840 episodes
The Atlas Obscura Podcast Stitcher Studios
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- Society & Culture
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4.6 • 51 Ratings
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An audio guide to the world’s strange, incredible, and wondrous places. Co-founder Dylan Thuras and a neighborhood of Atlas Obscura reporters explore a new wonder every day, Monday through Thursday. In under 15 minutes, they’ll take you to an incredible place, and along the way, you’ll meet some fascinating people and hear their stories. Our theme and end credit music is composed by Sam Tyndall.
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The Theater of Electricity (Classic)
Step inside the Theater of Electricity in Boston and learn about the World’s Largest Air-Insulated Van De Graaff Generator.
READ MORE IN THE ATLAS: https://www.atlasobscura.com/places/worlds-largest-airinsulated-van-de-graaff-generator -
Our Lives Through Hollywood’s Eyes
Writer and journalist Walt Hickey joins Dylan for a conversation about the different ways film and television have impacted us and our real world surroundings, a topic that’s the subject of his new book You Are What You Watch.
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The Arrow Stork
The story of a stork, a spear and a scientific mystery that led to breakthroughs in the way we understand bird migration.
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A 15,000 Year Old Tree and a Housing Development
In the California’s Jurupa Valley, residents discovered a treasure in their backyard: a 15,000 year old tree. Now, it may disappear.
Read Shannon Osaka’s article about the Jurupa Oak. -
Meet the Man Who Sets America’s Living Rooms on Fire
Today we visit the ATF Fire Research Laboratory where investigators recreate arson attacks and analyze burn patterns.
Read more about John Allen and his work at the world's largest fire research laboratory. -
Discovery Hut (Classic)
Atlas Obscura's Gemma Tarlach shares what it's like to step inside a relic from the Heroic Age of Antarctic Exploration, and to find traces of a famous lost party of explorers.
READ MORE IN THE ATLAS: https://www.atlasobscura.com/places/discovery-hut
Customer Reviews
The Phileas Fogg of Podcasts
Beautifully collated, informative bite sized stories & reports of the exotic, the unusual and the little known. The narration is wonderfully descriptive and evocative & instantly transports you to the far away land or to the base of an unusual structure or natural formation.
This is educational story telling at its absolute best & my travel bucket list has expanded greatly since I began listening, totally stunning. This Pod should be included in all educational curriculums - an easy way to impart knowing in an inclusive and engaging manner- EVERYONE can benefit from listening to this pod.
If you love travel you’ll love this !
As an avid reader of Atlas Obscura and the stories they unearth of unusual and different places around the globe - never the usual and well known but unique, discover a world beyond the guidebook.
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A decent listen