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Wampum (Entry 1408.DE0206)

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History, Society & Culture

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🗓️ 5 November 2020

⏱️ 71 minutes

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In which the intricate bead culture of the Eastern Woodlands tribes confuses new British and Dutch arrivals, and Ken refuses to let Thomas Jefferson make him be a farmer. Certificate #31448.

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We are Ken Jennings and John Roderick.

0:07.0

We are receiving this message.

0:11.0

We are Ken Jennings and John Roderick. We speak to you from our present, which we can

0:16.0

only assume is your distant past, the turbulent time that was the early 21st century.

0:21.3

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.

0:43.4

This is our time capsule.

0:45.4

This is the omnibus. Okay. You have accessed entry 1408 dot DE-O-206 certificate number 31448. Wampum.

1:25.0

You're Matum was us, uh,

1:26.8

chaius. You, you quite, uh, another time,

1:30.8

Matik, uh, a, uh, a, uh, a, uh, a, uh, a, uh, a, uh, I like to start off the show

1:33.0

Kachaius another time oh mean

1:36.0

washah chik

1:38.0

my takin

1:39.0

like to start off the show by apologizing for having stolen native land.

1:44.8

All of it.

1:46.1

Although they just got part of Oklahoma back

1:48.8

in a 63 Supreme Court decision, I think written by one of the conservatives, Neil Gorsuch, I think

1:53.7

is written by one of the conservatives Neil Gorsuch I think is that right yeah I didn't I didn't read this but are they the

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