Omnibus

Episode Archive

Episode Archive

592 episodes of Omnibus since the first episode, which aired on November 28th, 2017.

  • Episode 362: Interrobang (Entry 655.LK2040)

    May 27th, 2021  |  1 hr 22 mins

    In which a series of typographic attempts to improve on the exclamation point and question mark are doomed to failure, and Ken is unable to justify the existence of the backslash. Certificate #22311.

  • Episode 361: Mister Rogers's Operas (Entry 795.RO1502)

    May 25th, 2021  |  1 hr 33 mins

    In which America's most beloved television host and moral exemplar composes a series of now-mostly-forgotten children's operas, and John thinks Star Wars is what ends childhood. Certificate #29242.

  • Episode 360: Concordski (Entry 258.JE4606)

    May 20th, 2021  |  1 hr 3 mins

    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.

  • Episode 359: Olestra (Entry 864.LV0723)

    May 18th, 2021  |  1 hr 6 mins

    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.

  • Episode 358: The Worst Poet in History (Entry 1445.PR2622)

    May 13th, 2021  |  1 hr 9 mins

    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.

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

    May 11th, 2021  |  1 hr 17 mins

    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.

  • Episode 356: Dagen H (Entry 313.EZ2116)

    May 6th, 2021  |  1 hr 17 mins

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

  • Episode 355: Cholitas (Entry 218.1C1110)

    May 4th, 2021  |  1 hr 11 mins

    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.

  • Episode 354: Drywall (Entry 384.LV1442)

    April 29th, 2021  |  46 mins 35 secs

    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.

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

    April 27th, 2021  |  1 hr 23 mins

    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.

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

    April 22nd, 2021  |  1 hr 9 mins

    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.

  • Episode 351: Mother Earth's Plantasia (Entry 810.1CH1633)

    April 20th, 2021  |  1 hr 11 mins

    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.