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Edward Tenner

Edward Tenner

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Oct 15, 2026

7:05
[laughs]
7:05
And I was writing about reclining chairs for my book, Our Own Devices.
7:10
I, I am now apparently the leading reclining chair scholar of the United States.
7:16
If anybody else knows more about reclining chairs, please, please, uh, uh, add a comment because I, I, I want to meet you.
7:24
But the last great expert, one of my informants, uh, sadly passed away a few years ago, and I suppose I am the, I'm the only person left.
7:33
But one thing I noticed about, about, uh, Weil am Rhein is that, uh, first of all, there was a really beautiful, compact little town, and then the Vitra factory and museum were a few miles away, but there was, uh, there was a regular little bus that took me from my hotel to the, uh, to the museum and back, so I, I did not need to rent a car.
7:57
I don't think there is anywhere in the United States where I would've found a comparable service.

12 MINS LATER

19:53
Just why was there a smoking lounge on the Hindenburg, on the Zeppelin filled with hydrogen gas?

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