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The Areas of My Expertise

Released 2006157 tracks · 419:542 editionsEnglishPenguin Audio

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#	Title	Sung by
1.1	Titles	John Hodgman	2:54
1.2	Good Evening	John Hodgman	14:25
1.3	About Jonathan Coulton, Contributing Troubadour	John Hodgman	1:54
1.4	A Note on Organization / A Note on Sports	John Hodgman	1:27
1.5	Table of Contents	John Hodgman	6:11
1.6	What Will Happen in the Future / Omens and Portents for the Coming Year	John Hodgman	1:37
1.7	Table 1: Omens v. Portents	John Hodgman	3:58
1.8	Ragnarok	John Hodgman	1:47
1.9	Table 2: Special Long-Term Predictions for Sailors	John Hodgman	2:11
1.10	Alternate Method for Predicting the Future	John Hodgman	2:21
1.11	On Actuaries and Their Tattoos	John Hodgman	6:39
1.12	Information You Will Find Useful in the Present; How to Write a Book / The Fifty-Five Dramatic Situations	John Hodgman	2:20
1.13	Table 3: The Fifty-Five Dramatic Situations	John Hodgman	3:08
1.14	A Clarification Regarding the Dramatic Situation in Which Humans Fight Animals	John Hodgman	2:02
1.15	More Matters Literary: The Six Essentials	John Hodgman	1:52
1.16	When Writing, Please Avoid These Failed Palindromes	John Hodgman	0:41
1.17	Were You Aware of It?	John Hodgman	1:41
1.18	Where to Sell Your Short Stories / Table 4: Where to Market Your Stories That Sound Exactly Like Raunchy Photo Captions	John Hodgman	0:57
1.19	Table 5: Other Markets for Your Short Stories	John Hodgman	2:05
1.20	Idiosyncracies of the Great Detectives	John Hodgman	1:43
1.21	Two Libraries That Are Smaller Than This Book	John Hodgman	1:48
1.22	Handy Measurements of Time When You Do Not Have a Watch	John Hodgman	2:46
1.23	Table 6: Tipping Guide to the Great Hotels: To Ensure Prompt Service	John Hodgman	3:50
2.1	Jokes That Have Never Produced Laughter (feat. Paul Rudd)	John Hodgman	4:10
2.2	Government Programs You Can Take Advantage of TODAY	John Hodgman	1:58
2.3	Were You Aware of It?	John Hodgman	0:39
2.4	Basics of Snow and Ice Warfare	John Hodgman	1:01
2.5	Table 7: Classic Ice and Snowballs	John Hodgman	2:36
2.6	Hints on Building Snow Forts	John Hodgman	0:43
2.7	Diversions for the Asthmatic Child Who Cannot Play in the Snow	John Hodgman	0:29
2.8	Were You Aware of It?	John Hodgman	1:10
2.9	Top Spots for Crabs	John Hodgman	4:40
2.10	Secrets of the Mall of America	John Hodgman	10:01
2.11	What You Did Not Know About the Past / History's Worst Men's Haircuts	John Hodgman	2:23
2.12	Table 8: Discredited Styles	John Hodgman	3:44
2.13	Famous Novels That Were Not Originally Published as Books	John Hodgman	4:22
2.14	Were You Aware of It?	John Hodgman	2:27
2.15	More Surprising Eponyms	John Hodgman	0:34
2.16	Table 9: Great Rivalries in Dungeons & Dragons	John Hodgman	2:07
2.17	A Brief Timeline of the Lobster in America	John Hodgman	6:22
2.18	Jonathon Colton / Friends of the Furry Old Lobster	John Hodgman	4:00
2.19	Films in Which I, John Hodgman, Have Made Cameo Appearances	John Hodgman	6:36
2.20	Prohibition Era Euphemisms for Alcohol	John Hodgman	1:50
2.21	Were You Aware of It?	John Hodgman	2:28
2.22	Table 10 and Table 11: Dog People v. Cat People	John Hodgman	4:34
2.23	Were You Aware of It?	John Hodgman	2:03
3.1	Beard Manual	John Hodgman	0:40
3.2	Table 12: For Expert Barbers Only	John Hodgman	2:02
3.3	Some Prophets Who Were Not Actuaries	John Hodgman	8:58
3.4	What You Did Not Know About Hoboes	John Hodgman	7:57
3.5	Brief Lives of Some Notable Hoboes: Queen Myra Nelson, the Lady Strange	John Hodgman	2:20
3.6	Mindbender Steve	John Hodgman	3:31
3.7	Karl Malden	John Hodgman	1:30
3.8	Hobo Joe Junkpan	John Hodgman	3:09
3.9	Bogman Zeke	John Hodgman	0:53
3.10	Joey Stink-Eye Smiles	John Hodgman	7:04
3.11	Seven Hundred Hobo Names	John Hodgman	1:22
3.12	Further Information You Can Use Today: Five Secrets of Successful Negotiation	John Hodgman	3:26
3.13	How to Win a Fight	John Hodgman	2:54
3.14	Attack Ad #1	John Hodgman	0:56
3.15	Attack Ad #2	John Hodgman	1:12
3.16	Attack Ad #3	John Hodgman	1:09
3.17	'SWUSPOs'	John Hodgman	4:25
