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Ken Jennings on How a Midlife Crisis Led Him to Jeopardy! (People I (Mostly) Admire, Ep. 4 Replay)

People I (Mostly) Admire

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Is It Time for Another Midlife Crisis?

i was a real sponge for information. My father used to pay me 50 dollars per volume of the encyclopaedia that i would read and then write questions on. Howo the triv lits or the snobs, how do they react to you? Because you're such a popularizer. And often popularizers are derided by the sycophant. In general, people have been very nice. You know, like when you meet somebody from t v, you're nice. It's the corrosive thing about fame. But it's also the very precating thing about fame,. Like, i remember the college quisball community in particular. They knew i was not a

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