Podcasts · History
Omnibus
383 episodes · 2 with AI analysis
Every 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 generations.
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People · top 20
James MonroeMoten CrockettHelen MartinUlysses G. LeighPaul Spots-EmerickCarl D. GreenleafD.H. Bird (Dry Hole Bird)NatalieJohnWilliam WalkerHerman WinterhoffEthan Allen HitchcockJohn L. O'SullivanFranklin PierceNarciso LopezPatricio RivasNoel SalmonCharles MorganCornelius GarrisonCornelius Vanderbilt
Companies · top 7
Topics · top 10
Drum manufacturing history and innovation (1890s-1960s)Purdue University marching band traditions and Block P formationUniversity of Chicago Big Bertha drum and radioactive exposureUniversity of Texas Longhorn Band and Dry Hole Bird patronageJapanese taiko drum construction and performanceSynthetic vs. animal hide drum headsGuinness World Records for largest drumsKorean traditional music (Gugak) and ceremonial drumsChinese bronze drum casting and sculptureMagnetosphere as acoustic phenomenon
Analyzed Episodes
Apr 7, 2026
The World's Largest Drum (Entry 144.CO0807)
Drum manufacturing history and innovation (1890s-1960s)Purdue University marching band traditions and Block P formationUniversity of Chicago Big Bertha drum and radioactive exposure
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The Filibuster War (Entry 468.RE0602)
William Walker filibustering campaignsManifest destiny ideology and American exceptionalism19th-century Central American geopolitics
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