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 163: The Kamehameha Colonists (Entry 681.IS4204)


In which over a hundred of Honolulu's elite private school students are shipped off to some of the world's most remote islands on a top-secret government mission, and Ken wonders if sea turtles can feel dread. Certificate #22194.


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 June 19, 2019  52m
 
 

Episode 162: Maraschino Cherries (Entry 758.PR0819)


In which we learn how a historical delicacy of Croatia got bastardized into a staple of American cocktails and sundaes, and John is upset when his third grade teacher pays him in ice cream instead of cash. Certificate #28197.


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 June 13, 2019  55m
 
 

Episode 161: Cursive (Entry 307.DA0508)


In which we trace script handwriting from ancient Egypt all the way up to the modern culture wars, and John and Ken argue over the ugliest cursive capital letter: is it J or Q? Certificate #32892.


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 June 11, 2019  58m
 
 

Episode 160: Lilly Pulitzer (Entry 1007.LK1227)


In which the messy orange-eating of a runaway heiress creates a colorful new summer look for American women, and Ken goes way too far with his Kennedy assassination theories. Certificate #12306.


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 June 6, 2019  44m
 
 

Episode 159: Bone Wars (Entry 141.PS14107)


In which America's two greatest dinosaur hunters ruin their lives in an unhinged battle of spite and revenge, which John finds extremely romantic. Certificate #24269.


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 June 4, 2019  50m
 
 

Episode 158: Pattie Boyd (Entry 148.DE2402)


In which two of the greatest rock guitarists of all time pine after the same woman, each marry her in turn, and somehow stay friends. Certificate #42401.


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 May 30, 2019  54m
 
 

Episode 157: The Reindeer Wizards (Entry 1049.DE1811)


In which we remember the 1950s charity drive to raise reindeer funds for a tribe of Scandinavian telepaths--a problem they really should have seen coming. Certificate #37239.


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 May 28, 2019  48m
 
 

Episode 156: Trapper Keepers (Entry 1331.IS0816)


In which a re-designed school binder becomes a mandatory school accessory and one of the great marketing successes of the 1980s, and Ken spends hours looking at erasers shaped like sushi. Certificate #31310.


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 May 23, 2019  53m
 
 

Episode 155: Winifred Sackville Stoner Jr. (Entry 1229.MT1125)


In which an Esperanto-loving stage mom raises America's first celebrity child prodigy, who writes one of history's most famous poems before vanishing into a cloud of bigamy and scandal. Certificate #35551.


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 May 21, 2019  55m
 
 

Episode 154: Plymouth Rock (Entry 955.EX3321)


In which John visits one of the most underwhelming (and breakable) landmarks in American history, and explains why its entire history is almost certainly made up. Certificate #33004.


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