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 1292 dot m. t24.

certificate number 51274, The Texas zombies the one from the sun and this will be our yet took a long time to come.

Don't let go of my hand now the darkness has gone.

This will be all year.

Took a long time to call.

Have you ever seen the Beach Boys in concert?

I feel like in Washington DC once in the 1980s.

Oh, did you go to Reagan's inauguration when they play?

No.

My club made them play.

I feel like I saw some version of them, but I but it certainly didn't have Brian Wilson. Yeah there's a

complicated flow chart where Brian Wilson disliked touring as early as the late 60s

and they brought in Bruce Johnston and then Mike Love didn't get along with a lot of the others so he had his own competing

Beach Boys that I think maybe had John Stemos in them.

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