World's Fairs, known for being global.

Famous for being old-timing.

Nobody thinks much about them today, so let's have some fun.

Let's find out why world's fairs are secretly incredibly fascinating. Day. Hey there, folks. Welcome to a whole new podcast episode, a podcast all about why being alive is more

interesting than people think it is. My name is Alex Schmidt and I'm not alone because I'm joined

by my co-host Katie Golden. Katie, hi. Hi. Hello. Hi. Thought you could get rid of me, didn't

you? Sudden new canon where I'm your rival.

Yeah, we'll just unspool it.

We'll figure it out.

And we are both so glad to be joined by a very special guest this week.

He's the host of the wonderful podcast.

Go fact yourself right here on Maximum Fun, the writer-comedian host and more Jay Keith

Van Stratton.

Jay Keith, hello.

Hello, everybody. I am your rival. I've decided.

Right.

It's about time. I needed a heel turn.

I can't have two rivals. It doesn't make narrative sense. It just can't be.

Oh, okay. I have to confess, I

recently had to learn what heel turn was because I heard the expression so often. I swear I thought

it was something in dance. I thought it was a choreography move, like kickball change, heel turn,

and left, like that kind of a thing. Heal toe, heel, toe. It turns out as something else.

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