Podcast Episodes

Manuscript Writing Cafe (Classic)

We go to Tokyo, to a particular place that is both nemesis and best friend to all those procrastinators out there. (Yes, we’re looking at you :) 

LEARN MORE: The Manuscript Writing Cafe is open Saturd…

Published on 5 hours ago

The Beat Museum (Classic)

This San Francisco museum, curated by a super-fan of the Beats, is a shrine to an incredibly influential cultural movement and a destination for folks keeping it alive today.

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Published on 3 days, 5 hours ago

The Living Libraries of West Africa

Journalist Eliot Stein explores the tradition of the djeli – African storytellers who memorize and pass down oral histories – tracing it all the way back to the Mali Empire. Along the way, he tracked…

Published on 4 days, 5 hours ago

More Things We Collect

A while ago, we asked you to send us stories about your collections – and we got so many great responses, that we decided to make another episode about it.     

Plus, we want to hear stories about the…

Published on 5 days, 5 hours ago

Baseball’s Muddy Little Secret

On the heels of the World Series, Kelly and Amanda discuss an unusual tradition in baseball: the fact that, before each game, every single ball is rubbed with mud sourced from a secret location in th…

Published on 6 days, 5 hours ago

Freud Museum London (Classic)

Sigmund Freud’s famous psychoanalytic couch is preserved in his final office in London, England.

READ MORE IN THE ATLAS: https://www.atlasobscura.com/places/freud-museum-london

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Published on 1 week ago

Luomus Spiders (Classic)

The Finnish Museum of Natural History in Helsinki has been home to an infestation of Chilean recluse spiders for more than 50 years.

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Published on 1 week, 3 days ago

Local Legends Corner with Colin Dickey: LaLaurie Mansion

There’s a mansion in New Orleans with a truly horrific past. Author Colin Dickey, who has joined us every Thursday this month, reveals the real life horrors that took place here, its once sadistic ow…

Published on 1 week, 4 days ago

How Buffalo Changed City Parks Forever

When the city of Buffalo, New York invited landscape architect Frederick Law Olmsted to town in the late 1860s, they were hoping he’d replicate the success of his most famous design: New York City’s …

Published on 1 week, 5 days ago

Your Stories of Traveling with Kids

From long flights to strenuous trips, listeners share stories about traveling with their kids for the first time. 

Plus, we want to hear stories about the fictional places you wish were real. Tell us …

Published on 1 week, 6 days ago