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The Atlas Obscura Podcast — Places & Travel
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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The Tunguska Event Oct 10, 2023

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We head to a remote region of Russia, to the epicenter of what would become known as the Tunguska Event. An event that may seem unfathomable… except we have firsthand accounts from people who witnessed it.

READ MORE IN THE ATLAS: https://www.atlasobscura.com/places/tunguska-event-epicenter

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Tolkien Takes Us Places Oct 09, 2023

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This fall marks 50 years since JRR Tolkien’s death. In honor of the writer’s life and legacy, we want to take you back to the places where it all began.

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La Piedra Movediza (Classic) Oct 06, 2023

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A huge rock, teetering on the edge of a hill for thousands of years, brought tourism, fame, and what’s said to be a 100-year curse to the town of Tandil, Argentina.

READ MORE IN THE ATLAS: https://www.atlasobscura.com/places/la-piedra-movediza

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Grave Bells Oct 05, 2023

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We go to Bonaventure Cemetery in Georgia to the grave of one Charles F. Mills to learn about a distinct – but at one time widespread – phobia – and the hope to be saved by a bell.

READ MORE IN THE ATLAS: https://www.atlasobscura.com/places/charles-f-mills-grave-bell

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Baobab Fare Oct 04, 2023

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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. Find out more here.

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Enchanted Woods Oct 03, 2023

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We go to Wilmington, Delaware, to a 4-acre garden with characters and exhibits created using castoff materials and greenery that invites kids to drop screens and rules – and instead give in to a state of play.

READ MORE IN THE ATLAS: https://www.atlasobscura.com/places/enchanted-woods-winterthur-gardens

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Searching for Squids with Dr. Sarah McAnulty Oct 02, 2023

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We go on a journey through the depths of the ocean, meeting a different squid deity at each stop along the way. Our guide is cephalopod expert, biologist and science educator, Dr. Sarah McAnulty.

LEARN MORE: Sarah is teaching a course this fall about the creatures that live in the deep sea. It starts October 3, 2023 and you can find more information here. If you want to sign up, you can use promo code CEPHALOPODCAST to take 15% off!

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Secret Places with Ashley Ray (Classic) Sep 29, 2023

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Podcaster Ashley Ray has more than a soft spot for her Midwest hometown. Hear why she thinks it may just be the best kept secret.

HEAR MORE FROM OUR GUEST: Ashley has her own podcast all about TV and culture. Check it out here: https://www.stitcher.com/show/tv-i-say-w-ashley-ray

GREAT NEWS: We’re up for an award - and you can help us win! Our podcast has been named a finalist for the Signal Awards! Go to vote.signalaward.com and vote for us in the best commute podcast category through Oct 5!

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The 49th Parallel (Classic) Sep 28, 2023

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A listener takes us to a town on the edge of the longest undefended border in the world.

Note: US-Canada border regulations have been updated since this episode first aired.

READ MORE IN THE ATLAS: https://www.atlasobscura.com/places/uscanada-border-slash

GREAT NEWS: We’re up for an award - and you can help us win! Our podcast has been named a finalist for the Signal Awards! Go to vote.signalaward.com and vote for us in the best commute podcast category through Oct 5!

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Lake Karachay (Classic) Sep 27, 2023

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Lake Karachay in Ozersk, Russia is the site of a former secret Soviet Union nuclear facility - that’s inspired art despite the little that’s publicly known of the site.

READ MORE IN THE ATLAS: https://www.atlasobscura.com/places/lake-karachay

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