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Ken Jennings Defends Co-Podcaster John Roderick Amid "Bean Dad" Controversy

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Ken Jennings is defending his podcast co-host John Roderick following a controversy that saw the latter labeled "Bean Dad." That, in turn, led to some social media users accusing Roderick of "child abuse" and then digging up old tweets that they charged are racist, anti-semitic and homophobic.

Jennings and Roderick co-host the podcast Omnibus, which is described as "an encyclopedic reference work of strange-but-true stories that they are compiling as a time capsule for future generations." Over the weekend, Roderick shared a lengthy story on Twitter about teaching his 9-year-old daughter how to use a can opener.

The gist was that she was hungry and so he told her to make some baked beans. He was incredulous upon learning that she did not.

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