Podcast Episodes

The Internet, IRL

Places editors Michelle Cassidy and Diana Hubbell tell us about two real-world places that have been shaped by the internet.

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We want your stories of places you're grateful for!

Blame it on this time of year, but we've been ruminating a lot on the places we're thankful for. And we want to hear your thoughts for a future episode. What's a place that played a pivotal role in s…

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The Wren’s Nest (Classic)

The Wren’s Nest in Atlanta is both a museum and former home of journalist Joel Chandler Harris and a hub for modern storytellers.

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Nate DiMeo’s Personal Memory Palace

Nate DiMeo, host and creator of The Memory Palace podcast, walks us through some of the rooms in his own personal memory palace. We visit his grandfather’s old nightclub outside Providence, a beloved…

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Malaria Bat Roosts

During the early 20th century, malaria was ravaging the world. We hear the story of Dr. Charles Campbell, who had a plan to cure it. But as it turns out, his big idea was… rather batty.

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The Sul Ross Desk

In the 1980s, a group of friends on the track team at Sul Ross State University hauled a discarded dorm room desk to the top of a mountain. They left a notebook there to keep track of their run times…

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San Juan Sounds (Classic)

San Juan Sounds is an iconic studio where musicians, engineers, and quite possibly a music-loving ghost carry on the island’s musical traditions, which date back hundreds of years. 

This episode is pr…

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Weed Week: The International Church of Cannabis

Travel to Denver Colorado and meet Steve Berke who helped found the first International Church of Cannabis in 2015. 

Learn more about it here.

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Weed Week: San Francisco Cannabis Buyers’ Club

The San Francisco Cannabis Buyers’ Club was one of the first marijuana dispensaries in the country. Its members were people with AIDS, cancer, and other serious illnesses, and inside the club had sta…

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Weed Week: Jirzankal Cemetery

An ancient cemetery in western China may hold the answer to a question asked by many a stoner: where on Earth did humans first smoke weed to get high? 

Learn more about the cemetery in this 2019 paper…

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