Podcast Episodes

Classic: World’s Loneliest Tree

About 400 miles south of New Zealand, on the subantarctic Campbell Island / Motu Ihupuku, stands a Sitka spruce whose nearest neighbor is 170 miles a…

3 years, 2 months ago

Classic: The Forgotten Songs Sound Sculpture

This unique installation in Sydney, Australia combines art and ornithology, commemorating the calls of the city’s lost birds. Plus, bin chickens!

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3 years, 3 months ago

Classic: Moses Gates and the Chrysler Building Eagles

Urban planner Moses Gates shares his unlikely experience with the residents of the 61st floor of one of New York City’s most iconic buildings.

3 years, 3 months ago

Classic: Newark Earthworks

Updated December 2022. Built by indigenous people thousands of years ago, the Newark Earthworks are part cathedral, part cemetery, and part astronomi…

3 years, 3 months ago

Priscilla’s Homecoming

The story of Thomalind and Priscilla is 300 years in the making and brings listeners to Bunce Island, off the coast of Sierra Leone.  

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3 years, 3 months ago

Tumbleweed Christmas Tree

Chandler, Arizona creates a Christmas Tree made entirely of the diaspore of this Western plant. 

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3 years, 3 months ago

Classic: Spite Houses

Home is where the grudge is. We survey a special kind of architecture that is both petty and personal.

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3 years, 3 months ago

Getting Lost

Atlas contributors bring listeners stories of getting lost on transit, on romantic getaways, or while just trying to get home, and the joy that comes…

3 years, 3 months ago

Duke Riley and the poly S. Tyrene Maritime Museum

Artist Duke Riley has turned trash into a medium, like clay or paint, and an indictment.  His exhibit DEATH TO THE LIVING, Long Live Trash will run t…

3 years, 3 months ago

The Sponge Capital of the World

Discover how Tarpon Springs, Florida became known as the Sponge Capital of the World. This “Small Town, Big Story” episode is produced in partnership…

3 years, 3 months ago