Podcast Episodes

The Lion House

This abandoned lodge in Gorongosa National Park in Mozambique has been reclaimed by local lions - a story deeply enmeshed in the larger history of the country.  

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Published on 2 years, 11 months ago

Songs of Ice with the Places Team

Jonathan Carey and Michelle Cassidy of the Atlas Places Team bring you stories of how sometimes giant monuments built for a specific site need to go on a journey. 

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Published on 2 years, 11 months ago

Green Mill Jazz Club

This internationally recognized jazz lounge has been running for more than a century. Its guests have included Frank Sinatra, Charlie Chaplin and less reputable icons like Al Capone.

Published on 2 years, 11 months ago

Classic: The Curse of the Kreischer Mansion

Host Dylan Thuras visits a Staten Island mansion with a dubious and vitriolic past, only to learn the site’s curse may not be as obvious as it seems. 

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Published on 2 years, 11 months ago

Berkeley South Asian Radical History Walking Tour

Barnali Ghosh and Anirvan Chatterjee take us on a walking tour of Berkeley, CA, where they share their community's legacy of radical South Asian activism.

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Published on 2 years, 11 months ago

The Mail Rail

This railway was built for one purpose and one purpose only: to keep the London’s mail coming on time. 

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Published on 2 years, 11 months ago

Chicago Bridge Houses

Drawbridge operators in Chicago, IL used to live at these specific homes nestled at the base of their bridges.

Published on 2 years, 11 months ago

Making Films with Sky Hopinka

Venture into the mind of Sky Hopinka, member of the Ho-Chunk Nation of Wisconsin and MacArthur Genius Grant recipient. He and host Dylan Thuras discuss his work, his past and what he’s still searchin…

Published on 2 years, 11 months ago

Classic: Million Dollar Point

We visit Vanuatu in the South Pacific and go underwater to visit a very strange place from a very strange episode at the end of World War II. 

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Published on 2 years, 11 months ago

Medical Clowning Program

The history of medical clowning extends back to Ancient Greece and the time of Hippocrates and is taught in workshops throughout the world.  

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Published on 2 years, 11 months ago