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🗓️ 26 November 2015
⏱️ 40 minutes
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| 0:00.0 | Hey podcast listeners, a question for you today. |
| 0:06.5 | Why do people keep having children? |
| 0:09.1 | Is it because we like the idea of building a family? |
| 0:12.8 | Is it essentially a vote in favor of the future of civilization? |
| 0:17.5 | Maybe it's an altruistic impulse to give someone else a shot at living in this wonderful |
| 0:22.6 | or perhaps not so wonderful world. |
| 0:25.8 | Is it strictly a biological imperative or even further down the ladder? |
| 0:30.3 | Is a baby nothing more than a very substantial byproduct of the sexual urge? |
| 0:36.7 | It's a hard question to answer and the answer surely varies a lot from parent to parent. |
| 0:42.9 | As for me personally, the answer is pretty easy. |
| 0:46.2 | I had kids just so I'd have material for this podcast. |
| 0:50.7 | Some would up there. |
| 0:51.7 | Hello, I'm Agnya. |
| 0:53.3 | I'm a professional sports writer and I'm 13 years old. |
| 0:56.2 | You found me on the street. |
| 0:57.6 | Okay, very good. |
| 0:58.9 | So you are my children. |
| 1:00.0 | It's kind of like an unwritten rule. |
| 1:01.4 | There's so many different variables I just can't answer. |
| 1:04.0 | Bootball or football? |
| 1:05.0 | What soccer? |
| 1:06.0 | It just depends on so many things. |
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