WEBVTT - Will the moon save humanity?

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<v Speaker 1>Brought to you by the reinvented two thousand twelve Camray.

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<v Speaker 1>It's ready. Are you welcome to Stuff you should know

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<v Speaker 1>from house Stuff Works dot Com. Hey, and welcome to

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<v Speaker 1>the podcast. I'm Josh Clark. With me as always Charles W.

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<v Speaker 1>Chuck Bryant. Who's making fun of the weight gain I've

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<v Speaker 1>managed to accumulate over the holiday? I'm not I just

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<v Speaker 1>you seem like you were pointing that out, and so

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<v Speaker 1>I guessed you honestly don't look like you've gained any weight. Thanks. Sure,

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<v Speaker 1>well I gave someone for Christmas, but I've dropped a

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<v Speaker 1>few cents. Yeah, I was looking at you. I'm like,

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<v Speaker 1>Chuck's face looks a lot of slimmer. When was this

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<v Speaker 1>like two days ago? I really? God leestion, Chuck, let's

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<v Speaker 1>get started show. Yes, what is your bet for how

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<v Speaker 1>the world is going to end? Uh? The large had

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<v Speaker 1>run collider? Maybe a third World War starting in the

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<v Speaker 1>Middle East. I'm gonna go with now, atural disasters setting

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<v Speaker 1>off a chain reaction of events. What would those chain

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<v Speaker 1>reaction of events be? Oh, you know, paranoia, chaos, dogs

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<v Speaker 1>and cats living together, man fighting man woman fighting man

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<v Speaker 1>woman fighting woman my favorite and uh, Yeah, then everyone

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<v Speaker 1>kills each other. That's what I'm going with. What do

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<v Speaker 1>you think I think it's going to be a single

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<v Speaker 1>cataclysmic event. I think that humans are really good at

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<v Speaker 1>adapting to stuff e g. Climate change, that kind of thing.

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<v Speaker 1>I don't think it has the gumption to wipe out

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<v Speaker 1>humanity a natural event or a human generated event. It

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<v Speaker 1>could be either one like a major asteroid impact or

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<v Speaker 1>a nuclear holocaust. I think it's going to be something

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<v Speaker 1>like that, something big and sudden. I think Facebook and

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<v Speaker 1>Twitter will play a part in my scenario. Well no, no,

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<v Speaker 1>that's the degradation of society. This is the destruction of

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<v Speaker 1>humanity we're talking about. Well no, I mean once the

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<v Speaker 1>chain reaction starts, I think things can get out of control.

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<v Speaker 1>With information being a so easily uh doled out. You know,

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<v Speaker 1>this is why I love us, Chuck, Like, we have

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<v Speaker 1>not spoken about this at all. I sent you a

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<v Speaker 1>link like how about this for this stuff? You should

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<v Speaker 1>know and we haven't spoken about it, right, right, And

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<v Speaker 1>one of the things that um I came up with

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<v Speaker 1>for the intro was that we're a very paranoid species

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<v Speaker 1>and you've just touched on that too. Yeah, thank you

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<v Speaker 1>for being you, Chuck Bryan. I was talking to Emily

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<v Speaker 1>about that the other day, that no one really knows

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<v Speaker 1>what social media is gonna do, right, And I could

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<v Speaker 1>definitely see paranoia spreading false true, spreading so fast that

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<v Speaker 1>it gets out of control. And what's the deal with Twitter?

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<v Speaker 1>Can you really say anything important twelve fifteen times a

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<v Speaker 1>day in a hundred and sixty characters or less? You're

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<v Speaker 1>asking the wrong guy, I don't think so. You've got

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<v Speaker 1>a Twitter page, yeah, but I won't ever use it. Know,

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<v Speaker 1>I did for a little while and just kind of

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<v Speaker 1>like a week, but it was a it was a

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<v Speaker 1>hell of a week. Fan. I've been saying hell a

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<v Speaker 1>lot in podcasts lately, have you noticed. Yeah, listen to

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<v Speaker 1>the Sun one. Okay, hell, hell all over the place? Fire? Yeah,

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<v Speaker 1>speaking of hell and fire. So we're talking about the

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<v Speaker 1>the um world ending and we're talking about humanity being paranoid. Uh.

