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.

  • 1 hour 18 minutes
    Penn Cove Whale Capture (Entry 916.JB0712)
    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.
    18 December 2025, 11:00 am
  • 1 hour 48 minutes
    Grit (Entry 551.PR1004)
    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.
    11 December 2025, 11:00 am
  • 1 hour 25 minutes
    The Grand DARPA Challenge (Entry 543.PS5507)
    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
    4 December 2025, 11:00 am
  • 1 hour 16 minutes
    Jack Kirby’s Lost Art (Entry 688.DE2203)
    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
    27 November 2025, 4:21 pm
  • 1 hour 45 minutes
    New York to Nome (Entry 835.AC2710)
    In which two young Depression-era clerks break from their dull routines and embark on a canoe trip. Certificate #44688
    21 November 2025, 2:27 am
  • 1 hour 30 minutes
    (LIVE) New Coke (Entry 835.LK0538)
    In which three well-meaning Atlanta executives accidentally announce their surrender in the cola wars, and Ken reads a letter. Certificate #38738.
    13 November 2025, 11:00 am
  • 1 hour 36 minutes
    Pneumatic Tubes (Entry 955.JN0308)
    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.
    6 November 2025, 11:00 am
  • 1 hour 25 minutes
    Management by Wandering Around (Entry 754.PS10740)
    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.
    30 October 2025, 3:08 pm
  • 1 hour 26 minutes
    The Spirit of Australia (Entry 1203.PS7716)
    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.
    23 October 2025, 8:06 pm
  • 1 hour 16 minutes
    Spam (Entry 1195.JB0607)
    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.
    16 October 2025, 10:00 am
  • 1 hour 43 minutes
    The False Dmitrys (Entry 451.2K0428)
    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.
    9 October 2025, 10:00 am
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