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 1368. E.Z 2046.

Certificate number 27330 Union Dixie down.

I'm saying till the Dixie chicks changed their name last year.

It had not occurred to me that the word Dixie was historically freated in the same way that the

associated culture, you know, all the statues we were seeing come down obviously were.

Right, but the word Dixie itself.

Yeah.

Mostly because I would never use it in any context.

When would you even say?

You could say that you wished you were down in.

But you probably never have wished you were down in Dixie.

Mm, I don't know.

I mean, maybe if I'm like trying to catch a flight to an event in Atlanta

and I'm snowed in O'Hare.

You're like, I would not get to Dixie.

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