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<v Speaker 1>And one of those I guess beneficial byproducts of that

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<v Speaker 1>paranoia is UM planning, good, good, sensible planning. Right. You

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<v Speaker 1>ever heard of a little country called Norway? I have Norwegians. There.

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<v Speaker 1>You're going with a seed vault. Let's start with that.

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<v Speaker 1>What's the official name of it. Do you know the

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<v Speaker 1>seed vault in Norway? The Fault? Yeah, it's pretty cool.

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<v Speaker 1>What they've done is they have taken um pretty much

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<v Speaker 1>every seed known to man, like one and a half

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<v Speaker 1>million species, along with equipment right to help grow things,

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<v Speaker 1>and they put it in a vault buried deep within

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<v Speaker 1>the earth. Is it I think it's in a mountain

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<v Speaker 1>side somewhere in the Arctic. Okay, yeah, I don't know exactly.

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<v Speaker 1>I think it isn't a mountain side. Actually, now they

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<v Speaker 1>should research this. Well, no, there's a well, this isn't

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<v Speaker 1>even this is totally supplemental right, and we're doing this

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<v Speaker 1>off the top of our heads. Um. But yeah, I

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<v Speaker 1>remember hearing that the entrances in the side of a mountain.

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<v Speaker 1>But yeah, so, um, there's a bunch of seeds. The

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<v Speaker 1>ideas we grow things again, right if we're wiped out,

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<v Speaker 1>and then the British have an underground vault that is uh,

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<v Speaker 1>basically a d NA depository. Yeah. I didn't know about

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<v Speaker 1>this one until today. Yeah, they have genetic samples from

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<v Speaker 1>all manner of um, plant and animal right material people

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<v Speaker 1>kind of things. Yeah, they said that you could potentially

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<v Speaker 1>rebuild an ecosystem with this stuff. Yeah, specifically which ecosystem.

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<v Speaker 1>I'm not entirely certain is it a desert because who

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<v Speaker 1>really wants to rebuild that? Nobody? Good point, right, um.

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<v Speaker 1>And then of course we have the point of this article. Right,

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<v Speaker 1>there's a there's a nice little moniker that gets tacked

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<v Speaker 1>onto these things like the seed vault in Norway, the

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<v Speaker 1>DNA vault in Britain, um, doomsday arcs. Right, those are

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<v Speaker 1>more than one. Well, yeah, the nor the Norwegian things

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<v Speaker 1>that doomsday are. So I thought you're you're going to

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<v Speaker 1>talk about the specific one we're talking about what to

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<v Speaker 1>the lunar doomsday are. You can't just say doomsday are

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<v Speaker 1>because people say which one, the one in Britain, the

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<v Speaker 1>one in Norway, so they all fall under that larger heading.

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<v Speaker 1>Did not realize that it's true. Good info things, man,

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<v Speaker 1>So we're talking today about the lunar doomsday are, right, Chuck,

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<v Speaker 1>Which is a concept that was first proposed in a

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<v Speaker 1>book by a guy named Robert Shapiro, not the lawyer,

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<v Speaker 1>um called Planetary Dreams I believe, right, and then again

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<v Speaker 1>in oh six right by some actual scientists. Look at Yeah,

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<v Speaker 1>he's actually a member of the Alliance to Rescue Civilization,

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<v Speaker 1>which sounds cookie, but Robert Shapiro and his colleagues that

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<v Speaker 1>form the higher ups that the a r C are

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<v Speaker 1>actually really well respected. Their scientists, science writers, physicists, uh, engineers, um.

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<v Speaker 1>And they've come together create this group that is trying

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<v Speaker 1>to carry out this idea of creating a doomsday vault

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<v Speaker 1>on the moon. And they're based at n y U

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<v Speaker 1>at New York University, right, and they officially actually tossed

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<v Speaker 1>this out in oh eight two uh, at a conference

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<v Speaker 1>in France. Yeah, and it has received a little bit

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<v Speaker 1>of chiding and a little bit of support as well. Yeah.

