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

Pulgasari (Entry 1007.IS4602)

April 17, 2025 • 86 mins
In which North Korea jump-starts its fledgeling monster movie industry by literally kidnapping talent from across the DMZ, and Ken was distracted by skateboarding. Certificate #37139
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The World's Tallest Building (Entry 1444.GE1104)

April 10, 2025 • 87 mins
In which the measurement of spires and skyscrapers becomes a source of architectural squabbles and global prestige, and John hides in the forest with a guitar. Certificate #51591.
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Anthropology Days (Entry 053.NU1516)

April 3, 2025 • 90 mins
In which the planners of the third modern Olympics scour the globe hoping to populate a human zoo and maybe make the exhibits do sports, and Ken thinks the periodic table needs some work. Certificate #53289.
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The Mona Lisa Heist (Entry 800.JN1206)

March 27, 2025 • 84 mins
In which an Italian workman creates a cultural icon when he attempts to repatriate a Renaissance masterpiece from the laxly secured Louvre, and John upstages Ken's sturgeon. Certificate #35100.
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Genuine Leather (Entry 522.GE0321)

March 20, 2025 • 81 mins
In which the tanning industry invents a fancy-sounding term for one of its worst grades of leather, and Ken learns his childhood jacket may have had epaulets. Certificate #46978.
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The Dionne Quintuplets (Entry 352.JB0525)

March 13, 2025 • 94 mins
In which five adorable and identical Franco-Ontarians become an international sensation and then wards of the state, and John doesn't know what to call the bulb of Canada. Certificate #31042.
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Pedestrianism (Entry 913.PS1833)

March 6, 2025 • 87 mins
In which the first great sporting fad of the 19th century springs from great feats of British walking, and Ken isn't sure how to use protozoa as a metaphor for time. Certificate #21218.
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The Battle of the Sisters (Entry 104.GE3008)

February 27, 2025 • 91 mins
In which Hollywood's greatest case of sibling rivalry begins with a swimming pool injury and ends at the Oscars, and John rediscovers pop music thanks to the Queeb. Certificate #30747.
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The Golden Age of Porn (Entry 537.1C0618)

February 20, 2025 • 79 mins
In which we celebrate the post-Valentine's season by looking back at the sleazy 1970s when adult films briefly became mainstream chic, and Ken avoids a Y2K for his marriage. Certificate #25369.
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The Oracle of Delphi (Entry 872.1S0911)

February 13, 2025 • 68 mins
In which a veiled, fume-huffing priestess tells the ancient world what to do for over a millennium, and John only knows what time it is from his truck clock. Certificate #25192.
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Balloon Man (Entry 094.DE1501)

February 6, 2025 • 86 mins
In which a Disneyland-trained dreamer invents a new art form with the help of a cookie entrepreneur and a jellybean innovator, and Ken has a theory about the worst balloon vendors. Certificate #32691.
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The EGOT (Entry 398.AC2810)

January 30, 2025 • 90 mins
In which an inescapable awards-season acronym is jump-started twenty-five years earlier by an eccentric TV cop actor and a pop reference book, and John's family would like to kick in hotel room doors. Certificate #42952.
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Martin Luther King, Sr. (Entry 688.PR1301)

January 23, 2025 • 68 mins
In which an Atlanta pastor changes his name after a very inspiring visit to Germany and begins an American civil rights dynasty, and Ken gets to make a chart. Certificate #45274.
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Spontaneous Combustion (Entry 1206.PR0627)

January 16, 2025 • 79 mins
In which scientists and paranormal investigators puzzle over a string of mysterious deaths beginning with a "dull and heavy" Italian countess, and John learns about the peat of the Maldives. Certificate #40714.
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Canal Mania (Entry 178.PR0516)

January 9, 2025 • 83 mins
In which British investors power the Industrial Revolution with arguably too many waterways for the nation's barges, and Ken thinks escalators are not cheating. Certificate #27217.
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The Carrington Event (Entry 189.2P0312)

January 2, 2025 • 66 mins
In which a solar storm in 1859 leads to eye-popping auroras and a harboring of technological doom, and John compares gold pan and pizza sizes. Certificate #54094.
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Elf on the Shelf (Entry 404.PR1503)

December 26, 2024 • 74 mins
In which the childhood Christmas tradition of two Georgia twins becomes a cultural tug-of-war over surveillance psychology, and Ken is going to buy a light blue tree. Certificate #45509.
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Space Contraband (Entry 1194.JB1312)

December 19, 2024 • 67 mins
In which astronauts and cosmonauts smuggle sandwiches, golf clubs, harmonicas, collectibles, and ashes into orbit, and John wants to blow bubbles on the Moon. Certificate #54825.
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Lazy Susans (Entry 706.LK1237)

December 12, 2024 • 66 mins
In which a Cantonese restaurant in San Franciscos's Chinatown spreads American revolving-table technology worldwide, and Ken wonders how long it takes to get sick of a musician in your spare bedroom. Certificate #43576.
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The Tooth Fairy (Entry 1317.SS0606)

December 5, 2024 • 76 mins
In which ancient sorcery, changeling myths, and Edwardian fads combine to create America's only homegrown childhood rite of passage, and John's dentist turns teeth into boats. Certificate #19230.
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