Podcast Episodes

Wonder in Your Backyard: The Aztec Ruins

A listener shares a wonder from his backyard, this time in the small town of Aztec, New Mexico.

Plus, we want to hear from you. Tell us about the won…

1 week, 5 days ago

Garden Week: 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. This week, we’re celebr…

2 weeks, 1 day ago

Garden Week: Underwater Sculpture Gardens

Jason deCaires Taylor takes intentional art to another level with his sculptures that can be visited by humans and fish.

This week, we’re celebrating…

2 weeks, 2 days ago

Garden Week: A Floating National Park

Today we visit a hidden gem of Washington, D.C.: the Kenilworth Aquatic Gardens, an oasis of ponds filled with lotuses and waterlilies. This unusual …

2 weeks, 3 days ago

Garden Week: A Sound Garden

An orchard of metal poles sits on a hill overlooking Lake Washington. And when the wind blows, this musical sculpture "sings the world into existence…

2 weeks, 4 days ago

Garden Week: Alnwick Poison Garden

The Alnwick Poison Garden in England is a place where stopping and smelling the flowers could actually kill you. The garden is dedicated entirely to …

2 weeks, 5 days ago

Bone Vinyl (Classic)

In the Soviet Union, x-rays didn’t just give you a look inside the human body. They also gave you a glimpse of the outside world, thanks to music tha…

3 weeks, 1 day ago

The World’s Biggest Social Studies Assignment with Paul Barbato

As a young adult, Paul "Barbs" Barbato gave himself perhaps the world's biggest social studies assignment: make a profile of every single one of the …

3 weeks, 2 days ago

Bean There, Baked That

In a storefront in Kearney, Nebraska, Morris Press Cookbooks Store houses a massive "Google of family recipes," chronicling nearly a century of Ameri…

3 weeks, 3 days ago

When In Rome… Accidentally Break the Rules?

We asked you to send us stories about a time you accidentally broke the rules while traveling… and some you really went there. 

Plus, we want to hear…

3 weeks, 4 days ago