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<v Speaker 1>And I think the I was reading a blog post

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<v Speaker 1>on it, and you get kind of the sentiment that, um,

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<v Speaker 1>a lot of people are like, you guys are idiots.

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<v Speaker 1>You know, this is never going to work. And here's

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<v Speaker 1>what super cool. One of the comments on a blog

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<v Speaker 1>post I wrote about it was what harm can it do?

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<v Speaker 1>You know how much money have we funneled into NASA

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<v Speaker 1>just to get to the moon And been like, well,

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<v Speaker 1>we're here, okay. Cool. I mean, if this thing costs

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<v Speaker 1>even billions of dollars, let's dissolve a i G and

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<v Speaker 1>sell its holdings off and then you know, put it

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<v Speaker 1>into this. What can it hurt is the point? And

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<v Speaker 1>what could it help potentially is all of humanity? Right?

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<v Speaker 1>How in the planet? Well, Josh, The idea, like most

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<v Speaker 1>arcs and vaults, is to bury important things, um deep

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<v Speaker 1>within uh in this case the Moon, so they're protected

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<v Speaker 1>in case something really bad happens. Right. And what they

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<v Speaker 1>want to start with, um the Alliance to Rescue Civilization,

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<v Speaker 1>which by the way, was very much legitimized when the

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<v Speaker 1>European Space Agency got on board with this plan. Um.

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<v Speaker 1>So what this joint venture aims to do is to

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<v Speaker 1>put all of humanity's knowledge, not all of it, because

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<v Speaker 1>they are aware that there's not an infinite amount of storage,

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<v Speaker 1>but selected most important stuff among humanity. So there won't

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<v Speaker 1>be a drawer with our podcasts and hard disk, but

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<v Speaker 1>they won't even consider these. It'll be all this American life. Um.

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<v Speaker 1>They want to put it all on hard disk, right,

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<v Speaker 1>and uh bury it on the moon. Yes, and um

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<v Speaker 1>they're going to record all this in different languages. Pretty cool, um, Arabic, English, Chinese, Russian, French,

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<v Speaker 1>and Spanish. So you got your bases covered pretty much, right.

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<v Speaker 1>But what the hell's you see, I just did it again.

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<v Speaker 1>What's the point of burying some hard disks with all

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<v Speaker 1>of humanities knowledge on the moon anyway? Well, what you

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<v Speaker 1>got up there, dude, is DNA sequences, tech information, how

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<v Speaker 1>to make metals, how to rebuild that's you know, what

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<v Speaker 1>are you talking about? This valuable info? It is valuable

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<v Speaker 1>info if if and the whole point, remember, is to

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<v Speaker 1>help rebuild the humanity civilization if the people here on

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<v Speaker 1>Earth can access it. Okay, I got you right, that's

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<v Speaker 1>the most important part. Otherwise it's just gonna sit there.

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<v Speaker 1>So let's say that there is a a meteor. Let's

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<v Speaker 1>go with mine. Yeah, your makes more sense. A meteor

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<v Speaker 1>hits Earth, kills off everybody except like fifty people across

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<v Speaker 1>the planet. It's all it takes, buddy. Um. And they

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<v Speaker 1>they these fifty people start wandering around water World style

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<v Speaker 1>the Postman style. Take whatever film you want, um about

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<v Speaker 1>Bulderham style. That's probably the best style around, okay uh.

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<v Speaker 1>And they stumble upon one of four thousand Earth based

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<v Speaker 1>depositories repositories. And what they're going to find in these

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<v Speaker 1>things are computers that run on wind power, solar power,

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<v Speaker 1>and some preserved food and medical supplies, that kind of thing.

