Podcast Episodes

The Real Office Space Behind Apple TV’s Severance

Apple TV’s Severance takes a dystopian view of the middle management office space, where the sprawling corridors, overhead fluorescent lights hide th…

1 year ago

Chapel Creek Ranch (Classic)

This ranch in Sanger, Texas trains people in jousting and sword-fighting with the goal of making them knights of the highest order - for the Medieval…

1 year ago

The Sunken Pirate City at Port Royal

Off the southern coast of Jamaica, there are the underwater ruins of pirate city from the 1600s – a city that could be considered the Las Vegas of it…

1 year ago

What’s the Deal with Leprechauns?

For this St. Patrick’s Day, author and friend of the show Colin Dickey joins Dylan to demystify leprechauns. Where do they come from? Is there a Lepr…

1 year ago

America’s “Quiet Zone" (Classic)

Green Bank, West Virginia is free of wifi and cell signals due to the massive telescope nearby that requires radio silence.  

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Pulau Tiga, The Island That Made “Survivor”

What happens when a real place becomes a reality TV set? Emily Nussbaum, New Yorker staff writer and author of “Cue The Sun: The Invention of Reality…

1 year ago

The Circus Capital of the World

The first time John Ringling and his brothers saw a circus come to town, it changed their lives forever. They’d go on to form their own circus compan…

1 year ago

Atlas Obscura Goes Off Assignment: To the Kitchen Staff at 초밥 사랑 (Chobap Sarang)

A Black American living in Korea writes a letter to a restaurant worker, reckoning with race and the meaning of home. This essay was edited by Aube R…

1 year ago

The Brutalist (Places Edition)

Diana Hubbell and Roxanne Hoorn from the Places team take us to two locations on opposite sides of the world that both evoke deep reverence – and an …

1 year ago

A Gaga Tour of the Town (Classic)

Producer Manolo Morales – a verified Little Monster, gallivants around the Lower East Side, via an immersive, performance-art walking tour dedicated …

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