• 1 hour 8 minutes
    Paul Winchell (Entry 1433.LU.0506)
    In which Bohuš Blahut (RetroThing.com, Tech Hunters) and John discuss ventriloquist, the inventor of the artificial heart and the voice of Tigger too. Certificate #25379.
    15 September 2026, 7:10 am
  • 1 minute 7 seconds
    ANNOUNCEMENT: Omnibus Live at the Portland Book Festival - November 4th
    12 September 2026, 4:12 am
  • 1 hour 17 minutes
    (Live at the Library of Congress) Paper Prints (Entry 897.IS3404)
    In which John and Ken record an entry at Library of Congress before a live audience, and Ken pitches the next hit reboot starring John Cena. Certificate #24597
    8 September 2026, 7:10 am
  • 1 hour 14 minutes
    Project Habakkuk (Entry 993.HA0105)
    In which Futureling Faris Alikhan reveals an Allied plan to stop U-boats with a mix of ice and wood pulp, and John asks why everyone at SFO wears quarter-zip sweaters. Certificate #45325.
    1 September 2026, 5:12 pm
  • 1 hour 12 minutes
    West Edmonton Mall (Entry 1422.JO0502)
    In which Futureling Adam Wonderly discusses how a rug empire ended up creating a Canadian landmark, and John learns that Anchorage could have done better than an indoor ice rink. Certificate #43923.
    25 August 2026, 4:43 pm
  • 1 hour 24 minutes
    The Carnegie Libraries (Entry 188.LU2101)
    In which Futureling Jon Hannah discusses the origins of public libraries, labor exploitation and the uneasy bargain between wealth and the common good. Certificate #39770.
    18 August 2026, 7:10 am
  • 1 hour 4 minutes
    The Maury Island Incident (767.EZ0104)
    In which Futureling Loren Skaggs and John discuss Tacoma, Cold War paranoia, the birth of flying saucer mythology, and the Katuga boat trote. Certificate #31561.
    11 August 2026, 7:30 pm
  • 1 hour 3 minutes
    Jugglers, The Internet (Entry 667.EX0722)
    In which Futureling Luke Burrage and John discuss the early history of the internet, Claude Shannon, information theory, and one of the least likely professions ever to be called "Sir". Certificate #28099.
    4 August 2026, 7:10 am
  • 1 hour 16 minutes
    The Bosnian War Camaro (Entry 144.MA0718)
    In which Brendan McAleer explains how a 1979 Chevrolet Camaro became a lightly armored, smoke-blowing, night-vision-equipped humanitarian savior, which John insists is the coolest car an eleven-year-old could imagine. Certificate #21628.
    29 July 2026, 3:47 pm
  • 1 hour 6 seconds
    Free to Be You & Me (Entry 499.1C1111)
    In which we finally get a John show about growing up Gen X in front of the TV console watching Alan Alda, Rosey Grier, Cicely Tyson, Carol Channing, and Michael Jackson and Ken reminisces about what a stone-cold fox Marlo Thomas was. Certificate #36926.
    22 July 2026, 1:27 am
  • 59 minutes 40 seconds
    The Bulldozing of Meigs Field (Entry 163.PS3508)
    In which Futureling Rebecca unpacks the story of a mayor, a demolished airport, and the battle over who really gets to claim a city's waterfront, while John recalls discovering Chicago through a PC flight simulator. Certificate #32575.
    14 July 2026, 11:24 pm
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