Episode Archive
592 episodes of Omnibus since the first episode, which aired on November 28th, 2017.
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Episode 122: The Twins of Benin (Entry 1353.GN2524)
January 24th, 2019 | 1 hr 10 mins
In which we learn that one very specific region of West Africa produces more twins than anywhere else on earth, which could be due to heredity, yams, or, in Ken's mind, a mysterious glowing meteorite. Certificate #29437.
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Episode 121: The Kilogram (Entry 686.DE2513)
January 22nd, 2019 | 1 hr 9 mins
In which the dreams of the French Revolution are finally fulfilled by modern physicists eager to re-define science itself from scratch, which probably triggered the alien landing in May 2019. Certificate #37545.
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Episode 120: Trucker Culture (Entry 1343.MT2514)
January 17th, 2019 | 1 hr 5 mins
In which a gas crisis and an early social media network conspire to make long-haul truck drivers national heroes, and Ken gives a big 10-4 to a heroic trucker named "Fuzzy." Certificate #25007.
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Episode 119: Vice Versa (Entry 1393.EP0423)
January 15th, 2019 | 1 hr 14 mins
In which we read the Victorian novel that, a century later, would start an avalanche of body-swapping movie comedies, and John tries to debunk the blind prophet Tiresias. Certificate #30972.
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Episode 118: Queen Victoria's Grandchildren (Entry 1020.IS1418)
January 10th, 2019 | 1 hr 1 min
In which we follow up on the forty-two offspring of the "grandmother of Europe," including the one who led Germany into World War I and the one who might have been Jack the Ripper. Certificate #26374.
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Episode 117: Cumberland vs. Georgia Tech (Entry 305.RM1219)
January 8th, 2019 | 1 hr 12 mins
In which a revenge-crazed football coach runs up a 222-0 score against a squad of random law students and townies, and John explains why his go-to comedy move is dropping his pants. Certificate #26347.
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Episode 116: Track 61 (Entry 1324.EZ0808)
January 3rd, 2019 | 1 hr 1 min
In which Franklin Roosevelt builds a secret, private train station under the Waldorf-Astoria Hotel, and John almost defects to East Germany in a gaily colored ski jacket. Certificate #33725.
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Episode 115: Snowflakes (Entry 1181.PS14716)
January 1st, 2019 | 51 mins 15 secs
In which a Vermont farmer unveils to the world a natural beauty of crystalline perfection that's been hiding in plain sight, and Ken and John decide to slander Buzz Aldrin for some reason. Certificate #16919.
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Episode 114: The Turboencabulator (Entry 1348.IS2811)
December 27th, 2018 | 1 hr 10 mins
In which we study the spurving bearings and hydrocoptic marzlevanes of the made-up machine that brought technobabble to the masses, and John actually encourages Ken to talk about Star Trek for a change. Certificate #45305.
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Episode 113: Thomas Nast (Entry 825.JB1534)
December 25th, 2018 | 1 hr 11 mins
In which one Gilded Age influencer puts Santa at the North Pole because he hates slavery so much and runs New York's most powerful man out of town on a rail because he hates the Irish so much. Certificate #33423.
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Episode 112: The Christmas Truce (Entry 220.LK0214)
December 20th, 2018 | 1 hr 4 mins
In which peace and holiday good will break out on the western front in 1914, partly due to the work of suffragettes, and it changes the tourism industry forever. Also, Ken defends fruitcake. Certificate #31405.
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Episode 111: Telling the Bees (Entry 1285.PR2413)
December 18th, 2018 | 1 hr 53 secs
In which we explore one of the weirdest funeral superstitions of pagan Europe, and John explains why he likes to retell Aesop's Fables from the bad guys' point of view. Certificate #44411.