Oracle Files: Ted Kord

Characters

 * Ted Kord
 * Karen Starr
 * Lincoln March
 * Jack Ryder
 * Iris West-Allen

Location

 * GBS News, Central City, MO

VOX Archive

 * Iris West-Allen: Hello. Welcome to the G. Gordon Godfrey Show. I'm Iris West, filling in for G. Gordon. Tonight we are discussing philanthropy. Why do so many of our nation's richest people want to give back? Is it out of the goodness of their hearts or does it stem from some deep-seated guilt? Well, before we get into it, let me introduce you to my panel. An acclaimed journalist from Gotham, we have Jack Ryder from Gotham Gazette. [applause] Also from Gotham, CEO of March Ventures and Gotham's next mayor, Lincoln March. [applause, whistle, applause, chuckle] Then to represent West Coast, we have two young tech-moguls, both straight out of Coast City. She's the creator of the operating system that's likely installed on your computer: Karen Starr. [applause, whistle, whistle, cat calls] And finally, he's the eccentric young billionaire who has revolutionized everything from the automotive industry with his alternative energy vehicles to the smartphone market with his state-of-the-art "smart glass" technology, and now he's got his eyes set on colonizing the moon? It's Ted Kord of Kord Omniversal! [applause] So, hello, panel!
 * [overlapping voices] Ted Kord: Glad to be here, Iris. Karen Starr: Thanks for having me. Lincoln March: Great to be here, Miss West. Jack Ryder: About time.
 * Iris West-Allen: Alright, let's start with you, Ted. As I just said, you've got plans to colonize the moon. Isn't that-
 * Ted Kord: Ambitious? Sure. [blop, slurp] But that's how we humans have advanced to where we are today. We, as a species, need to press the limits of achievement constantly, lest we become sedentary.
 * Iris West-Allen: Okay, so, this is for the good of humankind? Because some are saying it's nothing more than a pub-
 * Jack Ryder: Of course, this is a publicity stunt, Iris. It's no coincidence that he announces this "stellar goal" on the same week that his company shows a dip in their sales of their new gimmick phone, the Kord Lucidity. More like lunacy, I say!
 * Karen Starr: [giggle] Sorry, Ted... You know me, I appreciate a good pun. [clears throat]
 * Iris West-Allen: So, uh, Ted, how do you respond to that?
 * Ted Kord: If Jack doubts the authenticity of my lunar colony, I'd invite him to be on board the first shuttle. [audience laughs]

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 * Oracle Files: Ted Kord