Episode Archive
592 episodes of Omnibus since the first episode, which aired on November 28th, 2017.
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Episode 386: The Mpemba Effect (Entry 813.JB3829)
August 19th, 2021 | 1 hr 4 mins
In which scientists from Aristotle up to modern-day Tanzania try to understand the paradoxical way water seems to freeze, and Ken thinks baseball should have cheerleaders. Certificate #25481.
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Episode 385: The Mafeking Cadet Corps (Entry 746.IS2903)
August 17th, 2021 | 1 hr 8 mins
In which a hero of the Second Boer War turns an ill-advised siege into a worldwide youth movement, and John isn't sure if one can tell time with a cannon. Certificate #31247.
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Episode 384: The Cuyahoga River Fire(s) (Entry 309.IS4302)
August 12th, 2021 | 1 hr 7 mins
In which the American government only gets serious about environmental cleanup after a river in Cleveland bursts into flame well over a dozen times, and Ken believes he could manufacture gravel. Certificate #12398.
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Episode 383: Fiji's Declaration of Independence (Entry 467.EC0306)
August 10th, 2021 | 58 mins 4 secs
In which a Pacific nation loses its founding document and has to ask nicely for a photocopy replacement, and John missed his chance at an assumed identity. Certificate #23621.
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Episode 382: The Oosik (Entry 868.GN0223)
August 5th, 2021 | 1 hr 58 secs
In which walrus genitals supply an important element to Alaskan folk art, and Ken will not inspect the underside of a wallaby. Certificate #45999.
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Episode 381: The Next Dalai Lama (Entry 836.MT0208)
August 3rd, 2021 | 1 hr 8 mins
In which the uninterrupted 600-year succession of Tibetan Buddhist leadership is threatened by political oppression, and John admires a hat that looks like a banana. Certificate #32762.
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Episode 380: The Fulda Gap (Entry 505.2K0316)
July 29th, 2021 | 1 hr 3 mins
In which a series of valleys in central Germany become the focus of Cold War military strategy for generals "fighting the last war," and Ken orders a baby online. Certificate #51668.
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Episode 379: Lieutenant Nun (Entry 718.2C1102)
July 27th, 2021 | 52 mins 6 secs
In which a "Basque transvestite" leaves her San Sebastian convent in 1607 to become one of the most dangerous men in South America, and John thinks an Italian pope would be a little naughtier than a Spanish one. Certificate #11658.
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Episode 378: Games Buddha Wouldn't Play (Entry 514.PP0203)
July 22nd, 2021 | 1 hr 16 mins
In which a great spiritual leader lists all the kinds of dice and pick-up sticks and toy windmills that are off-limits to the enlightened, and Ken wants to lick a tetherball pole. Certificate #25968.
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Episode 377: Union Dixie (Entry 1368.EZ2046)
July 20th, 2021 | 1 hr 8 mins
In which the same folk song is embraced by both sides of the U.S. Civil War, albeit with different lyrics, and John accuses a Supreme Court justice of having a racist ringtone. Certificate #27330.
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Episode 376: Mulberry Mania (Entry 815.2S0523)
July 15th, 2021 | 1 hr 31 mins
In which early America, hoping to keep up with the Chinese, is caught up in an obsession with white mulberry trees, and Ken marvels at the hanky-panky that must go on in every Olympic Village. Certificate #26780.
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Episode 375: An African in Greenland (Entry 022.JB3132)
July 13th, 2021 | 1 hr 33 mins
In which a young man from French Togoland survives a snake attack and embarks on a lifelong quest to see the Arctic, and John loses a large rooster. Certificate #36809.