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 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 25 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 29 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 35 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 13 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
  • 1 hour 19 minutes
    Spontaneous Combustion (Entry 1206.PR0627)
    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.
    16 January 2025, 4:01 pm
  • 1 hour 23 minutes
    Canal Mania (Entry 178.PR0516)
    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.
    9 January 2025, 11:00 am
  • 1 hour 6 minutes
    The Carrington Event (Entry 189.2P0312)
    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.
    2 January 2025, 11:00 am
  • 1 hour 14 minutes
    Elf on the Shelf (Entry 404.PR1503)
    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.
    26 December 2024, 4:55 pm
  • 1 hour 7 minutes
    Space Contraband (Entry 1194.JB1312)
    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.
    19 December 2024, 11:00 am
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