Podcast Episodes
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From a once in a lifetime natural event, to two very different Olympic experiences, to a special concert, we hear listener stories of trekking someplace for the joy of being there up close and in rea…
Published on 9 months, 4 weeks ago
Baobab Fare (Classic)
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.
Published on 10 months ago
The Plotz Plot on… TLC’s Sister Wives?
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 C…
Published on 10 months ago
Dylan’s Mailbag: Overrated Landmarks, Exploring Your Own City, and Places We Secretly Love
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…
Published on 10 months ago
Cuatro Ciénegas
The pools at Cuatro Ciénegas Basin are a portal into the ancient past – and they may soon disappear.
Published on 10 months, 1 week ago
Are Wild Birds Singing Human Music?
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.…
Published on 10 months, 1 week ago
Nasothek Noses (Classic)
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.atlas…
Published on 10 months, 1 week ago
Sam Sanders Is a Nature Girly
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 b…
Published on 10 months, 1 week ago
Martinique’s Doomsday and the Man Who Survived
On May 7, 1902, a man named Ludger Sylbaris was thrown in jail – and it saved his life.
Published on 10 months, 1 week ago
The Snowy Owls of Boston Logan International Airport
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…
Published on 10 months, 2 weeks ago