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HI, RAINN.
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HOW ARE YOU?
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>> HI, JAMES.
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HOW ARE YOU?
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I'M DOING OKAY, I'M HANGING IN THERE.
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>> James: WHO ARE YOU SHELTERING WITH AT THE TIME?
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>> I'M IN LOS ANGELES SHELTERING WITH THE USUAL.
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I'VE GOT MY WIFE AND MY SON AND OUR TWO PIT BULLS AND TWO GUINEA
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PIGS AND OUR TWO POT BELLIED BIGS AMY AND SNORTINGTON.
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>> James: AMY AND SNORTINGTON.
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YEAH.
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>> James: POT BELLY PIGS.
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DID SOMEONE TELL ME YOU HAD A ZONKY.
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>> YES, I HAVE A DONKEY NAMED CHILLY BEANS AND A ZONKY NAMED
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DEREK.
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>> James: EXPLAIN FOR THOSE WHO DON'T KNOW WHAT A ZONKY IS.
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>> A ZONKY IS YOU TAKE A DONKEY AND THEY CAN THE SP SPERMATAZOWA
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>> A ZONKY IS YOU TAKE A DONKEY AND THEY CAN THE SP SPERMATAZOWA
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A ZEBRA AND YOU HAVE A DONKEY WITH STRIPES.
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>> James: I LOVE A PET WITH A REGULAR NAME.
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>> DEREK, PLAIN AND SIMPLE.
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>> James: THE OFFICE IS HUGELY POPULAR, BUT SEEMINGLY BECOMING
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EVEN MORE SO DURING LOCKDOWN WITH PEOPLE CONSTANTLY BINGING
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THE SHOW.
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I WAS WONDERING IF THE SHOW WAS STILL BEING MADE TODAY WHAT
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WOULD DWIGHT BE DOING DURING HIS LIFE?
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>> THAT WOULD BE GREAT.
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DWIGHT DURING A PANDEMIC WOULD BE FANTASTIC.
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IF THE SHOW WERE STILL BEING MADE TODAY, I WOULD BE GETTING
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PAID A LOT OF MONEY, BUT DWIGHT, OH, MY GOD SO MUCH GOING ON
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RIGHT NOW.
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SO PANDEMIC, YOU'VE GOT DWIGHT FIGHTING THE PANDEMIC, YOU'VE
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GOT DWIGHT BUILDING HIS OWN VACCINE, HIS OWN I CAN'T BODIES,
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MAYBE -- OWN ANTIBODIES, MAYBE DOING TESTS ON PEOPLE IN THE
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AWEDOFFICE.
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HE WOULD BE IN ON 5G CELL TOWERS, HILLARY CLINTON,
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ANYTHING YOU CAN POSSIBLY IMAGINE, HE WOULD BE ALL IN ON
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THE CONSPIRACY THEORY, YEAH.
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>> James: YOU'VE LAUNCHED A NEW YouTube SERIES CALLED THE
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IDIOT'S GUIDE TO CLIMATE CHANGE, WHICH FEELS LIKE, WITH
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EVERYTHING THAT'S HAPPENING IN THE WORLD, PARTICULARLY HERE ON
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THE WEST COAST, IT FEELS LIKE IT'S THE PERFECT TIME TO LAUNCH
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SUCH A THING.
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WHAT'S THE GOAL OF THE SERIES?
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WHAT DO YOU HOPE PEOPLE WILL TAKE FROM IT?
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>> YEAH, IT'S A LITTLE SERIES I DID ON MY DIGITAL MEDIA CHANNEL.
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I TOOK A TRIP TO GREENLAND AND ICELAND TO LEARN THE SCIENCE
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ABOUT CLIMATE CHANGE.
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I'M THE IDIOT IN THE SHOW.
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THERE'S A LOT OF PEOPLE WHO DON'T BUY CLIMATE CHANGE, DON'T
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THINK IT'S HUMAN-CAUSED.
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WE'LL NEVER CHANGE THEIR OPINIONS.
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AND THERE ARE PEOPLE CONVINCED AND BEHIND THE SCIENCE.
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THIS SHOWS WE SPECIFICALLY DID, IN A LIGHT-HEARTED WAY, IT'S
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ZANY AND GOOFY, FOR THE PEOPLE WHO WERE ON THE FENCE, WHO WERE
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UNDECIDED, MAYBE THERE'S A KID IN NEBRASKA AND HIS UNCLE IS A
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SCIENCE DENIER BUT HIS FRIENDS AT SCHOOL ARE FOR
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ENVIRONMENTALISM AND HE DOESN'T KNOW WHAT TO THINK, SO THERE'S
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THAT NARROW GAP OF PEOPLE THAT I FEEL WE NEED TO REACH BY
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ESPECIALLY STRESSING THE SCIENCE.
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AND THE SCIENCE BEHIND THESE EXTREME WEATHER EVENTS, YOU
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KNOW, THE WEST COAST IS BURNING, THERE'S MORE HURRICANES COMING,
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AND WHAT'S GOING ON IN THE ARCTIC WITH THE GLACIAL MELT IS
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JUST OUT OF CONTROL, AND I DO BELIEVE WE CAN REACH THAT STRATA
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OF PEOPLE.
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>> James: WELL, I MEAN, I HOPE YOU DO.
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YOU HAD GRETA THUNBERG ON THE SHOW.
