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Omnibus (podcast)

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Omnibus
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GenreHistory, Archival
LanguageEnglish

The Omnibus is a podcast hosted by Ken Jennings and John Roderick.[1][2][3][4][5]

In each week's episode, the hosts offer an in-depth discussion of strange-but-true stories.[1][2][4] The show employs the conceit that it is a "time capsule" of information to be preserved for people in the long-distant future.[1][2][4]

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  1. ^ a b c Marcin, Tim (December 7, 2017). "The Apocalypse is Coming (Apparently) and Ken Jennings' Podcast is Here to Prepare Us". Newsweek. Retrieved June 18, 2024. If the apocalypse is coming, shouldn't we at least leave something interesting behind, for whoever discovers the tattered remains of Earth? That's the conceit behind the Omnibus podcast from former Jeopardy! star Ken Jennings and musician John Roderick.
  2. ^ a b c Locker, Melissa (December 8, 2017). "Finally, A Podcast For The End Of The World". Fast Company. Retrieved June 18, 2024. 'Jeopardy' winner Ken Jennings and indie band frontman John Roderick made 'Omnibus' to dissect the arcana—The Rachel, smell-o-vision—future generations need.
  3. ^ Hess, Amanda (December 15, 2017). "You Know Your History? These Podcasts Aren't So Sure". The New York Times. Archived from the original on December 16, 2017. Retrieved June 18, 2024. And 'Omnibus,' hosted by the 'Jeopardy!' champion Ken Jennings and the singer John Roderick, pitches the idea forward, billing itself as 'an encyclopedic reference work of strange-but-true stories' collected 'as a time capsule for future generations.'
  4. ^ a b c Voelker, Jessica (March 27, 2018). "Ken Jennings and John Roderick Are Preserving History for After the Apocalypse". Seattle Met. Retrieved June 18, 2024. like Jennings, Roderick has an uncontainable curiosity about the world. It makes sense, then, that these friends teamed up to cohost Omnibus, to explore cultural phenomena both past and present—time capsuling everything from Jennifer Aniston's Friends-era haircut to Ice Age megafauna—and aim their roaming commentary at a mysterious future audience they imagine emerging after the apocalypse.
  5. ^ Iverson, Austin (May 7, 2018). "Jeopardy Legend Ken Jennings Is Co-Hosting a Podcast That's Also a Time Capsule". Seattle Magazine. Retrieved June 18, 2024. The idea is to educate and advise future audiences to help them avoid our mistakes through episodes that focus on obscure details of life on planet Earth.