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The Atlas Obscura Podcast

442 Episodes

14 minutes | Jan 27, 2023
Classic: Cueva de los Tayos
This Ecuadorian cave has captured the attention of  government officials, scientists, and professional cavers and is home to a particularly rare creature. READ MORE IN THE ATLAS:  https://www.atlasobscura.com/places/cueva-de-los-tayos
17 minutes | Jan 26, 2023
Rae Wynn-Grant and the Bear
Rae Wynn-Grant, Ph.D. is a wildlife ecologist specializing in large carnivores. And in this episode she unfolds a mystery for listeners.  To hear more about her encounter with a lion: https://www.pbs.org/wnet/nature/podcast/not-your-average-field-trip/
16 minutes | Jan 25, 2023
Empress Anna’s Ice Palace
Empress Anna’s Ice Palace in St. Petersburg, Russia was the site of an incredibly strange wedding. Was it a cruel joke? A strategic power move? Or something else? READ MORE IN THE ATLAS: https://www.atlasobscura.com/articles/russia-anna-ioannovna-ice-palace-castle
11 minutes | Jan 24, 2023
Lee’s Legendary Marbles and Collectables
Lee's Legendary Marbles & Collectables in York, Nebraska is a pilgrimage of sorts for serious collectors and a curiosity for the casual passerby. READ MORE IN THE ATLAS: https://www.atlasobscura.com/places/lees-legendary-marbles-collectables
14 minutes | Jan 23, 2023
Urnes Stave Church
This intricately carved church in Luster is one of Norway’s great treasures of architecture. READ MORE IN THE ATLAS: https://www.atlasobscura.com/places/urnes-stave-church
15 minutes | Jan 20, 2023
Classic: The Great Stalacpipe Organ
The Luray Caverns in the Blue Ridge Mountains of Virginia are home to an instrument that draws out the secret sounds of millenia-old stone. READ MORE IN THE ATLAS: https://www.atlasobscura.com/places/the-great-stalacpipe-organ-luray-virginia
13 minutes | Jan 19, 2023
Cementerio Municipal José María Azael Franco Guerrero
The José María Azael Franco Guerrero Cemetery in Tulcán, Ecuador is a topiary anomaly and a lush green paradise for the dead. READ MORE IN THE ATLAS: https://www.atlasobscura.com/places/tulcan-municipal-cemetery
21 minutes | Jan 18, 2023
The Lion House
This abandoned lodge in Gorongosa National Park in Mozambique has been reclaimed by local lions - a story deeply enmeshed in the larger history of the country.   READ MORE IN THE ATLAS: https://www.atlasobscura.com/places/the-lion-house-gorongosa-mozambique Further Reading:  S is for Samora (book by Sarah Lefanu) Let My People Go (poem by Noémia de Sousa) Apartheid’s Contras: An Inquiry Into the Roots of War in Angola and Mozambique (pdf book by William Minter) The Mozambican Civil War (1977-1992) (article by Samuel Momodu, BlackPast.org) Mozambique History Net (Resource) A Year in Gorongosa (film by Augusto Bila, narrated by Gabriela Curtiz) In Mozambique, a Living Laboratory for Nature’s Renewal (article by Natalie Angier, The New York Times) Narrative Fortresses: Crisis Narratives and Conflict in the Conservation of Mount Gorongosa, Mozambique (article by Christy Schuetze) White Man's Game: Saving Animals, Rebuilding Eden, and Other Myths of Conservation in Africa (book by Stephanie Hanes)
17 minutes | Jan 17, 2023
Songs of Ice with the Places Team
Jonathan Carey and Michelle Cassidy of the Atlas Places Team bring you stories of how sometimes giant monuments built for a specific site need to go on a journey.  READ MORE IN THE ATLAS: https://www.atlasobscura.com/places/church-of-agios-sostis and https://www.atlasobscura.com/places/rubjerg-knude-lighthouse
11 minutes | Jan 16, 2023
Green Mill Jazz Club
This internationally recognized jazz lounge has been running for more than a century. Its guests have included Frank Sinatra, Charlie Chaplin and less reputable icons like Al Capone.
16 minutes | Jan 13, 2023
Classic: The Curse of the Kreischer Mansion
Host Dylan Thuras visits a Staten Island mansion with a dubious and vitriolic past, only to learn the site’s curse may not be as obvious as it seems.  READ MORE IN THE ATLAS: https://www.atlasobscura.com/places/kreischer-mansion
18 minutes | Jan 12, 2023
Berkeley South Asian Radical History Walking Tour
Barnali Ghosh and Anirvan Chatterjee take us on a walking tour of Berkeley, CA, where they share their community's legacy of radical South Asian activism. Learn more about the Berkeley South Asian Radical History Walking Tour: https://www.berkeleysouthasian.org/
12 minutes | Jan 11, 2023
The Mail Rail
This railway was built for one purpose and one purpose only: to keep the London’s mail coming on time.    READ MORE IN THE ATLAS: https://www.atlasobscura.com/places/the-mail-rail-london-england
13 minutes | Jan 10, 2023
Chicago Bridge Houses
Drawbridge operators in Chicago, IL used to live at these specific homes nestled at the base of their bridges.
18 minutes | Jan 9, 2023
Making Films with Sky Hopinka
Venture into the mind of Sky Hopinka, member of the Ho-Chunk Nation of Wisconsin and MacArthur Genius Grant recipient. He and host Dylan Thuras discuss his work, his past and what he’s still searching for out on the road. Visit Sky's website to watch Jáaji Approx. and to learn more about his work: http://www.skyhopinka.com/jaaji-approximately
14 minutes | Jan 6, 2023
Classic: Million Dollar Point
We visit Vanuatu in the South Pacific and go underwater to visit a very strange place from a very strange episode at the end of World War II.  READ MORE IN THE ATLAS: https://www.atlasobscura.com/places/million-dollar-point
15 minutes | Jan 5, 2023
Medical Clowning Program
The history of medical clowning extends back to Ancient Greece and the time of Hippocrates and is taught in workshops throughout the world.   READ MORE IN THE ATLAS:  https://www.atlasobscura.com/places/medical-clowning-program-at-haifa-university
12 minutes | Jan 4, 2023
The Plant
This former meat-packing plant in Chicago, Illinois is now a site where people work to create a new kind of community in the city’s post-industrial remains.  READ MORE IN THE ATLAS: https://www.atlasobscura.com/places/the-plant-chicago-illinois
14 minutes | Jan 3, 2023
Classic: Post Office Bay
Post Office Bay on the Galapagos Islands is a post office that runs on luck and the goodwill of visitors. It has a knack for bringing strangers together.  READ MORE IN THE ATLAS: https://www.atlasobscura.com/places/post-office-bay
13 minutes | Jan 2, 2023
Classic: The World’s Quietest Room
Experience the Orfield Anechoic Chamber: a room inside a concrete bunker that was once known as the quietest place on earth. READ MORE IN THE ATLAS: https://www.atlasobscura.com/places/orfield-labs-quiet-chamber
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