Omnibus

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.

Episodes

Penn Cove Whale Capture (Entry 916.JB0712)

December 18, 2025 • 78 mins
Wherein dozens of Orca were kidnapped in an unspeakable scene and Christopher didn’t bring a laptop (and John didn’t have a camera yet). Certificate #41344.
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Grit (Entry 551.PR1004)

December 11, 2025 • 108 mins
In which a plucky immigrant "printer's devil" creates a newspaper that puzzles and pays off generations of young American boys, and John avoids a chainsaw duel. Certificate #31682.
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The Grand DARPA Challenge (Entry 543.PS5507)

December 4, 2025 • 85 mins
In which a government-backed desert race for unmanned vehicles ignites the technologies driving the autonomous future now creeping into our cities - with guest Andrew Miller. Certificate #49327
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Jack Kirby’s Lost Art (Entry 688.DE2203)

November 27, 2025 • 76 mins
In which Jack Kirby, a titan of American pop culture, confronts the disappearance of thousands of pages of his original comic art—and the battle over his place in creating modern pop culture guided by guest host Joseph J. Darowski. Certificate #43383
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New York to Nome (Entry 835.AC2710)

November 20, 2025 • 105 mins
In which two young Depression-era clerks break from their dull routines and embark on a canoe trip. Certificate #44688
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(LIVE) New Coke (Entry 835.LK0538)

November 13, 2025 • 90 mins
In which three well-meaning Atlanta executives accidentally announce their surrender in the cola wars, and Ken reads a letter. Certificate #38738.
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Pneumatic Tubes (Entry 955.JN0308)

November 6, 2025 • 96 mins
In which mail, cash, trash, passengers, burgers, and cats are sent zipping through vast networks on puffs of compressed air, and John would like to be sent a horny landscaper. Certificate #46257.
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Management by Wandering Around (Entry 754.PS10740)

October 30, 2025 • 85 mins
In which a Wyoming-educated economist gets big in Japan by inventing modern business theory, and Ken wants to be able to wince on a call. Certificate #36485.
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The Spirit of Australia (Entry 1203.PS7716)

October 23, 2025 • 86 mins
In which an power tools salesman builds the world's fastest boat in his Sydney backyard and somehow survives the experience, and John thinks it's funny to be accordion-shaped in the past. Certificate #16230.
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Spam (Entry 1195.JB0607)

October 16, 2025 • 76 mins
In which a Minnesota meat concern changes the face of world cuisine by passing their surplus pork shoulder off on hungry soldiers, and Ken imagines a pre-war Sir Mix-a-Lot. Certificate #53117.
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The False Dmitrys (Entry 451.2K0428)

October 9, 2025 • 103 mins
In which three or four pretenders decide to pass themselves off as a very convincingly killed Russian prince, and John realizes some jobs have dripping access. Certificate #51533.
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Laugh Tracks (Entry 704.EC0202)

October 2, 2025 • 91 mins
In which a mystery of Nazi propaganda, once solved, powers television sitcoms for decades to come, and Ken wonders about the least talented part of a guitarist. Certificate #37919.
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The NATO Phonetic Alphabet (Entry 826.RV2213)

September 25, 2025 • 82 mins
In which post-war science finally develops the perfect system for spelling things over radio and telephones, and John learns he has been misspelling a pretty famous play. Certificate #50168.
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Muzak (Entry 820.1S1616)

September 18, 2025 • 88 mins
In which a series of engineers, entrepreneurs, and classic TV producers discover that America wants gentle music piped into its public spaces, and Ken likes piña coladas and getting caught in the rain. Certificate #54082.
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We Now Conclude Our Broadcast Day (Entry 1422.PS0305)

September 11, 2025 • 82 mins
In which television stations spend decades signing off every night after the national anthem, and John likes to keep a stiff upper lip during Mormon TV ads. Certificate #31942.
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The MGM Auction (Entry 783.JB2813)

September 4, 2025 • 94 mins
In which wheeler-dealers and Debbie Reynolds pillage a priceless trove of movie treasure for pennies on the dollar, and Ken has never been in his own conference room. Certificate #38661.
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Allan Bakke, M.D. (Entry 093.SS0510)

August 28, 2025 • 91 mins
In which a Marine vet and NASA engineer changes the course of American public policy when he fails to get into medical school, and John has no pith. Certificate #29277.
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Radioactive Boy (Entry 1026.JB4132)

August 21, 2025 • 102 mins
In which a Detroit-area teen overachieves in Boy Scouts by trying to build a nuclear reactor in a potting shed, and Ken only wants capitalized toys. Certificate #50176.
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Dollar Princesses (Entry 370.NU3603)

August 14, 2025 • 102 mins
In which a generation of English peers and their sons look to fix their leaky castle roofs by marrying wealthy American "buccaneers," and John has never kidnapped anyone in Bulgaria. Certificate #33143.
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Teddy Girls (Entry 1283.PR3122)

August 7, 2025 • 72 mins
In which the dandyish vintage finds of postwar British teens set a blueprint for the rest of 20th-century youth fashion, and Ken keeps getting hit in the head by nose flutes on the bus. Certificate #13953.
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