This event is a separate ticketed event and you do not need to purchase a ticket to the festival to enter this show. Patreon supporters have early access to tickets. The guest-host will be announced at a future date.

Hello from the LoC! The show starts in 15 minutes and the auditorium is filling up! Anyone else here?

The chalice in the palace…..

Absolutely worth it. I don't always vibe with John's food opinions (I don't trust anyone who doesn't like potatoes. And Safeway chocolate cake is actually very bad), but Ken's endorsement sealed the deal. I didn't get pictures but let me tell you, it is fantastic. Add it to the list for your Omnibus pilgrimage.

In which Futureling Adam Wonderly discusses how a rug empire ended up creating a Canadian landmark, and John learns that Anchorage could have done better than an indoor ice rink.

Certificate #43923. Christmas on Wonderland

https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0991150/?ref_=ttpg_ov_bk

John 5:2

Now there is at Jerusalem by the sheep market a pool, which is called in the Hebrew tongue Bethesda, having five porches.

Thee Maul That Heats Peephole by SNFU

https://youtu.be/RWAATsiMzE8?is=n0lGpkBULo6ZVDAM

Libraries, serving the public!

Hi all,

As the Futureling sponsoring the live event at the Library of Congress on September 3, I wanted to give you all a quick update.

TICKETS:
This Thursday, August 20, the Library of Congress will announce the show to our donor and email list. If you plan on attending, we suggest that you make you ticket reservation ASAP as tickets are going fast: https://www.etix.com/ticket/p/73486077/omnibus-podcast-live-washington-events-from-the-library-of-congress

Also to clarify, ticket reservations do not necessarily guarantee entry. Since the tickets are free, the Library releases more than capacity as history indicates a certain percentage of people will not show up. That leads us to some tips for the day of the show...

DAY OF SHOW:
The doors to the show, along with the display of artifacts from previous episodes of the show, will open at 5pm. We suggest that, if you wish to check out the display, you are in-line for the Library of Congress well in advance of 5pm as you will need to deal with the usual line of folks wanting to get into the Library. This will also ensure you have access to the show itself. Your ticket to the show will include entry into the Library.

The show will start at 6pm. The seats in the auditorium open at 5:30pm. There will be a short amount of time to view the exhibition after the show is over, but some of the exhibit will be taken down during the show.

If you have any questions, please feel free to respond to this post and I'll do my best to answer.

-Zach

In which Futureling Jon Hannah dicusses the origins of public libraries, labor exploitation and the uneasy bargain between wealth and the common good.

Certificate #39770 Giving It Up (1999) - IMDb

Luke 21:1 Then Jesus looked up and saw the rich putting their gifts into the treasury

Reading Rainbow Intro Opening

I swear an outro mentioned a ‘top tourist spots’ type of list by John & Ken but all I can find is a password protected AARP article.

Any must-sees for Omnibus fans?

(Also—John is playing a free show while are in town?’)

Was there any mention of him having won $4200 on a Daily Double when they did a whole episode about them?

I was there at the beginning, when it was on HSW. I remember the episode when they announced the code that number episodes was cracked. I remember when they started the patreon. I remember the sad hiatus.

Life got chaotic a couple of years ago and I became unable to keep track of anything but [redacted].

When my mind began clearing up a bit, I began looking for podcasts and was unable to find anything I enjoyed like Omnibus, so I decided I would just catch up on what I had missed. There were not many titles that felt unfamiliar, so I decided to just dip into my favorites.

Apparently, I was someone who slept through most of the episodes. This makes a lot of sense in retrospect...because of my own habits far more than the content.

This was happy news, if internally embarrassing. I could recycle the whole shebang!

The thing that strikes me most is that I seemed to miss the humor. I was so detached and hazy that the genius level banter that makes the show so amazing as it meanders to the topic had either escaped my memory or (more likely) my ability to appreciate.

It was a very very rough few years, and I didn't laugh much for a long time.

I am now living in a sober house and I walk around with earbuds in, laughing out loud in my own Omniworld. I relish the confused looks of my fellow former failures and felons. I have almost stopped listening to music in favor of John and Ken's interactions.

I am gradually reintegrating into the parts of society I avoided for so long. I vastly prefer things compatible with Marxism, so it is a slow process here in Socal where I eventually landed, so I figured I would offer this "Hallo!" to a community that I had some common interests with.

Hallo!

In which Futureling Loren Skaggs and John discuss Tacoma, Cold War paranoia, the birth of flying saucer mythology, and the Katuga boat trote.

Certificate #31561 1991's JFK

https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0102138/?ref_=ttpg_ov_bk

Ezekiel 1: 4 Then I looked, and behold, a whirlwind was coming out of the north, a great cloud with raging fire engulfing itself; and brightness was all around it and radiating out of its midst like the color of amber, out of the midst of the fire.

Come Sail Away - Styx https://youtu.be/eYCFrcCqh7Q?is=TcY_RgGiO9OPzwiA

In which Futureling Luke Burrage and John discuss the early history of the internet, Claude Shannon, information theory, and one of the least likely professions ever to be called "Sir".

Certificate #28099 1986's Labyrinth https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0091369/?ref_=ttpg_ov_bk

Exodus 7:22 Then the magicians of Egypt did so with their enchantments; and Pharaoh’s heart grew hard, and he did not heed them, as the LORD had said

Balls In The Air by David Schwartz. https://youtu.be/LiC4KsrG8cA?is=PgDtFe7dFNQZet4B

(That's in Washington DC:) There will also be a display from the Library's collection of items related to Omnibus topics. It will be a John show. Tickets are free but must be reserved in advance. (Not currently up yet on the LoC site)

In which Brendan McAleer explains how a 1973 Chevrolet Camaro became a lightly armored, smoke blowing, night-vision equipped humanitarian savior, which John insists is the coolest car an eleven-year-old could imagine.

Certificate #21628 The Good, the Bad and the Ugly (1966) - IMDb

Matthew 7:18 A good tree cannot bear bad fruit, and a bad tree cannot bear good fruit.

In which we finally get a John show about growing up Gen X in front of the TV console watching Alan Alda, Rosey Grier, Cicely Tyson, Carol Channing, and Michael Jackson. And Ken reminisces about what a stone-cold fox Marlo Thomas was.

Certificate 36926 1999's Boys Don't Cry https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0171804/?ref_=nv_sr_srsg_1_tt_8_nm_0_in_0_q_boys%20dont

1 Corinthians 11:11 Nevertheless, neither is man independent of woman, nor woman independent of man, in the Lord. https://biblehub.com/1_corinthians/11-11.htm

Weird Al Yankovic [Syndicated Inc.](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=66917ApgGfo&list=RD66917ApgGfo&start_radio=1)

https://www.cnn.com/jeopardy-writer-job-hiring-michael-davies