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The Atlas Obscura Podcast

Stitcher Studios & Atlas Obscura

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.

  • 15 minutes 15 seconds
    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

    26 July 2024, 4:05 am
  • 22 minutes 52 seconds
    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.

    25 July 2024, 4:05 am
  • 11 minutes 41 seconds
    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.

    24 July 2024, 4:05 am
  • 15 minutes 52 seconds
    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.

    23 July 2024, 4:05 am
  • 19 minutes 6 seconds
    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.

    22 July 2024, 4:05 am
  • 12 minutes 53 seconds
    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

    19 July 2024, 4:05 am
  • 22 minutes 17 seconds
    Hunting for Meteorites with Steve Arnold

    Today we're powering up our metal detectors and keeping a very close eye on the surface of the earth as we set out in the hunt for meteorites with Steve Arnold, who’s been in the game for more than three decades. If you want to learn more, check out Steve’s website, and read this profile of the meteorite hunting community.

    18 July 2024, 4:05 am
  • 16 minutes 54 seconds
    This 80s Icon Has A Shrine In A Berlin Hostel

    In the basement of a Berlin hostel – in a corridor connecting their brewery to the luggage storage area – is a shrine to a pop culture icon with a surprising connection to the city’s history. (Hint: It’s David Hasselhoff.) 

    Plus: Atlas Obscura has a new book coming out! Pre-order your copy of Wild Life today.

    17 July 2024, 4:05 am
  • 18 minutes 1 second
    My Life in Three Places: Dylan Thuras

    Dylan takes us on a tour of three places that have shaped his life.

    Listen to our episodes about the Corn Palace, House on the Rock, and Gold Medal Flour.

    16 July 2024, 4:05 am
  • 14 minutes 52 seconds
    Mother Jones and the Battle of Blair Mountain

    How a woman in her 70s inspired some of the biggest labor uprisings in American history.

    15 July 2024, 4:05 am
  • 10 minutes 19 seconds
    Pigeon Towers of Iran (Classic)

    This elaborate architecture throughout Iran served a very unique purpose - gathering pigeon guano. 

    READ MORE IN THE ATLAS: https://www.atlasobscura.com/places/pigeon-towers-iran

    12 July 2024, 4:05 am
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