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<v Speaker 1>It would be like a bananza for them, right, Yes,

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<v Speaker 1>And when they hit the spacebar on these computers to

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<v Speaker 1>get the screen up, they're going to find that they

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<v Speaker 1>are receiving transmissions from the Moon if they survived, which is, well,

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<v Speaker 1>we'll get to them the downside of this. But that's

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<v Speaker 1>assuming that these receivers would survive that whatever cataclysm make event. So,

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<v Speaker 1>but let's say they did. So, the point of having

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<v Speaker 1>these hard discs buried on the Moon is that they're

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<v Speaker 1>going to be hooked to radio transmitters that constantly transmit

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<v Speaker 1>this information back to Earth. So, in addition to Debuc's lamar,

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<v Speaker 1>which really has very little value when you're rebuilding civilization, um,

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<v Speaker 1>there's going to be things like how to grow wheat,

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<v Speaker 1>how to grow corn, how to smell iron? Uh, and

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<v Speaker 1>how to rebuild civilization. Right, So they're going to do

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<v Speaker 1>it in like you said, I think seven different languages.

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<v Speaker 1>I guess with an instruction manual that any post apocalyptic

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<v Speaker 1>dummy can understand smelting for dummies. You know what else

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<v Speaker 1>they might have in there? What human and animal embryos? Yeah,

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<v Speaker 1>how's that? They were saying that the the suspended animation.

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<v Speaker 1>The temperature needed for suspended animation that they're figuring so far,

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<v Speaker 1>it's something like seventy kelvin, which is real low temperature.

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<v Speaker 1>You can't really do that here on Earth without sucking

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<v Speaker 1>up all the energy on the planet, but you can

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<v Speaker 1>in the shade of a lunar crater. Okay, so that's

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<v Speaker 1>definite possibility. Well, you also have to create an environment

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<v Speaker 1>that these things can can survive in. Right, it's not

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<v Speaker 1>like Earth. No, should we talk about that. Yes, it's

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<v Speaker 1>a three step process. Let's hear it, chuck. Okay, First,

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<v Speaker 1>what you have to do is build some machines that

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<v Speaker 1>generate the proper gas mix that basically replicate our atmosphere,

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<v Speaker 1>because you have to create a little mini Earth inside

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<v Speaker 1>the moon, which is kind of mind blowing actually, uh,

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<v Speaker 1>because you can, by the way, by the way, and

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<v Speaker 1>the plants, uh, you know, can thrive inside this atmosphere

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<v Speaker 1>and then they eventually decompose and release what CEO two. Yes,

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<v Speaker 1>they release carbon dioxide deadly to humans unless there's something present,

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<v Speaker 1>like algae perhaps, so they bring along Mr algae and

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<v Speaker 1>Mr algae absorbs the c O two amidst oxygen and

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<v Speaker 1>basically establishes a cycle just like we have here on Earth. Yeah,

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<v Speaker 1>and bing bang boom done. You know what you have

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<v Speaker 1>right there? What atmospheric conditions that are suitable to sustain

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<v Speaker 1>human life? Perfect. So, all of a sudden, now you

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<v Speaker 1>have a place, this, this lunar arc now becomes a

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<v Speaker 1>lunar colony potentially. Yeah, well, it'd be great if we

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<v Speaker 1>had a colony up there. First. Well, yeah, we need

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<v Speaker 1>people to tend to the stuff. That's the ideal scenario.

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<v Speaker 1>In the meantime, ARC is saying that they we could

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<v Speaker 1>do it through the use of robotics for a while,

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<v Speaker 1>make sure that all this stuff is functioning properly. But

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<v Speaker 1>if you can make it so that this is sustainable

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<v Speaker 1>for human habitation, then you have a lunar colony. Right.

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<v Speaker 1>So let's say that um, that meteor does hit and

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<v Speaker 1>it wipes out all but fifty people, and by spectacular coincidence,

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<v Speaker 1>all four thousand sites, these repository sites, basically bomb shelters

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<v Speaker 1>um are also wiped out. That's bad. It is bad

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<v Speaker 1>news for the fifty people on Earth. Luckily, we've got

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<v Speaker 1>the people up on the moon who could come back

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<v Speaker 1>down here and say, hey, here's all the information you

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<v Speaker 1>need to know. Let's show you how to smell iron, buddy.

