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There is a need for expertise, for real expertise. I'm not doing much to help that cause, but I think we can find the healthy balance between intellectualism and anti-intellectualism. Jocks and nerds may come together, I believe it.

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John Hodgman
Age: 53
Born: 1971
Born: June 3
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Unfortunately for humanity, I've gotten into the habit of providing my own closing music for shows by singing a song and playing the ukulele.
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Terry Gross. I would rush home from high school to listen to Terry Gross.
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Truth may be stranger than fiction, goes the old saw, but it is never as strange as lies.
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