Omnibus

  • Autor: Vários
  • Narrador: Vários
  • Editor: Podcast
  • Duración: 751:43:55
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Sinopsis

Twice a 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.

Episodios

  • Mary Anning (Entry 050.PS3420)

    20/03/2018 Duración: 41min

    In which a working-class woman becomes one of the greatest scientists of her age, discovers dinosaur poop, and sells seashells by the seashore. Certificate #36073.

  • S.S. United States (Entry 1213.JB0926)

    15/03/2018 Duración: 47min

    In which an aluminum-heavy cruise liner falls on hard times, and John and Ken can't decide if "Blue Riband" is actually French or not. Certificate #39390.

  • Rubber Barons (Entry 1087.EZ1613)

    13/03/2018 Duración: 43min

    In which Ken describes the nouveau riche of the Amazon rainforest, and John has a conspiracy theory about scarecrows. Certificate #25284.

  • Father Coughlin (Entry 284.MT2309)

    08/03/2018 Duración: 48min

    In which a fiery Canadian gets 30 million Depression-era listeners for his little fascist radio show, and Ken and John pledge fealty to Martian invaders. Certificate #29423

  • The Noid (Entry 840.PR0415)

    06/03/2018 Duración: 49min

    In which a claymation terrorist with inexplicable bunny ears disrupts pizza, takes hostages, and wins America's heart. Certificate #29250

  • The Zuider Zee (Entry 1458.NA0104)

    01/03/2018 Duración: 45min

    In which the Dutch battle their oldest enemy: the Waterwolf. Almost certainly the Omnibus's last entry (alphabetically). Certificate #31078.

  • London Bridge Is Down (Entry 733.2K0934)

    27/02/2018 Duración: 50min

    In which we make plans for the longest-awaited death in human history, and wonder how many Welsh corgis it takes to pull a gun carriage. Certificate #34884.

  • Back Masking (Entry 091.EP0427)

    22/02/2018 Duración: 44min

    In which John investigates whether or not segassem terces naitnoc sgnos kcor, and Ken wonders why Satan would own a toolshed. Certificate #30148.

  • Megafauna (Entry 772.JB4015)

    20/02/2018 Duración: 42min

    In which we learn which Ice Age animal is named after the human nipple, and which modern animal fills John's soul with bloodlust. Certificate #47448.

  • Oneida (Entry 866.MT2230)

    15/02/2018 Duración: 42min

    In which a socialist preacher invents a tricky birth control technique he calls "male continence," leading directly to the lazy Susan and the assassination of an American president. Certificate #34322.

  • The Bellamy Salute (Entry 112.HE0616)

    13/02/2018 Duración: 39min

    In which Ken blames a crucial bit of fascist iconography on the most successful magazine premium in American history, and John knows the lyrics to "Alaska's Flag" but refuses to sing it. Certificate #37863.

  • Hat Etiquette (Entry 571.1C1104)

    08/02/2018 Duración: 37min

    In which John strongly admonishes future listeners not to get sloppy with their headwear, if they have heads. Certificate #25200.

  • Death Discs (Entry 319.MK1610)

    06/02/2018 Duración: 49min

    In which the gruesome deaths in early 1960s teen ballads are variously blamed on capitalism, Marlon Brando, chastity, and giant clams. Certificate #34312.

  • Mutual Assured Destruction (Entry 820.JE5022)

    01/02/2018 Duración: 45min

    In which the human race barely survives the 20th century. (Well, not all of it, obviously. Picasso didn't, for example.) Certificate #27008

  • Mummy Brown (Entry 817.PR0716)

    30/01/2018 Duración: 43min

    In which the bodies of ancient kings are ground up to fertilize lawns, power locomotives, and paint portraits. Certificate #37891

  • Thomas Midgley (Entry 786.ZC0508)

    25/01/2018 Duración: 45min

    In which the world's worst chemist gives everyone lead poisoning, and then puts a hole in the ozone layer as an encore. Certificate #25185

  • Paris Syndrome (Entry 901.JS1002)

    23/01/2018 Duración: 44min

    In which twenty tourists a year have a psychological breakdown because the most magical city in the world is a little disappointing. Certificate #507

  • The Sentinelese (Entry 1134.LV2024)

    18/01/2018 Duración: 38min

    In which John introduces us to the world's last uncontacted tribe—but not literally, because that would be illegal. Certificate #13568

  • Kohoutek (Entry 692.JU0113)

    16/01/2018 Duración: 38min

    In which a Czech astronomer is hailed as the hero of 1973, only to have his discovery flame out by not flaming out. Then he gets very seasick on a cruise. Certificate #31644

  • Monrovia, Moravia, Moldova, Moldavia (Entry 805.GN1032)

    11/01/2018 Duración: 54min

    In which John shares the soothing geographic mantra that has got him where he is today: sitting in a bunker teaching 30th-century cockroach-people how to tell medieval Central European principalities apart. Certificate #18088.

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