The Black Footed Ferret (Entry 128.PR2725)
In which Futureling Katie Nieland explores drones, peanut butter, the bubonic plague, and a delightful animal previously believed to be exti...
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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 g...
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Vasa (Entry 1K.2248)
In which Futureling Dan Hope relays the tale of a military vanity, a less-than-a-mile voyage, and John relays his success rate in righting o...
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...
ANNOUNCEMENT: Omnibus Live at the Portland Book Festival - November 4th
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...
(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....
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...
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 hav...
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 c...
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...
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 leas...
ANNOUNCEMENT: Omnibus Live at the Library of Congress
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...
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 sa...
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 C...
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 waterf...
The Ukrainian Episode
In which John travels to Ukraine and interviews Alisa Demina (Senior Lecturer in the Department of Archaeology at National University of Kyi...
Carob (Entry 188.MA0106)
In which Futureling Christa Dahlstrom and John enjoy a virtual taste test and discuss the lifelong trauma of discovering that what you were...
The Tommy Westphal Universe (Entry 1315.JO0714)
In which Futureling Thomas Dolan-Gavitt traces how an offhand blog post gave rise to television’s greatest conspiracy theory, weaving togeth...
Niagara Falls in a Barrel (Entry 836.PS4207)
In which a Yankee leaper and a long line of hucksters and daredevils take their chances over an American landmark, and John reveals he doesn...
Nell Gwyn (Entry 557.GE2106)
In which cartoonist and writer Emily Flake discusses chance encounters with Dan Rather, being denied entry to Turks and Caicos, and the name...
The Astor Place Riot (Entry 76.PR2817)
In which David Hyde (Blue City Blues, Seattle Nice) meets John in the bunker to discuss the 1849 Astor Place Opera House Riot and the welcom...