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 30 minutes
    Anthropology Days (Entry 053.NU1516)
    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.
    3 April 2025, 9:16 pm
  • 1 hour 24 minutes
    The Mona Lisa Heist (Entry 800.JN1206)
    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.
    27 March 2025, 10:00 am
  • 1 hour 21 minutes
    Genuine Leather (Entry 522.GE0321)
    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.
    20 March 2025, 10:00 am
  • 1 hour 34 minutes
    The Dionne Quintuplets (Entry 352.JB0525)
    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.
    13 March 2025, 10:00 am
  • 1 hour 27 minutes
    Pedestrianism (Entry 913.PS1833)
    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.
    6 March 2025, 1:00 pm
  • 1 hour 35 minutes
    The Battle of the Sisters (Entry 104.GE3008)
    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.
    27 February 2025, 11:00 am
  • 1 hour 19 minutes
    The Golden Age of Porn (Entry 537.1C0618)
    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.
    20 February 2025, 11:00 am
  • 1 hour 8 minutes
    The Oracle of Delphi (Entry 872.1S0911)
    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.
    13 February 2025, 8:57 pm
  • 1 hour 26 minutes
    Balloon Man (Entry 094.DE1501)
    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.
    6 February 2025, 11:00 am
  • 1 hour 30 minutes
    The EGOT (Entry 398.AC2810)
    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.
    30 January 2025, 11:00 am
  • 1 hour 8 minutes
    Martin Luther King, Sr. (Entry 688.PR1301)
    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.
    23 January 2025, 11:00 am
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