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The Atlas Obscura Podcast

Your guide to the world’s strange, incredible, and wondrous places. Kelly McEvers and a neighborhood of Atlas Obscura reporters transport you to a new wonder every day. Along the way, you’ll meet fascinating people and hear their stories.

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Baobab Fare (Classic) Feb 28, 2025

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The story of Chef Hamissi Mamba, whose family sought asylum in the US and years later founded an East African restaurant that serves up a small slice of Burundi in the Motor City.

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The Plotz Plot on… TLC’s Sister Wives? Feb 27, 2025

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A couple years ago, Josh Foer, the co-founder of Atlas Obscura, took us to a remote patch of land in the Arizona desert, where he built (and later rebuilt) a museum in honor of the company’s former CEO, David Plotz. And just a few weeks ago, this patch of land appeared on a reality TV show. In a strange collision, Dylan talks with one of the stars of TLC’s Sister Wives about her own experience at the Plotz Plot.

Learn more about Wow in the World family tours.

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Dylan’s Mailbag: Overrated Landmarks, Exploring Your Own City, and Places We Secretly Love Feb 26, 2025

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Dylan and producers Amanda and Johanna take your questions. Have a question for Dylan? Give us a call at 315-992-7902 and leave a message. You can also record a voice memo and email it to us at Hello@AtlasObscura.com, or simply send your question via email.

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Cuatro Ciénegas Feb 25, 2025

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The pools at Cuatro Ciénegas Basin are a portal into the ancient past – and they may soon disappear.

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Are Wild Birds Singing Human Music? Feb 24, 2025

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In cool, misty forests along the coast of New South Wales Australia, a group of lyrebirds is suspected of singing human songs they learned in the 1920s. A team of researchers sets out to investigate.

Read more about Hollis Taylor et al.’s investigation here.

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Nasothek Noses (Classic) Feb 21, 2025

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We get up close and nosey about a peculiar exhibit in Copenhagen that reveals a lot about what artists and society considered beautiful throughout the years | READ MORE IN THE ATLAS: https://www.atlasobscura.com/places/nasothek-nose-collection

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Sam Sanders Is a Nature Girly Feb 20, 2025

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Host, reporter, and podcaster Sam Sanders talks with Dylan about the places that have shaped his life – from when he was a kid in a small town in Texas secretively listening to Stevie Wonder in the bathroom, to running along the Charles River, to exploring Joshua Tree National Park with Zora Neale Hurston (kind of).

Check out Sam’s podcasts Vibe Check and the The Sam Sanders Show.

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Martinique’s Doomsday and the Man Who Survived Feb 19, 2025

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On May 7, 1902, a man named Ludger Sylbaris was thrown in jail – and it saved his life.

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The Snowy Owls of Boston Logan International Airport Feb 18, 2025

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Every year, a number of snowy owls (aka Arctic owls) find their way to an unlikely haven: Boston Logan International Airport. Owl expert Norman Smith has been leading the way to study these birds and figure out why they love to land at one of the busiest airports in the country.

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Atlas Obscura Presents: A Trucker on Seeing the US by Road with Women Who Travel Feb 17, 2025

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Today we’re bringing you an episode from our friends at the Women Who Travel podcast.

Women make up just 7% of truckers in the United States—a number that shows no sign of increasing, even while the industry suffers from a huge shortage of workers. We hear from trucker Desiree Wood, whose job has taken her to 48 states, about the freedom of life on the road, the dangers that herself and women colleagues face, and the joys that come with the occasional return trip home.

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