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<v Speaker 1>You know. So that's a kind of one of the

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<v Speaker 1>big points of the plan is that if we can

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<v Speaker 1>get humans up there, then we have taken a part

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<v Speaker 1>of the human population out of the equation of a

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<v Speaker 1>global disaster. They'll just be up on the moon like

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<v Speaker 1>that stinks, and then they'll have to wait like a

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<v Speaker 1>little while if all of humanity is wiped out. Part

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<v Speaker 1>of the contingency plan for this is that, um, the

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<v Speaker 1>people up there in the moon will wait a century

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<v Speaker 1>maybe two, and then come back down to Earth, and

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<v Speaker 1>then the sexy business starts. Well, if they're waiting a

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<v Speaker 1>century too up there, then there's gonna be sexy business

0:13:55.240 --> 0:13:57.199
<v Speaker 1>on the moon too. Sure, there will be sexy business

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<v Speaker 1>on the moon. But then they're gonna bring their sexy

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<v Speaker 1>business back to Earth, which means the first people will

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<v Speaker 1>be born on the moon. Sure they will not be

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<v Speaker 1>earth links. Technically they be moon links. Nice point a

0:14:08.760 --> 0:14:11.880
<v Speaker 1>cute little moon links with a little edibleknee gapps. So

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<v Speaker 1>then once that happens, uh, and in humanity repopulates the

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<v Speaker 1>Earth through their sexy business, Um, everything is saved. It

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<v Speaker 1>basically we went to the Moon, waited for the cataclysmic

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<v Speaker 1>event to occur, waited for the dust to settle, went

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<v Speaker 1>back and we're like, all right, let's do this again. Right.

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<v Speaker 1>What is wrong with this plan? Well, there's a lot

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<v Speaker 1>of problems potentially, um that I that I can see.

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<v Speaker 1>One is a like I said earlier, you have to

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<v Speaker 1>count on the fact that these receivers will ah not

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<v Speaker 1>be wiped out as well. Their answer to that is, well,

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<v Speaker 1>let's say they are wiped out, Um, we'll still have

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<v Speaker 1>the information for man to eventually rebuild them and make

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<v Speaker 1>them work again. Right, and the the lunar arc will

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<v Speaker 1>be transmitting still that whole time. So when they when

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<v Speaker 1>they do get these radio trans emitters, the receiver's back

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<v Speaker 1>up and operating. Uh, they'll be like, oh, here's all

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<v Speaker 1>the information we need from the Moon. It sounds a

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<v Speaker 1>little far fetched to me, doesn't it. Yeah, a bit.

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<v Speaker 1>One of the other problems, Josh is, uh, no one

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<v Speaker 1>is going to know where these are are hidden. Isn't

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<v Speaker 1>that correct? Right? You're not exactly publishing that. No. If

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<v Speaker 1>you do, then you've got somebody like the creepy blonde

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<v Speaker 1>guy from the movie Contact trying to sabotage it, right

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<v Speaker 1>or Geo Casier's sure the the most nefarious group of all. Right,

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<v Speaker 1>it takes some take the radio transmitter and leave some

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<v Speaker 1>Butanese money in its place, where Santana c D and

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<v Speaker 1>I say that because we got some Boutanese money. This

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<v Speaker 1>from a geocascher, from a geocasher who who's just this

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<v Speaker 1>convergence of our podcasts, I'm walking convergence of stuff you

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<v Speaker 1>should know. And really also, I think one of the

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<v Speaker 1>reasons that this is um such a derided plan, not

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<v Speaker 1>by me, I want to say, like, I know it

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<v Speaker 1>sounded like I'm I'm I'm chiding here there, I'm really not,

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<v Speaker 1>Like I think it's a good idea to come up

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<v Speaker 1>with the money. It doesn't you know, take food out

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<v Speaker 1>of starving people's mouths. Let's do it right, Um, But

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<v Speaker 1>I think the the whole thing hinges on a lunar colony. Like, yes,

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<v Speaker 1>we could bury hard disks under the lunar surface, we

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<v Speaker 1>could start broadcasting transmissions, but really we have to have

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<v Speaker 1>people on the moon with an ability to get back

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<v Speaker 1>and forth from the Earth to the Moon for this

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<v Speaker 1>to really really work. Right, that's the ideal, and that

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<v Speaker 1>is we're nowhere near that. We're a long way off.

