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SUMMARY:The Omnibus Project with John Roderick
DESCRIPTION:Join us for an evening of conversation\, laughter\, and stories of the human spirit featuring The Omnibus Project with John Roderick and Special Guest. Presented by Papertrees Creative in partnership with the 2026 Portland Book Festival and Literary Arts. This event will be recorded. \nThe Omnibus Project \nThe Omnibus Project is a podcast founded in 2017 by Ken Jennings and John Roderick as a repository for the lesser-known stories of our collected human experience that\, in the event of a cataclysm\, may not survive to be retold. It is an effort to save our own Library of Alexandria to disk\, a project to preserve not just what made us great but what made us human. \nThe show has diligently researched and compiled the knowledge AROUND the knowledge\, building a compendium not of obvious and commonly cited data—the Roman Empire and World War II are widely reported elsewhere—but of the esoteric and sublime wonders that might otherwise be lost. \nThe Omnibus Project weathered many upheavals: leaving iHeart Media to become an independent\, listener-supported program; switching formats from biweekly to weekly; enduring storms\, controversies and multiple breathless articles in the Hollywood Reporter. Both hosts were the subject of controversy\, but in all the years never missed an episode. Throughout it all\, the show grew into a thriving archive of wonder\, with millions of annual listeners and a vast community of devoted fans who gather under the banner of “Futurelings.” \nIn 2025\, due to his duties hosting Jeopardy!\, Ken stepped back into an emeritus role as executive producer\, occasional contributor\, and spiritual lodestar\, entrusting the continued production of The Omnibus Project to his colleague and partner\, storyteller John Roderick. Unencumbered by fame or fortune\, John carries on their good works with a weekly rotating cast of friends\, authors\, comedians and\, most importantly\, the Futurelings community. \nAs the show marches toward its first decade\, the archive continues to expand\, escaping the confines of the podcast feed for live appearances at such venerable institutions of knowledge as the Library of Congress and beyond. And with each new week\, each new entry\, each new show\, we’re granted a blessed postponement of the apocalypse—one we hope will never come—as another overlooked\, forgotten\, or improbable tale is added to … the Omnibus. \nJohn Roderick is a Seattle-based musician\, writer\, and podcaster celebrated for his sharp wit and distinctive voice. Beyond co-creating The Omnibus Project\, he also co-hosts Roderick on the Line. His essays have appeared in Rolling Stone\, Esquire\, and Seattle Weekly\, alongside his published book of short prose\, Electric Aphorisms. Best known as the frontman of The Long Winters\, Roderick will return with a highly anticipated new album soon.
URL:https://pdxbookfest.org/event/the-omnibus-project/
LOCATION:First Congregational United Church of Christ\, 1126 SW Park Ave\, Portland\, OR\, 97205
CATEGORIES:Art Events,Music Events,Ticketed Events
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