Transcript for the Piece Audio version of How to Observe Presidents' Day, Observed

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John Hodgman has been hosting the Little Gray Book Lectures in Brooklyn since 2001. Every lecture is a mix of readings, songs, appearances by mascots of professional sports teams and occasional contests. In honor of Presidents' Day Observed, the Little Gray Book Lectures will present Lecture number 30. Sarah Vowell will read from her book "Assassination Vacation" accompanied by the Welshman Jon Langford, formerly of the rock band the Mekons, on vocals and guitar. Joshuah Bearman lectures on the subject of Bigfoot and host John Hodgman recounts with love George Washington's wise and kind decision to be our President only twice. Stay tuned for The Little Gray Book Lecture.

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Up Now: Little Gray Book Lecture Number 30, with John Hodgman, Jonathan Coulton, Joshuah Bearman, Jon Langford and Sarah Vowell from the Galapagos Bar in Brooklyn, New York: "How to Observe President's Day, Observed."

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You're listening to the Little Gray Book Lecture number 30: "How to Observe Presidents' Day, Observed." The lecture will resume after a short break.

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And now back to "How To Observe Presidents' Day," Observed, with Host John Hodgman.

CREDITS:

The Little Gray Book Lecture number 30, "How to Observe Presidents' Day, Observed" was produced by John Hodgman, Jonathan Coulton, Christine Connor, Liz Connor and Sam Potts. Extra thanks to David Wondrich and Distilled Spirits Council of the United States. The hour was recorded at the Galapagos Bar in Brooklyn, New York in February of 2005 and produced for radio by Brendan Greeley and Jay Allison. It was produced in cooperation with the public radio website, TRANSOM.org, as part of the Open Studio Project. Support for the Open Studio comes from the Corporation for Public Broadcasting and the National Endowment for the Arts.

NOTE: Stations should read the following after the piece:

"Sarah Vowell appears courtesy of Simon & Schuster. You can hear her reading on the audiobook of ASSASSINATION VACATION, with appearances from John Stewart, Stephen King, Conan O'Brien, Catherine Keener and Brad Bird."

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John Hodgman's Little Gray Book Lectures are praised by the LA Times as "increasingly conspicuous." Like the Little Blue Book pamphlets of the 20th century that inspired them, are brief, accessible, enlightening, disposable to some, collectible to others, and always theme-specific. Unlike the Little Blue Book pamphlets, there are no actual books, just live events with subsequent radio transmissions. Listen to Little Gray Book Lecture Number 30.

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