Omnibus 2023 AD
Added 2022-11-08 10:01:00 +0000 UTCHistorical records indicate that for the first five years of the Omnibus Project, new entries were added to the vault twice a week. They make up a corpus of over five hundred recordings!
But in the beginning of Omnibus's fifth year, the project's founders announced that the show's frequency would change to weekly in January 2023. (The new schedule is discussed in more detail at the end of entry 738.1S0819, titled "Loyalists.") We can only speculate that this change followed the contemporaneous hiring of one of the founders as the host of a popular "tele-vision" series of the era.
This news may have come as a relief to early 21st-century listeners struggling to keep up with Omnibus's punishing release schedule of well over two hours of data per week (even more for "Addenda" listeners!) as well as for those who were concerned that Ken's newly complicated travel schedule would mean the end of Omnibus altogether. This was the crucial change that assured the project's 50-year run (2017-2066), still celebrated by all of us today in our orbital cities and telekinetic termite burrows alike.
For those of all eras who are disappointed about this scheduling adjustment, we remind you that the Omnibus Project will eventually grow to encompass all forgotten avenues of homo sapiens history and culture, as originally promised. It will just do so at a somewhat moderated pace.
(Obviously, the workers selling less labor power because they control the means of production is completely compatible with Marxism. We hope that provides some small measure of comfort.)
Comments
I actually find myself behind several episodes, as it's the doldrums in between mowing and snowshoeing seasons.
brovold72 .
2022-12-01 19:37:42 +0000 UTCClearly now is the time to kick off weekly episodes of Subinmo, where Mindy and John's partner show up and talk shit for an hour
Jimmy Woodward
2022-11-17 04:28:19 +0000 UTCWorkers selling labor power sounds more compatible with Capitalism??? I guess I will need to find additional sources for quips and puns. Perhaps John could become Ken’s “Ed McMahon” on Jeopardy and bring his bell?
2022-11-12 14:40:19 +0000 UTCHappy the Omnibus continues, sad there will be less to listen too, happy the aimless chatter before and after each episode can increase. It's an emotional roller coaster over here!
2022-11-09 19:33:27 +0000 UTCExcellent news that this great project will continue. I am already on my second relisten through and will be happy to restart again when I catch up, so one a week is fine by me. Wouldn't be sad to get Friendly Fire (or some related/equivalent show back if John is at a loose end once a week though. Big love to both of you from the UK.
Jon
2022-11-09 00:26:54 +0000 UTCWhat they didn't tell you is they're all Thursday shows because it's now just John taking to himself
Aron Nopanen
2022-11-08 22:16:14 +0000 UTCWhich day if the week will the episode be released, Tuesday or Thursday? Or will you split the difference and plump for Wednesday? Oh oh oh and will you still alternate entries? Whatever the answers are, I'm happy to receive 50% less Omnibus for its 100% continued existence.
Robert Williams
2022-11-08 18:57:56 +0000 UTCAlso taking this as good news since the podcast lives on ! Cheers guys
Mr K
2022-11-08 18:10:57 +0000 UTCOne is better than none!! Thanks to Ken and John!!
2022-11-08 16:24:35 +0000 UTC*breathes small sigh of relief* I’m so glad Omnibus is continuing — one episode a week sounds great to me. And unplayed back catalogue, I’m finally coming for you.
2022-11-08 15:50:46 +0000 UTCI've always said my Omnibus Patreon contribution was a bargain at twice the price, so I guess this is a market adjustment? Not a problem. I'll miss that extra episode, and I was elated to hear that Ken and John are committed to the project for many years to come! Side notes: Ken is, as we all knew he would be, the ideal Jeopardy! host, and I am still working my way through hundreds of John's "Roderick on the Line" episodes. These two guys continue to provide the bulk of my media entertainment these days.
2022-11-08 15:39:38 +0000 UTCI am very happy the podcast will continue but I would be lying if I said I wasn't sad to hear that there will be fewer episodes coming. However, we can all agree on cheese! #SUPERTRAIN
Tony L
2022-11-08 15:31:18 +0000 UTCThis change actually motivated my long procrastination of joining of patron. Glad to see the show continuing!
2022-11-08 15:07:09 +0000 UTCalso welcome? do you think i just got here? jeez this is why i dont post on the internet. i shouldnt have said anyhting
2022-11-08 15:03:44 +0000 UTCim not interested in debating this. it may be necessary but i am not a liar and therefore will not celebrate this move to signal my virtuosity. being a futureling (sp?) doesnt mean i have to happy about it regardless of whether i approve. good luck to all.
2022-11-08 15:01:17 +0000 UTCThere are two reasons I'm glad you've found a way to continue. The first is obviously that we Futurelings are selfish and want more. The second reason is that you two obviously enjoy it so much. Before Omnibus, it never occurred to me that you guys would even know each other. Now I kind of assume the show's reason d'etre is for you guys to hang out together, and I'm glad that we get to give you a reason to do so.
2022-11-08 15:00:12 +0000 UTCBrian, welcome! You are not a chump! You are just paying back-dues for content already enjoyed. Fortunately, the project carried on long enough for you to be able to support it sparing you any guilt for not stepping up sooner.
Scott Ryan
2022-11-08 14:56:51 +0000 UTCalso i got into the podcast bc of jon, but have 100% transitioned into a ken fan in spite of my disdain for dualistic thinking, hence my willingness to accommodate. even if his opinions on camping and indie rock, amongst other things, are irreconcilable.
2022-11-08 14:44:36 +0000 UTCi decided when i caught up i would join the patreon and catch up on all addendum. pretty disappointing that i paid the full year price and now its value was reduced nearly in half, as ive been caught up for the last couple years and very much love this podcast. hard to say $5/mo is a good value for a weekly episode but im a chump just gonna keep paying.
2022-11-08 14:43:01 +0000 UTCI have always been astonished that Omnibus managed to release two long, well produced podcasts each week, and I was sure The Project would come to an end soon, so I’m taking this as good news.
2022-11-08 14:35:28 +0000 UTCThanks for continuing on in a manner that works best for you and always being open with us! I appreciate you both! Dare I say, “this is the way”?
2022-11-08 14:21:34 +0000 UTCAh, what a bummer. But it was probably too good to be true that you guys were doing two shows a week. Thanks for keeping the show going [in a way compatible with Marxism!]. I hope it never ends.
2022-11-08 14:20:36 +0000 UTCOn the one hand, fewer episodes to eventually enjoy. On the other, I might finally catch up! I've only listened to about 400 of the episodes so still got a ways to go. Either way, just excited the podcast will continue for another 44 years.
Zach Klitzman
2022-11-08 13:57:33 +0000 UTC