3.18	Some American Telephone Numbers Beginning With '666'	John Hodgman	1:05
3.19	Secrets of Yale University	John Hodgman	6:52
3.20	Debated Planets	John Hodgman	2:09
3.21	Common Short and Long Cons	John Hodgman	2:18
3.22	The Pig in a Poke	John Hodgman	0:53
3.23	The Pajama Man	John Hodgman	2:33
4.1	The Lenny and Squiggy	John Hodgman	3:30
4.2	Three-Card Monte	John Hodgman	2:53
4.3	The Vengeful Ninjas	John Hodgman	4:48
4.4	Our 51 United States: The States, Their Nicknames and Mottoes, and Other Facts Critical to Safe Travel	John Hodgman	1:42
4.5	Alabama	John Hodgman	1:06
4.6	Alaska	John Hodgman	1:14
4.7	Arizona	John Hodgman	1:07
4.8	Arkansas	John Hodgman	0:43
4.9	California	John Hodgman	1:05
4.10	Colorado	John Hodgman	1:10
4.11	Connecticut	John Hodgman	1:07
4.12	Delaware	John Hodgman	1:46
4.13	Florida	John Hodgman	0:49
4.14	Georgia	John Hodgman	1:09
4.15	Hawaii	John Hodgman	1:57
4.16	Hohoq (also known as Ar)	John Hodgman	9:33
4.17	Idaho	John Hodgman	0:56
4.18	Illinois	John Hodgman	1:01
4.19	Four Dubious Fables of Chicago	John Hodgman	4:57
4.20	Indiana	John Hodgman	1:59
4.21	Iowa	John Hodgman	1:48
4.22	Kansas	John Hodgman	1:03
4.23	Kentucky	John Hodgman	1:10
4.24	Louisiana	John Hodgman	1:02
4.25	Maine	John Hodgman	1:06
4.26	Maryland	John Hodgman	1:13
4.27	Massachusetts	John Hodgman	1:33
4.28	Michigan	John Hodgman	1:05
4.29	Minnesota	John Hodgman	0:54
4.30	Mississippi	John Hodgman	1:39
4.31	Missouri	John Hodgman	0:44
4.32	Montana	John Hodgman	0:51
4.33	Nebraska	John Hodgman	1:06
4.34	Nevada	John Hodgman	1:24
4.35	New Hampshire	John Hodgman	1:12
4.36	New Jersey	John Hodgman	1:03
4.37	New Mexico	John Hodgman	1:09
4.38	New York	John Hodgman	1:12
4.39	North Carolina	John Hodgman	1:02
4.40	North Dakota	John Hodgman	0:43
4.41	Ohio	John Hodgman	1:10
4.42	Oklahoma	John Hodgman	1:21
4.43	Oregon	John Hodgman	1:37
4.44	Pennsylvania	John Hodgman	1:03
4.45	Fast Facts About Philadelphia	John Hodgman	2:16
4.46	Rhode Island	John Hodgman	1:45
5.1	South Carolina	John Hodgman	1:55
5.2	South Dakota	John Hodgman	1:03
5.3	Tennessee	John Hodgman	1:16
5.4	Texas	John Hodgman	1:24
5.5	Utah	John Hodgman	1:32
5.6	Vermont	John Hodgman	1:22
5.7	Virginia	John Hodgman	1:07
5.8	Washington	John Hodgman	1:22
5.9	West Virginia	John Hodgman	1:20
5.10	Wisconsin	John Hodgman	2:23
5.11	Wyoming	John Hodgman	1:14
5.12	Washington, D.C.: The City of Magnificent Distances	John Hodgman	2:38
5.13	Table 16: Washington, D.C., as Seen From Great Heights	John Hodgman	5:24
5.14	There Is More Past Than You Thought / Nine Presidents With Hooks for Hands	John Hodgman	2:50
5.15	Were You Aware of It?	John Hodgman	1:49
5.16	Colonial Jobs Involving Eels	John Hodgman	6:18
5.17	Six Oaths of the Virtuous Child	John Hodgman	2:19
5.18	Were You Aware of It?	John Hodgman	0:57
5.19	Utopias	John Hodgman	1:38
5.20	The Saw Creekers	John Hodgman	0:55
5.21	The Carlsbad Guanists	John Hodgman	1:24
5.22	The Kingdom of Central Park	John Hodgman	1:04
5.23	Pegleg Island	John Hodgman	0:37
5.24	Panasonic Farm	John Hodgman	0:29
5.25	How to Raise Rabbits for Food and Fur: The Utopian Method	John Hodgman	2:25
5.26	Table 17: Worship v. Weight Table for the Raising of Utopian Rabbits	John Hodgman	1:54
5.27	Little-Known Laws of Two American Communities	John Hodgman	4:26
5.28	Were You Aware of It?	John Hodgman	0:38
5.29	Four Famous Monsters and Their Hunters / Former People's Liberation Army Corporal Hu Zhao-Han and the Tianchi Lake Monster	John Hodgman	2:34
5.30	Jesse Lee Bowen and the New Jersey Devil	John Hodgman	2:02
5.31	Dan Payton and the Sasquatch	John Hodgman	2:46
5.32	The Loch Ness Monster and Col. Robert Wilson	John Hodgman	6:42
5.33	Good Morning	John Hodgman	1:18
5.34	A Special Bonus Excerpt From My Next Book	John Hodgman	6:51
5.35	End Titles	John Hodgman	2:01
6.1	Hobo Names 1-100	John Hodgman	6:55
6.2	Hobo Names 101-200	John Hodgman	7:16
6.3	Hobo Names 201-300	John Hodgman	6:50
6.4	Hobo Names 301-400	John Hodgman	7:27
6.5	Hobo Names 401-500	John Hodgman	8:16
6.6	Hobo Names 501-600	John Hodgman	8:25
6.7	Hobo Names 601-700	John Hodgman	9:33

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