Podcast Episodes

Atlas Obscura Goes Off Assignment: To the Platinum Blonde DJ On Her Way to Laos

A traveler in Vang Vieng, Laos writes a letter to a fellow traveler. This essay was edited by Lenora Todaro and originally appeared in Off Assignment…

1 year, 7 months ago

Atlas Obscura Presents: "Bigfoot is from North Carolina" with The Broadside

Sasquatch is Southern. And its cultural and economic impact in Appalachia is sizable. Today, we bring you an episode of The Broadside, a podcast prod…

1 year, 7 months ago

Brown Dog Statue (Classic)

This memorial marks the life of a pup who sparked riots over animal rights issues in London.

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1 year, 7 months ago

Don’t Ask Jacques Ze Whipper What He Does for a Living

If you’ve ever wondered what it was like to run away and join the circus, this episode is for you. Dylan talks with Jack Lepiarz, also known as Jacqu…

1 year, 7 months ago

The Town That Moved a Windmill

When Peter James first stumbled on the Lowfield Heath Windmill, it was falling apart. Determined to save it, he embarked on a years-long effort with …

1 year, 7 months ago

The Kola Superdeep Borehole

In the 1980s, a team of Soviet scientists dug a hole in the Earth’s crust so deep that they reached Hell… complete with high temperatures, unexplaine…

1 year, 7 months ago

First Trips Abroad

Listener stories about traveling abroad for the first time – from a trip to Germany in 2020, to a chalet in Switzerland in 1986, to a trip to Iran ju…

1 year, 7 months ago

Endangered Wolf Center (Classic)

The Endangered Wolf Center in Eureka, Missouri was founded by zoologist and wildlife TV host Marlin Perkins and was home to an extraordinary wolf who…

1 year, 7 months ago

Zach Stafford’s Life in Five Places

Zach Stafford found great career success at a very young age – he’s a writer, producer, and co-host of the news & culture podcast Vibe Check. His int…

1 year, 7 months ago

Christine's Cell

In the year 1329, a woman named Christine Carpenter was enclosed in a tiny cell in the walls of a church in Shere, England. She was expected to spend…

1 year, 8 months ago