#1761 - Jim Gaffigan
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#1761 - Jim Gaffigan mentions The Wrath of the Khan by Dan Carlin, Sapiens, Epic of Gilgamesh, and Comedy Monster with timestamps, quotes, and episode context.
When he did that, it took like six months to prepare. Wow. Yeah, and then he puts them out, and you can get them for a dollar.
How about in Sapiens, how like farming? Really is like ended up being a real problem for humans. Like, we could finally feed everyone, but the proble…
The speaker mentions the Epic of Gilgamesh as the oldest version of the Bible in terms of the stories of Noah's Ark, suggesting it has roots in ancie…
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When he did that, it took like six months to prepare. Wow. Yeah, and then he puts them out, and you can get them for…
The speaker mentions the Epic of Gilgamesh as the oldest version of the Bible in terms of the stories of Noah's Ark,…
The pandemic stuff that ended up in Comedy Monster, but I didn't have an expectation of doing material on the pandemi…
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“When he did that, it took like six months to prepare. Wow. Yeah, and then he puts them out, and you can get them for a dollar.”
“How about in Sapiens, how like farming? Really is like ended up being a real problem for humans. Like, we could finally feed everyone, but the problem is, is we started eating crap.”
“The speaker mentions the Epic of Gilgamesh as the oldest version of the Bible in terms of the stories of Noah's Ark, suggesting it has roots in ancient narratives.”
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“The pandemic stuff that ended up in Comedy Monster, but I didn't have an expectation of doing material on the pandemic.”
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When he did that, it took like six months to prepare. Wow. Yeah, and then he puts them out, and you can get them for a dollar.
How about in Sapiens, how like farming? Really is like ended up being a real problem for humans. Like, we could finally feed everyone, but the prob…
The speaker mentions the Epic of Gilgamesh as the oldest version of the Bible in terms of the stories of Noah's Ark, suggesting it has roots in anc…
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