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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.

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1:03:51

Episode 360: Concordski (Entry 258.JE4606)

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2021/05/20

In which the Soviet Union attempts to close its "Concorde gap" with the West by developing its own terrible supersonic passenger jet, and John is okay with pilots showing off as long as they're in a bar. Certificate #36689.

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1:06:39

Episode 359: Olestra (Entry 864.LV0723)

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2021/05/18

In which Procter & Gamble spends almost thirty years trying to bring its fat substitute to market, only to see it vanish from the public memory almost immediately, and Ken just wants to eat devil's food cake. Certificate #51232.

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1:09:43

Episode 358: The Worst Poet in History (Entry...

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2021/05/13

In which Scottish mill-worker William McGonagall becomes notorious for his utterly sincere but terrible poetry, and John plans to instigate a sex riot. Certificate #44448.

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1:17:54

Episode 357: The Back of a Napkin (Entry 090.LK1920)

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2021/05/11

In which we study the long history of inspirations getting jotted down on scrap paper, and Ken learns he's too lively to be a rock musician. Certificate #44181.

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1:17:25

Episode 356: Dagen H (Entry 313.EZ2116)

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2021/05/06

In which Sweden literally changes directions overnight, and John feels that the samurai spirit is all in the details. Certificate #30932.

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1:11:06

Episode 355: Cholitas (Entry 218.1C1110)

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2021/05/04

In which a poltitical revolution in Bolivia produces a new wave of visibility for the nation's hat-wearing indigenous women, and Ken wonders which communist dictators were cuddly. Certificate #16179.

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46:35

Episode 354: Drywall (Entry 384.LV1442)

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2021/04/29

In which a new gypsum miracle product takes more than a century to replace lath-and-plaster walls in home construction, and John thinks lizards have ears. Certificate #35059.

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1:23:56

Episode 353: America's Joan of Arc (Entry 040.2S1412)

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2021/04/27

In which a now-forgotten Quaker teenager becomes the most fiery and most famous woman orator of her time, and Ken has no idea if Norman Schwarzkopf is alive or dead. Certificate #44568.

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1:09:13

Episode 352: The Bottle Conjuror (Entry 145.PS11983)

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2021/04/22

In which an aristocrat's private bet about gullible audiences leads to a 1749 theater riot, and John thinks Dick Cheney should have a podcast. Certificate #16793.

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1:11:34

Episode 351: Mother Earth's Plantasia (Entry...

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2021/04/20

In which the Moog synthesizer and the "plant consciousness" movement of the 1970s produce a rare collector's item for lovers of weird music, and Ken refuses to buy his children reptiles. Certificate #27581.

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1:20:59

Episode 350: The Tan Suit Controversy (Entry...

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2021/04/15

In which the president wears beige to an August 2014 press conference, suddenly creating three or four new kinds of political discourse, each worse than the last. Certificate #35844.

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1:19:01

Episode 349: Magic Eye (Entry 747.PR0425)

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2021/04/13

In which we trace two centuries of people being briefly interested in three-dimensional images, and John gets a bad case of "Intellivision thumb." Certificate #27012.

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1:03:23

Episode 348: Rasputin (Entry 1031.MT2411)

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2021/04/08

In which a Siberian mystic gets so cozy with Russian royals that he ensures the success of the Bolshevik Revolution, and Ken wonders if he blinks the normal amount of times. Certificate #38899.

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53:25

Episode 347: The Crash at Crush (Entry 292.ZP0110)

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2021/04/06

In which the American love affair with demolition-based entertainment is born near Waco, Texas in an explosion of iron and steam, and John believes some flight attendants are aliens. Certificate #34659.

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1:11:42

Episode 346: Figwit (Entry 467.JE2402)

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2021/04/01

In which we follow the arc of nerd culture to the Council of Elrond where a certain kind of fan service is born, and Ken explains why people fight about Frodo and Jesus. Certificate #40170.

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1:09:14

Episode 345: The Cadaver Synod (Entry 172.HE0927)

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2021/03/30

In which a zombie pope is forced to stand trial in 9th-century Rome, and Ken discovers a generation of people with strong opinions about the word "zoology." Certificate #28349.

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1:10:25

Episode 344: Roady Bill and Tony the Pony (Entry...

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2021/03/25

In which an online covered wagon auction unearths an almost-forgotten genre of itinerant performer, and John refuses to identify the Tijuana of Europe. Certificate #46962.

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1:01:13

Episode 343: The Underarm Bowling Incident (Entry...

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2021/03/23

In which an Australian cricket team creates an international controversy with an unorthodox but legal strategy, and Ken accidentally does a Boston accent. Certificate #30080.

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1:02:19

Episode 342: The Lost Spitfires of Burma (Entry...

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2021/03/18

In which a modern-day treasure hunter becomes convinced that a priceless trove of British fighter jets is buried at the end of an airport runway, and John becomes a realtor for Myanmar. Certificate #34112.

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1:11:52

Episode 341: The Memex (Entry 774.EX3607)

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2021/03/16

In which the Internet is born in 1945 when a radar technician in a bamboo hut reads a Life magazine article about a futuristic desk, and Ken wonders if anyone smoked weed at Los Alamos. Certificate #18461.

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