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

Second Missouri Compromise (Entry 1122.MA0624)

January 29, 2026 • 95 mins
In which Linus Chan explores American citizenship, the law, and the long shadow of the Missouri Compromise. Certificate #24581.
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Introducing The History Bureau: Putin and the Apartment Bombs

January 22, 2026 • 4 mins

Hear a teaser for The History Bureau: Putin and the Apartment Bombs, from the
BBC. In September 1999, just weeks after a 46-year-old Vladimir Putin became
Prime Minister, four bombs blew up four apartment buildings across Russia, killing
hundreds of people while they slept.

The attacks plunged the country into panic. Families fled their homes. Residents
patrolled their blocks around the clock. An entire nation para...

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Neopets (Entry 831.EC0904)

January 22, 2026 • 104 mins
In which Futureling Kate tells John about the rise, fall, and attempted revival of a millennial obsession. Certificate #30063.
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Thomas-Alexandre Dumas (Entry 386.DA1125)

January 15, 2026 • 93 mins
In which Futureling Richard Stephens tells of the rapid rise of a Revolutionary general through the military ranks, the challenges he faced as a person of color in a predominantly white society, and the decline of his legacy under Napoleon’s regime. Certificate #40773.
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Glacier Girl (Entry 530.JB3822)

January 8, 2026 • 92 mins
In which a WWII fighter plane crashes on a Greenland ice sheet in 1942 and is painstakingly recovered and restored by a pilot over two decades. Certificate #25573.
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Exiled to Sentosa (Entry 438.LU2319)

January 1, 2026 • 110 mins
In which a politician is banished to Singapore’s theme-park island, recounted by Nathan Jennings. Certificate #41799
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E.A. Wallis Budge (Entry 161.IS1901)

December 26, 2025 • 92 mins
In which the illegitimate son of a Cornish housekeeper rises to the top of the British Museum Egyptology department. Featuring futureling and the host of the podcast Books of All Time Rose Judson. Certificate #43419.
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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 • 98 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 • 72 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 • 96 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 • 87 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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