605 episodios

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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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.

    Talking Drums (Entry 1275.1C1407)

    Talking Drums (Entry 1275.1C1407)

    In which the Yoruba people of Nigeria create a new kind of "speech surrogacy" for news and storytelling using a versatile percussion section, and John only needs two pedals to get to Sounds-Like-Garbage-Land. Certificate #51913.

    • 1h 26 min
    The Antarctic Snow Cruiser (Entry 052.1K0732)

    The Antarctic Snow Cruiser (Entry 052.1K0732)

    In which a polar expedition builds a massive RV to road-trip around Antarctica but brings the wrong tires, and Ken wonders if admirals like sexy calendars. Certificate #23408.

    • 1h 10 min
    Electroculture (Entry 401.MT1308)

    Electroculture (Entry 401.MT1308)

    In which the earliest discoverers of electricity disagree on whether it helps flowers, turnips, and myrtle shrubs to grow, and John punishes himself with sprouts. Certificate #27338.

    • 1h 16 min
    Somerton Man (Entry 1189.PS7902)

    Somerton Man (Entry 1189.PS7902)

    In which a clue-filled dead body appears on a beach in Adelaide, Australia, sparking a tantalizing 75-year mystery, and Ken is not a team of seventh graders. Certificate #35821.

    • 1h 41 min
    Kim's Video (Entry 687.MT0542)

    Kim's Video (Entry 687.MT0542)

    In which the collapse of the video rental industry sends one valuable and eccentric archive to an obscure and disaster-plagued town in western Sicily, and E. coli is no match for John. Certificate #43318.

    • 1h 31 min
    Kilroy Was Here (Entry 687.EZ0810)

    Kilroy Was Here (Entry 687.EZ0810)

    In which a mysterious World War II inscription marries image and text to create the modern meme, and Ken does not think gangrenous limbs are a meme. Certificate #25622.

    • 1h 20 min

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