Podcast Episodes

Studying the World’s Largest Parrot Colony with Juan Masello

We head to the cliffs of Balneario El Condor in Argentina to visit a parrot city… and the parrot suburbs. And we meet the biologist who risks his lif…

1 year, 5 months ago

The Diefenbunker

How 78 toilets exposed a Cold War secret in Carp, Ontario.

1 year, 5 months ago

The Goose Who Wore Nikes

In the late 1980s, a goose named Andy was born without webbed feet. A local Nebraskan inventor made him a pair of customized baby shoes and grew to c…

1 year, 5 months ago

An Update on California’s Jurupa Oak

This summer we learned about a 15,000-year-old oak tree in California that was facing a potential housing development. Today, we learn its fate. List…

1 year, 5 months ago

Carhenge (Classic)

This experimental automotive replica of Stonehenge has become a symbol of the town of Alliance, Nebraska. But residents haven’t always been fans.

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1 year, 6 months ago

Small Town, Big Story: The Pennsic Wars of Slippery Rock, PA

Every summer, more than 10,000 people flock to this Pennsylvania town for two weeks for the largest gathering of medieval arts and culture anywhere i…

1 year, 6 months ago

Small Town, Big Story: Heating Up in Thermopolis, WY

We go to a central Wyoming town, just a couple hours from Yellowstone, that's appropriately named Thermopolis. City of Heat. It’s home to one of the …

1 year, 6 months ago

Small Town, Big Story: The Giant Omelet of Abbeville, LA

We’re visiting a town 150 miles west of New Orleans in the absolute heart of Cajun country, where every year, thousands of people come from across th…

1 year, 6 months ago

Small Town, Big Story: The Storytellers of Jonesborough, TN

Every October, amateurs and professionals alike gather in this small town in the Appalachian Mountains to hone their storytelling chops and share the…

1 year, 6 months ago

Enchanted Hart Haus (Classic)

Steve and Amy Hartbauer have turned their home in residential Denver, CO into a massive mosaic and decade’s long expression of inner inspiration. 

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1 year, 6 months ago