Omnibus

Every week, Ken Jennings and John Roderick add a new entry to the OMNIBUS, an encyclopedic reference work of strange-but-true stories that they are compiling as a time capsule for future generations.

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Eine durchschnittliche Folge dieses Podcasts dauert 1h7m. Bisher sind 595 Folge(n) erschienen. Dieser Podcast erscheint alle 5 Tage.

Gesamtlänge aller Episoden: 27 days 13 hours 48 minutes

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Episode 353: America's Joan of Arc (Entry 040.2S1412)


In which a now-forgotten Quaker teenager becomes the most fiery and most famous woman orator of her time, and Ken has no idea if Norman Schwarzkopf is alive or dead. Certificate #44568.


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 April 27, 2021  1h23m
 
 

Episode 352: The Bottle Conjuror (Entry 145.PS11983)


In which an aristocrat's private bet about gullible audiences leads to a 1749 theater riot, and John thinks Dick Cheney should have a podcast. Certificate #16793.


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 April 22, 2021  1h9m
 
 

Episode 351: Mother Earth's Plantasia (Entry 810.1CH1633)


In which the Moog synthesizer and the "plant consciousness" movement of the 1970s produce a rare collector's item for lovers of weird music, and Ken refuses to buy his children reptiles. Certificate #27581.


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 April 20, 2021  1h11m
 
 

Episode 350: The Tan Suit Controversy (Entry 1277.EZ3403)


In which the president wears beige to an August 2014 press conference, suddenly creating three or four new kinds of political discourse, each worse than the last. Certificate #35844.


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 April 15, 2021  1h20m
 
 

Episode 349: Magic Eye (Entry 747.PR0425)


In which we trace two centuries of people being briefly interested in three-dimensional images, and John gets a bad case of "Intellivision thumb." Certificate #27012.


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 April 13, 2021  1h19m
 
 

Episode 348: Rasputin (Entry 1031.MT2411)


In which a Siberian mystic gets so cozy with Russian royals that he ensures the success of the Bolshevik Revolution, and Ken wonders if he blinks the normal amount of times. Certificate #38899.


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 April 8, 2021  1h3m
 
 

Episode 347: The Crash at Crush (Entry 292.ZP0110)


In which the American love affair with demolition-based entertainment is born near Waco, Texas in an explosion of iron and steam, and John believes some flight attendants are aliens. Certificate #34659.


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 April 6, 2021  53m
 
 

Episode 346: Figwit (Entry 467.JE2402)


In which we follow the arc of nerd culture to the Council of Elrond where a certain kind of fan service is born, and Ken explains why people fight about Frodo and Jesus. Certificate #40170.


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 April 1, 2021  1h11m
 
 

Episode 345: The Cadaver Synod (Entry 172.HE0927)


In which a zombie pope is forced to stand trial in 9th-century Rome, and Ken discovers a generation of people with strong opinions about the word "zoology." Certificate #28349.


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 March 30, 2021  1h9m
 
 

Episode 344: Roady Bill and Tony the Pony (Entry 1077.PR0719)


In which an online covered wagon auction unearths an almost-forgotten genre of itinerant performer, and John refuses to identify the Tijuana of Europe. Certificate #46962.


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 March 25, 2021  1h10m