781 episodes
The Atlas Obscura Podcast Stitcher Studios
-
- Society & Culture
-
-
4.5 • 1.3K Ratings
-
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.
-
The Livestock Living at the End of the World (Classic)
The pigs once plopped on an uninhabited Auckland Island known for capturing castaways now play an important role in modern medical research.
READ MORE IN THE ATLAS: https://www.atlasobscura.com/articles/what-lives-on-auckland-islands -
To the Moon and Back with Rebecca Boyle
Science writer and journalist Rebecca Boyle has a new book about all about the ways in which the moon has impacted nearly every aspect of human life – including our conception and invention of time.
MORE IN THE ATLAS: Rebecca is a regular contributor to Atlas Obscura and you can find more about her work here and check out her book here. -
Musée Mécanique
We empty out our change purse and visit Dan Zelinsky - the owner and head mechanic of the Musée Mécanique - one of the few remaining vintage arcades in the country.
READ MORE IN THE ATLAS: https://www.atlasobscura.com/places/musee-mecanique-san-francisco -
Beauly Priory Wych Elm
A gnarly looking elm tree rumored to be older than Britain itself was the anchor in a community – until beetles got to it and it was suddenly gone one day. Thanks to the magic of technology, you can see a 3D scan of the Beauly Elm here: https://sketchfab.com/3d-models/beauly-elm-bf14d2bdc7604599bddf5aad549959ec
READ IN THE ATLAS: https://www.atlasobscura.com/places/wych-elm-of-beauly-priory -
Sans-Souci Palace
We go to Haiti, and visit a royal residence once called the Versailles of the Caribbean. But though Sans-Souci Palace, once home to Haiti’s only king, is now ruins and rubble, it remains a large symbol – just as its creator intended.
-
Rhubarb Triangle (Classic)
Farmers in Yorkshire, England take years to coax their rhubarb plants into a world-renowned delicacy using a century-old technique.
READ MORE IN THE ATLAS: https://www.atlasobscura.com/places/rhubarb-triangle
Customer Reviews
Please stop frying.
Please, stop with this affection. It’s distracting and makes it appear that you’re too exhausted to finish a sentence.
Every episode is mind expanding
Can’t get enough of this one!
Hard to understand
The topic is so fantastic but Baudelaire is so hard to understand. He drops his voice and we lose the meaning of what is being spoken. Please re-record Beaudelaire’s podcasts with someone who speaks slowly, enunciates and doesn’t drop his/ her voice.