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Omnibus
With Ken Jennings and John Roderick
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Doors for this event will open at 6:30 PM. Town Hall events are approximately 75 minutes long.
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For the past eight years, the Omnibus podcast, hosted by Jeopardy!’s Ken Jennings and musician John Roderick, has indexed obscure and arcane corners of history and culture for the benefit of far future listeners. Whatever form our descendant “Futurelings” take, the Omnibus will guide them through the riches of their past.
The hosts have worked tirelessly, to great acclaim, but due to Ken’s newly busy schedule as the full-time host of Jeopardy!, he finds himself torn between compiling the sum total of all human knowledge and entertaining millions! With a heavy heart, he must step back from his weekly Omnibus duties, bidding the show continue on without him under Roderick’s steady hand. Ken will remain an emeritus consultant and part of a rotating lineup of guest hosts, but for now, he bids Omnibus adieu.
Town Hall presents the live recording of Ken’s final podcast as weekly co-host of Omnibus! The evening will pay tribute to the accomplishments of the Omnibus past, present, and future and, if providence allows, in-person “addenda” content in the form of music, photo ops, and many goods and cheese.
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John Roderick is a Seattle-based musician, writer, politician, and podcaster celebrated for his sharp wit and distinctive voice. Beyond co-creating Omnibus, he also co-hosts long-running philosophy podcast Roderick on the Line, was a longtime columnist for the Seattle Weekly, and was a candidate for Seattle City Council in 2015. His essays have appeared in Rolling Stone, Esquire, Talkhouse, The Stranger, and the LA Weekly, alongside his published book of short prose, Electric Aphorisms. He’s performed on recordings by Death Cab for Cutie, The Decemberists, Harvey Danger, and Nada Surf, among many others, and has co-written songs with Aimee Mann and Kathleen Edwards. Best known as the frontman of The Long Winters, Roderick will return with a highly anticipated new album in 2026.
Ken Jennings, co-creator of the Omnibus podcast, is still the Jeopardy! record-holder for his 74-game streak on the beloved quiz show back in 2004. In 2020, he was named Jeopardy!’s “Greatest of All Time” and began hosting the show following the death of longtime host Alex Trebek later that year. Ken is the author of 14 books, most recently The Complete Kennections. He lives in Seattle with his family and his dogs.
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