically, it's just me talking, rambling.

0:27.6

I have a subject. Well, believe me. And I never know exactly where it's going to take me.

0:32.4

And it always takes me to a place where I say, you've said enough, shut up. And then I do.

0:37.3

That's basically the ramble. So it's rebooted. We had season one, Yarn and Yarn ago.

0:43.7

Now here we are with more. We'll be continuing every other week or so here on the Ricochet Podcast

0:48.1

Network. And thanks for subscribing. Thanks for listening. Let's begin.

0:51.6

Hey, you're just a guy I want to talk to. Where are you falling for?

0:58.2

Whoa, let me do the talking. Let me do the talking.

1:03.2

Whoa. Look, I understand him all right. He's a reactionary afro back to the 20th century.

1:12.4

Whoa. I'm James Lylex. And this is the ramble.

1:22.6

Thanksgiving again. And we all know what that means, of course. Turkey with all the trimmings.

1:29.7

Trimmings. Now, whatever you use of that word, except when they're describing those things which

1:34.6

are adjacent to the bird, right? What's for dinner tonight? I was just going to have some trimmings.

1:40.4

No. Nobody says more trimmings, please. Now, you refer to them specifically.

1:45.9

More afterwards, you heap praise on them individually. Those are great sweet potatoes, man.

1:50.9

Oh, that lefsa. Those green beans with a bunch of little onions on top.

1:56.0

Don't eat them myself personally. I find the whole thing revolting, but aesthetically, just it was

1:59.9

really nice looking. Never had a bad Thanksgiving. I'm sure that's a lie. I'm sure I've had some

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