Omnibus! With Ken Jennings and John Roderick
An encyclopedic reference of strange-but-true stories compiled as a time capsule for future generations.
- Website
- https://www.omnibusproject.com/
- Description
- An encyclopedic reference of strange-but-true stories compiled as a time capsule for future generations.
- Language
- 🇬🇧 English
- last modified
- 2025-01-17 04:08
- last episode published
- 2025-01-16 16:01
- publication frequency
- 4.1 days
- Contributors
- HowStuffWorks
- Owner
- iHeartRadio
- Author
- Explicit
- false
- Number of Episodes
- 637
- Rss-Feeds
- Detail page
- Categories
- Society & Culture History
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Episodes
| Date | Title & Description | Contributors |
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| 2025-01-16 | 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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| 2025-01-09 | 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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| 2025-01-02 | 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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| 2024-12-26 | 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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| 2024-12-19 | 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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| 2024-12-12 | 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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| 2024-12-05 | 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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| 2024-11-28 | In which telephone users once had access to a surprising array of helpful and informative services, and Ken got rid of his landline to spite Al-Qaeda. Certificate #26038. |
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| 2024-11-21 | In which an ancient linguistic and religious practice becomes a jaunty, ambulatory musical form before falling into decline, and John does not want to see condors in a hospital. Certificate #45133. |
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| 2024-11-14 | In which centuries of sterilization-happy doomsayers fail to predict a game-changing revolution in wheat, and Ken thinks Pakistan wants John to clean out his fridge. Certificate #2037. |
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