Podcast Episodes
Back to SearchScience that Doesn’t Stop (Classic)
Host Dylan Thuras riffs on a subject that has long fascinated him: The world’s longest-running science experiments.
2 years, 6 months ago
The Wishing Tree
There’s a special tree in Portland that’s full of a city’s hopes, dreams, and wishes.
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2 years, 6 months ago
The Golem
We peek into the life and work of the oft-understood artist Niki de Saint Phalle, who was behind a strange and wildly popular playground sculpture in…
2 years, 6 months ago
Robot Saints
We meet the robot saints – sculptures made of wood and wire, of cams and pulleys during medieval times – that might just help us understand this new …
2 years, 6 months ago
Nasothek Noses
We get up close and nosey about a peculiar exhibit in Copenhagen that reveals a lot about what artists and society considered beautiful throughout th…
2 years, 6 months ago
The Plotz Plot (Classic)
Josh Foer, the co-founder of Atlas Obscura, takes us to a remote patch of land in the Arizona desert, where he built (and later rebuilt) a museum in …
2 years, 6 months ago
The Stanley Hotel
We go inside a place that some paranormal investigators call the most active haunted location in the world. Before it was known as the inspiration fo…
2 years, 6 months ago
Our Travel Expectations
Travel is sometimes like a box of chocolates – never know what you’re going to get. In this episode, we share stories of places that blew us away, an…
2 years, 7 months ago
The Tunguska Event
We head to a remote region of Russia, to the epicenter of what would become known as the Tunguska Event. An event that may seem unfathomable… except …
2 years, 7 months ago
Tolkien Takes Us Places
This fall marks 50 years since JRR Tolkien’s death. In honor of the writer’s life and legacy, we want to take you back to the places where it all beg…
2 years, 7 months ago