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<v Speaker 1>They've poked around that that scenario a bit, but it's

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<v Speaker 1>not it's not ramped up anytime soon. No, they do

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<v Speaker 1>hope to have that UM that stuff buried by Yeah,

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<v Speaker 1>and then what was the other date? They want to

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<v Speaker 1>have UM living organisms in that three part atmospheric creator machine.

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<v Speaker 1>Sounds like the serious future, But I said that about

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<v Speaker 1>two when I was it's not a little seventh grader,

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<v Speaker 1>and now it's the future. Yeah, we're living in the future.

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<v Speaker 1>And there was one other point that UM I thought

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<v Speaker 1>was pretty interesting. I read about this UM the whole

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<v Speaker 1>sentiment of it. While it does underlining our paranoia as

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<v Speaker 1>a species, it also underlines are um disposable mentality, Like

0:17:15.720 --> 0:17:17.960
<v Speaker 1>we're like, Okay, the Earth is screwed up, We'll just

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<v Speaker 1>move onto the moon, you know what I'm saying, rather

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<v Speaker 1>than try you know, climate change was a big reason

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<v Speaker 1>that this whole idea was proposed. So rather than do

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<v Speaker 1>anything about it, let's just figure out a way to

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<v Speaker 1>get out of here. See what other planet we can

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<v Speaker 1>mess up? Yeah, have you heard of terraforming? Uh? Now

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<v Speaker 1>they're talking about terraforming Mars. I'm not exactly sure what

0:17:37.640 --> 0:17:41.480
<v Speaker 1>they would shoot into the atmosphere around Marsh, but they

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<v Speaker 1>are shooting into orbit around Mars. But they there's I

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<v Speaker 1>guess um, elements that they can put into orbit around

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<v Speaker 1>Mars that could spontaneously generate an atmosphere which would habitable atmosphere, right,

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<v Speaker 1>which would essentially turn Mars into it, you know, the

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<v Speaker 1>New Earth. Cool? Yeah, get your ast the Mars. Thank

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<v Speaker 1>you for that name that movie. Uh, total recall. I

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<v Speaker 1>am AT's a very good job. All right, So, Chuck,

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<v Speaker 1>I think that's about it for the Doomsday Arc. If

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<v Speaker 1>you want to read about that or the Norwegian seed Bank,

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<v Speaker 1>I don't know if we have one on the No, no,

0:18:15.880 --> 0:18:17.800
<v Speaker 1>we got one on the Norwegian seed Bank. Then okay.

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<v Speaker 1>You can type Doomsday Arc into the handy search bart

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<v Speaker 1>how stuff works dot com. It will bring up all

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<v Speaker 1>manner of interesting stuff. Uh. And of course that leads

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<v Speaker 1>us to listener mail. Yes, I did want to say

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<v Speaker 1>an official thank you to Mark from Massachusetts for sending

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<v Speaker 1>us Boutanese money. Yeah. Thanks Mark. He leaves those as

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<v Speaker 1>his little geo cashing treats and the as little found items,

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<v Speaker 1>and I did look it up. One U S Dollar

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<v Speaker 1>is equal to forty five. However, you pronounced at Goldtram's. Yeah,

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<v Speaker 1>that's not very much money. No, but it's pretty. It

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<v Speaker 1>was a sentiment. Yeah, it's very pretty. I like her

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<v Speaker 1>ugly American money. Okay, Josh, I'm gonna call this funny

0:19:04.000 --> 0:19:07.600
<v Speaker 1>email so you get on the ear. This from Kelly. Okay, Josh,

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<v Speaker 1>and Chuck. I recently heard a podcast where a woman

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<v Speaker 1>wrote in to say your podcast saved her life. I

0:19:11.600 --> 0:19:14.879
<v Speaker 1>felt compelled to tell you that you also saved another

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<v Speaker 1>nearly unfortunate soul, that of my coworker. Oh, yeah, you see,

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<v Speaker 1>you read this one. She's from Detroit. Yeah, you see.