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WHAT WAS IT LIKE SPENDING TIME WITH HER AND TALKING TO HER?
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I IND HER QUITE INCREDIBLE.
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>> SHE'S AMAZING.
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SHE'S ONE OF THE MOST -- I NEVER GET STAR STRUCK.
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I MET MICK FLEETWOOD FROM FLEETWOOD MACK AND I WAS A
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LITTLE STAR STRUCK.
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BUT GRETA THUNBERG, I DIDN'T KNOW WHAT TO SAY.
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17 AND SO BRILLIANT.
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SHE WAS SO GAME TO BE A PART OF THE SHOW AND WE ACTUALLY WROTE
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COEDY FOR HER.
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SHE HAS ACTUAL JOKES IN THE IDIOT'S GUIDE TO CLIMATE CHANGE.
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IT'S AMAZING.
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WHAT SHE'S DONE AT 17 YEARS OLD IS AMAZING.
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>> James: WHAT DID YOUNG RAINN WILSON AT 17 DO?
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>> SCHOOL OUT, 330 FRIDAY.
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CALL MY FRIENDS ON REGULAR PHONES.
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MEETING FOR DUNGEONS AND DRAGONS AS SOON AS HUMANLY POSSIBLE,
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USUALLY BY 5:00 P.M. FOR A MARATHON SESSION OF D&D ROLL
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PLAYING REENACTMENTS TILL MIDNIGHT.
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NEXT DAY MEETING NOON TILL MIDNIGHT ALL SATURDAY, AND
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SUNDAY POST-CHURCH A LITTLE LATER 1 TO 6:00 AND THEN
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HOMEWORK 6:00 TO 9:00.
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MARATHON SESSIONS.
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VATS OF FRITOS AND DR. PEPPER AND PIZZA DELIVERED AND NOTHING
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BUT ELVES AND SWORDS AND SPELLS.
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>> James: DO YOU STILL PLAY NOW?
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>> MY SON IS IN INTO IT, TOO.
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I WANTED TO DO A GAME WITH HIM.
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HE'S 15 YEARS OLD.
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HE DOES A DUNGEONS AND DRAGONS PODCASTS.
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HE LIST TONS OTHER PEOPLE PLAYING DUNGEONS AND DRAGONS.
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>> Reggie: HARD CORE.
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IT IS HARD CORE.
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YOU ONLY HAVE 27 HIT POINTS, DO YOU WANT TO USE YOUR BOW AND
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ARROW AGAINST THIS ORK?
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OH, I CAN'T USE A BOW AND ARROW, I HAVE TO USE A SPELL AT THIS
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JUNCTURE.
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I TOOK HIS LITTLE EARPHONES AND HE'S LISTENING TO THIS FOR
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HOURS.
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>> James: I KNOW REGGIE IS ENJOYING THIS.
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I REGRET BRINGING IT UP NOW.
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THIS ALWAYS HAPPENS WHEN YOU BRING UP DUNGEONS AND DRAGONS.
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NO ONE WHO PLAYS DUNGEONS AND DRAGONS CAN JUST GO I ENJOY IT,
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I LIKE IT.
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THEY ALWAYS GO TOO DEEP.
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IT'S LIKE ME IF I TALK ABOUT PREMIERE SOCCER.
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I CAN SEE PEOPLE GLAZE OVER AS I START TALKING ABOUT IT.
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LET'S TALK TO YOU ABOUT THIS, CONGRATULATIONS ON YOUR
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BRILLIANT NEW SERIES "UTOPIA."
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>> "UTOPIA" IS A NEW SERIES COMING OUT SEPTEMBER 25 ON
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AMAZON.
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IT'S ABOUT COMIC BOOK NERD KIDS WHO FIND A GRAPHIC NOVEL THAT
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WITHIN IT ARE THE KEYS TO THE DESTRUCTION OF THE UNIVERSE.
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I PLAY A SCIENTIST, A VIER VIROL WHO HAS MAYBE THE ANSWER TO SAVE
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THE WORLD.
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>> James: YOU FILMED THIS SHOW BEFORE THE COVID CRISIS.
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WHAT DID YOU THINK WHEN SO MUCH OF THE SHOW IS KIND OF ABOUT
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WHAT'S HAPPENING NOW IN REAL LIFE.
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WHAT DID YOU THINK WHEN THIS NEW STORY HAPPENED?
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>> IN ALL SERIOUSNESS, IT'S SO NUTS, JAMES, IT'S CRAZY.
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LIKE WE FILMED A SHOW ABOUT A PANDEMIC AND ABOUT, LIKE,
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VACCINES BEING RUSHED TO MARKET AND VIRAL SCIENTISTS AND EVIL
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BILLIONAIRES AND CORPORATIONS AND GOVERNMENTS, AND THEN FOUR
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MONTHS LATER AFTER WE WRAPPED IT STARTED COMING TRUE.
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I WAS TEXTING THE CAST AND THE CREATORS DEWY AND FLYNN, LIKE,
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OMG, I CAN'T BELIEVE THIS IS HAPPENING.
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BUT I THINK IN THIS TIME OF CONSPIRACY THEORIES, PEOPLE WILL
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BLAME JEFF BEZOS OF A GLOBAL PANDEMIC TO LAUNCH HIS OWN TV
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SHOW.
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>> James: THAT'S WHAT DWIGHT WOULD POST.