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. Alle 5 Tage erscheint eine Folge dieses Podcasts.

Gesamtlänge aller Episoden: 27 days 13 hours 48 minutes

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Episode 323: Woodstock '99 (Entry 1441.IS2808)


In which a fiery apocalypse outside Rome, New York marks the cultural endpoint of the 1990s, and John spends his whole childhood reading about armaments in Janes publications. Certificate #27287.


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 December 29, 2020  1h19m
 
 

Episode 322: Kon-Tiki (Entry 692.MT1424)


In which a Norwegian amateur anthropologist sails a raft from Peru to Polynesia to push a pet theory, and Ken covets ink and gold. Certificate #18688.


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 December 24, 2020  1h17m
 
 

Episode 321: The War Before This One (Entry 1409.NH0109)


In which we follow the long, strange journey that finally got World War I and World War II their names, and John goes for drinks with his high school principal. Certificate #24737.


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 December 22, 2020  1h18m
 
 

Episode 320: Slab City (Entry 1170.IS3501)


In which itinerant snowbirds turn an abandoned desert naval base into a trash-mountain utopia, and Ken hopes a nuke lands on his head. Certificate #33204.


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 December 17, 2020  1h12m
 
 

Episode 319: Carlo Gesualdo (Entry 526.HE1304)


In which modernity discovers a late Renaissance composer with a history of ahead-of-his-time harmonies and lurid murder, and John scats like Cab Calloway after midnight. Certificate #39859.


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 December 15, 2020  1h18m
 
 

Episode 318: The Guardian Angels (Entry 554.EX2320)


In which a Brooklyn-born fast food manager slaps some paramilitary berets on local kids and starts a new community policing movement, and Ken wonders how to allocate the stripes on the American flag. Certificate #25639.


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 December 10, 2020  1h14m
 
 

Episode 317: B. Traven (Entry 1332.PR2502)


In which we trace at least four secret identities of the most reclusive novelist in literary history, and John gets a terrible fake ID from the fake ID store. Certificate #39453.


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 December 8, 2020  1h8m
 
 

Episode 316: Dingbat Apartments (Entry 351.AC2830)


In which we learn why Los Angeles and other post-war American cities have tens of thousands of the same apartment complex, and Ken wonders where Philip Johnson's water heater is. Certificate #25380.


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 December 3, 2020  1h11m
 
 

Episode 315: Ultrarunning (Entry 1357.IS4031)


In which a throwback British baronet (sort of) completes seven marathons on seven continents in seven consecutive days, and John runs like a rhinoceros. Certificate #20800.


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 December 1, 2020  1h16m
 
 

Episode 314: The DeLorean Cocaine Bust (Entry 330.JB1810)


In which Detroit's first "cool" car executive almost goes to jail in an attempt to save his weird car and foundering company, and Ken says it's okay for kids to climb into refrigerators now. Certificate #36728.


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 November 26, 2020  1h21m