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<v Speaker 1>I work for a local magazine in a small office

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<v Speaker 1>that consists of about twenty short cubicles. For the most part,

0:19:27.160 --> 0:19:29.040
<v Speaker 1>the people I work with are great, but I always

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<v Speaker 1>assume there is the exception of one. Uh. I liken

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<v Speaker 1>her to the case of the Monday is woman from

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<v Speaker 1>office Space, great movie. She choosing pops her gum incessantly.

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<v Speaker 1>She repeatedly and loudly sized oive throughout the day. Someone

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<v Speaker 1>taught her that word one day, and she thought it

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<v Speaker 1>was the greatest thing. Since she learned to blame everything

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<v Speaker 1>on Murphy's Law. She wears ungodly amounts of perfume that

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<v Speaker 1>smells of my grandmother's couch and lingers well after she

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<v Speaker 1>has left the area. And possibly worst, but definitely not last,

0:19:59.560 --> 0:20:04.159
<v Speaker 1>she was loudly Christmas carols in mid summer. Do you

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<v Speaker 1>know what's more irritating than a poison ivy rash and

0:20:06.320 --> 0:20:10.159
<v Speaker 1>a spot you can't reach? Josh hearing let it snow

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<v Speaker 1>whistled through the maw of an obnoxious co worker in July.

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<v Speaker 1>But let me assure you, I grew up with three

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<v Speaker 1>older brothers. I'm a poster child for tolerance. This woman

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<v Speaker 1>would try the patience of a saint. One day, when

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<v Speaker 1>I was at my wits end, another coworker of mine

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<v Speaker 1>came into the office looking a little under the weather.

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<v Speaker 1>I asked him what was up, and he said his

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<v Speaker 1>brain had shrunk, and went on to explain that he

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<v Speaker 1>had one too many the night before and subsequently his

0:20:31.280 --> 0:20:34.280
<v Speaker 1>body had stolen water from his brain. And basically this

0:20:34.359 --> 0:20:36.600
<v Speaker 1>is how she learned of our podcast. Because this guy

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<v Speaker 1>to hangover now, whenever I want to hear the unmistakable

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<v Speaker 1>first notes of Oh Holy Night, my favorite Christmas song,

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<v Speaker 1>I plug in and let your sweet voices of salvation

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<v Speaker 1>take me away. So on behalf of me and my

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<v Speaker 1>co worker that I nearly went postal on. Thank you

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<v Speaker 1>and keep up the good work Kelly. Thanks Kelly. She's

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<v Speaker 1>not murdering anybody. She almost killed a co worker. Yeah,

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<v Speaker 1>I think I would do. Yeah, she sounds kind of annial.

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<v Speaker 1>Nice check. Before I give a call out for emails,

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<v Speaker 1>I want to mention our Keyva team. It's been a

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<v Speaker 1>little while. Good job, Josh, dude. We have generated since

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<v Speaker 1>the beginning of October, right the stuff you should know.

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<v Speaker 1>Listeners who have joined the Kyva team and donated have

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<v Speaker 1>beginning about It's awesome. Yeah, it's awesome. Yeah. We are

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<v Speaker 1>the seventh largest donation team. And here's what gets me, Josh,

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<v Speaker 1>I know that a scant percentage of our total listenership

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<v Speaker 1>has gotten involved here. Yeah. I think it's what like

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<v Speaker 1>two thousand, one thousand like members. I think. So let's

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<v Speaker 1>let like one half of a half of a percent

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<v Speaker 1>of our listenership, I think so. Yeah, Well, if you

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<v Speaker 1>want to join our Keyva team, there's always room for

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<v Speaker 1>one more or a hundred thousand more whatever you like. Uh,

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