Agatha Christie
6/10/20261 hr 5 min
Agatha Christie has had her works translated into more languages than any other author in history according to the most superficial of Googlings. But would she have given a monkey’s? It’s impossible to know and fruitless to ask so why Alan of the Surrey Borders entered her name into the Bean Machine is a mystery the likes of which even Jack Reacher would struggle to solve but we’re here now so let’s all make the most of it.
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First 90 secondsHenry Paker· Host0:00
[upbeat music] It's been an absolute pigsty of a start here this morning.
Mike Wozniak· Host0:15
Yeah. So we were meant to start at half past 10.
Henry Paker· Host0:16
Mm.
Mike Wozniak· Host0:17
I sent through- Crikey ... a message saying, "Could it be 10:45?"
Henry Paker· Host0:21
That's the usual dance we dance. We always add on.
Mike Wozniak· Host0:23
Yeah. It's now half 11. Mike's had 45 minutes of solid tech problems.
Henry Paker· Host0:27
[laughing] [laughing] And it's been wonderful for me to just sit back and watch. [laughing] And watch.
Mike Wozniak· Host0:34
You are positively glowing, Henry.
Henry Paker· Host0:37
I've really [laughing] I've really- Yeah. It's been so cathartic for me.
Mike Wozniak· Host0:41
[laughing] You really get what the ancient Greeks n- why they needed to create tragedy. [laughing] [laughing] 'Cause wa- watching, watching Mike, Mike's personality implode.
Henry Paker· Host0:51
Watching Mike's hubris.
Mike Wozniak· Host0:52
Watching Mike's [laughing] incredible hubris to think that he could use a, uh, well, some sort of adapter to get... Was it to get HDMI into USB or something?
Henry Paker· Host1:02
Something like that.
Mike Wozniak· Host1:03
Something.
Henry Paker· Host1:03
Yes.
Mike Wozniak· Host1:03
Mike was just, he was just, he was just wielding cables and just- Yes.
Henry Paker· Host1:07
And Bonderman is the Prometheus figure, right? But, but he hasn't taught me how to make fire. He's left me with some wet matches- [laughing] ... in a room full of guffs.
Mike Wozniak· Host1:14
That's right.
Henry Paker· Host1:15
Yeah.
Mike Wozniak· Host1:16
While me, a spider with the face of a crow, watches and gleefully laughs.
Henry Paker· Host1:21
[laughing] While impregnating me.
Mike Wozniak· Host1:23
[laughing] While impregnating me.
Henry Paker· Host1:24
With the next generation of gods.
Mike Wozniak· Host1:25
[laughing] [laughing] And that is the one universal myth