Episode Archive
592 episodes of Omnibus since the first episode, which aired on November 28th, 2017.
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Episode 314: The DeLorean Cocaine Bust (Entry 330.JB1810)
November 26th, 2020 | 1 hr 21 mins
In which Detroit's first "cool" car executive almost goes to jail in an attempt to save his weird car and foundering company, and Ken says it's okay for kids to climb into refrigerators now. Certificate #36728.
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Episode 313: Elizabeth Nietzsche (Entry 837.EX0204)
November 24th, 2020 | 1 hr 4 mins
In which a Prussian schoolteacher's wife founds a failed anti-Semitic utopia in Paraguay and creates fascism's favorite philosopher, and John wants to keep Nazis off the Moon at all costs. Certificate #42582.
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Episode 312: Cottagecore (Entry 283.ZP0206)
November 19th, 2020 | 1 hr 12 mins
In which we look at the long history of romanticizing rural life, from the Enlightenment all the way up to today's Instagram lesbians, and Ken accuses Thoreau of "glamping." Certificate #45989.
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Episode 311: The Baader-Meinhof Phenomenon (Entry 088.MK1472)
November 17th, 2020 | 1 hr 14 mins
In which we learn what causes the "frequency illusion" of recently learned facts immediately reappearing into view, and John has too many books on his bed for romance. Certificate #36846.
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Episode 310: The Baader-Meinhof Gang (Entry 088.EZ2736)
November 12th, 2020 | 1 hr 22 mins
In which far-left European terrorism of the 1970s produces West Germany's own Marxist-Leninist "Bonnie and Clyde," and Ken feels bad for that kissing nurse in Times Square. Certificate #26524.
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Episode 309: The Cavendish Banana (Entry 197.JU0112)
November 10th, 2020 | 1 hr 1 min
In which we learn that the massive global banana export market is a precarious monoculture doomed to disaster because of a tiny fungus, and John thinks Sean Young might be a time traveler. Certificate #26039.
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Episode 308: Wampum (Entry 1408.DE0206)
November 5th, 2020 | 1 hr 10 mins
In which the intricate bead culture of the Eastern Woodlands tribes confuses new British and Dutch arrivals, and Ken refuses to let Thomas Jefferson make him be a farmer. Certificate #31448.
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Episode 307: Election Ties (Entry 400.1CH2508)
November 3rd, 2020 | 1 hr 23 mins
In which we learn what governments do when election results come back exactly tied, and John swings a Seattle mayoral election by asking for directions. Certificate #30371.
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Episode 306: Mensa (Entry 775.PR1320)
October 29th, 2020 | 1 hr 21 mins
In which the era of intelligence testing produces an Oxford-based society for smarty-pants who, it turns out, mostly want to solve puzzles, and Ken is shamed for identifying an antelope. Certificate #43519.
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Episode 305: C-Day (Entry 198.MT2527)
October 27th, 2020 | 52 mins 15 secs
In which the U.S. military battles black marketing and currency destabilization by paying Korea- and Vietnam-era servicemembers in play money, and John learns about a 1990s fad for the first time. Certificate #46965.
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Episode 304: The Day the Clown Cried (Entry 317.PS12605)
October 22nd, 2020 | 1 hr 20 mins
In which an unfinished Holocaust "dramedy" gains a reputation as the worst movie ever made even though no one has ever seen it, and Ken thinks a lot about dog poop. Certificate #46512.
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Episode 303: Eliza (Entry 404.LK0247)
October 20th, 2020 | 1 hr 15 mins
In which an MIT professor worried about a digital future accidentally creates the field of human-machine conversation, and John flirts with a 54-year-old computer program. Certificate #36441.