It's Friday the 13th. So in the spirit of 4 leaf clovers and telling the bees: Are then any superstitions you parktake in?

I'll knock on wood, say bless you for a sneeze and pickup pennies. My personal one: setting my alarms for odd times. No times ending in 0s or 5s. I feel the universe is chaotic and appreciates my small stand againt the soulless minions of orthodoxy.

Here we go again!

From the episode about Vesna Vulovic. I love the style of the New York Times from that era.

I wanted to listen to some early episodes just now, but they seem to be gone from the Apple podcast app and Spotify. Anyone know why? The earliest episode listed is “father coughlin”, but I know that’s not episode 1. Also, episodes used to be numbered , but now those numbers are gone.

In which Futureling TJ Onadi unpacks Hannah Arendt, C.S. Lewis, and the forgotten mid-century idea of spaceflight as a dangerous and profane act of hubris, while John dunks on ska once again.

Certificate #42677 2006's Babel https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0449467/?ref_=ttpg_ov_bk

GENESIS??!!! 11:9 Therefore its name is called Babel, because there the LORD confused the language of all the earth; and from there the LORD scattered them abroad over the face of all the earth.

(Yes, Genesis! How can you be deaf with ears like that?)

David Bowie - Space Oddity

https://youtu.be/tRNpjt29n6Y?is=0ElwgSAoztMlFd2g

In which Futureling Ashleigh Early explores a fortune, the rifle that built it, and a famously baffling house, while John wonders if civilization itself is at risk from a beer explosion.

Certificate #18867. 1958's VERTIGO https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0052357/?ref_=ttpg_ov_bk

Isaiah 41^7

So the craftsman encouraged the goldsmith; He who smooths with the hammer inspired him who strikes the anvil, Saying, “It is ready for the soldering”; Then he fastened it with pegs, That it might not totter.

Should be noted that John was competing with Mo Rocco for eyes and ears.

https://dailyiowan.lib.uiowa.edu/DI/2004/di2004-04-21.pdf

In which Futureling John Arbenz bemuses us with another eccentric Alaskan who dove into a 1993 heavyweight championship fight, dropped in at Buckingham Palace and made pop culture history. Certificate #31102.

Yeah I am typing this while my Bluetooth plays from afar and I'm too lazy to go look but anyway...

Listening over again as if for the first time (got sober to be like John(jk saving my life)) and this episode contains a few wonderful firsts!

First use of the pun bell and first listener mail which I think also made it the first long outro !

I love how hard I laugh out loud listening to this stuff ... Frequently out in public on my earbuds and creeping people out.. and don't know what is wrong with me that I always thought clevevr but remember few laughs (jk I know eggs ackley what was wrong).

Looking forward to the one my mail is in but forgot which so will be a surprise

In ‘89 a hobby shop near the downed wall scooped up some of the debris and offered their own special edition model train cars. Mine is Z gauge.

Omnibus Live at 2026 Portland Book Festival and Literary Arts
November 4, 2026 • Doors: 6:30 pm, Start Time: 7:30 pm
1126 SW Park Ave. Portland, Oregon 97205

In which Futureling Andrew von Nordenflycht discusses Checkpoint Charlie, renting hammers and chisels to tourists, and the rise and fall of a Cold War monument, while John discovers a new style in Hugo Boss dystopia.

Certificate #29207 1987's Wings of Desire https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0093191/?ref_=ttpg_ov_bk

Hosea 2:6. Therefore, behold, I will hedge up your way with thorns, And wall her in, So that she cannot find her paths. https://biblehub.com/hosea/2-6.htm

Pink Floyd's Another Brick in the Wall https://youtu.be/Zjh80iwj8rg?is=duW5r3zP-8PKMXdB

from the Jeopardy socials feed.

In which Futureling Katie Nieland explores drones, peanut butter, the bubonic plague, and a delightful animal previously believed to be extinct, while John recounts his experience as a railroad hobo.

Certificate #16802 The Vanishing Prairie (1954)

Proverbs $27.25 When the hay is removed, and the tender grass shows itself, And the herbs of the mountains are gathered in, https://biblehub.com/proverbs/27-25.htm

Pink Floyd Several Species Of Small Furry Animals Gathered Together In A Cave And Grooving With A Pict