This is a HeadGum Podcast. I don't know what you think I don't know what you say

and that's all right

yeah that's okay

I don't know anything.

Hello, welcome to factually, I'm Adam Conover, and look look it is the day after the election here in America but I am not

recording this the day after the election because of the way we reduce this

podcast I have to record it a couple days in advance

so we are not able to do an episode that speaks to the exact mental state that you may be in on today that you were listening to this

November 3rd 2020 and you know what let's just not try we've done our fair share of election episodes. You have probably been

mainlining election media for the last couple months. Let's be honest, two years straight,

and I think we all need a break so in the coming

weeks we will have more episodes about the American political system democracy

political science all those good topics but for today let's take a break and talk about

something different let's talk about childhood you know childhood that magical

time we all experience where you you play and you explore you learn and you even have time to be bored

you just stare up at the sky and count clouds or whatever the hell.

Hey it's been it's been decades since I've and count clouds or whatever the hell.

Hey, it's been decades since I've counted a cloud.

Oh, I wish I were a child again, right?

We have this idea of childhood as being this fixed thing based around exploration, play, learning, and boredom. But the truth is, that

notion of childhood is actually quite recent. Because for most of human history, a kid's life was mostly based around how much food their

family could provide and how much food they could provide the family.

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