Podcast Episodes

Libre Intentional Artist Community

Luz Flemming explores the home where he grew up, Libre - one of the longest lasting intentional communities still exists.

3 years, 7 months ago

America’s “Quiet Zone”

Green Bank, West Virginia is free of wifi and cell signals due to the massive telescope nearby that requires radio silence.  

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3 years, 7 months ago

Summer Adventures ‘22

Today, a sampling of listener-submitted stories of summer adventures from the wild, strange and wonderful world in which we live. 

3 years, 7 months ago

Ark Two Shelter

Forty-two school buses have been buried in Horning’s Mills, Ontario - covered in concrete, they’re house up to 500 people in case of nuclear fallout.…

3 years, 7 months ago

Classic: The Baalbek Trilithon

This ancient temple complex in Northern Lebanon is one of the most well-preserved Roman ruins on earth, and one of the most overlooked. 

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3 years, 7 months ago

Gocta Waterfalls

One of the world’s tallest waterfalls is nestled In Northwestern Peru, right where the Amazon rainforest crashes into the Andes Mountains.

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3 years, 7 months ago

Chapel Creek Ranch

This ranch in Sanger, Texas trains people in jousting and sword-fighting with the goal of making them knights of the highest order - for the Medieval…

3 years, 7 months ago

Grittiness and Romanticism in New York and Paris

Whiting Writer’s Award, Best Literary Criticism award winner, and author of several critically-praised books, Lucy Sante speaks with host Dylan Thura…

3 years, 7 months ago

Growing the Atlas

Jonathan Carey and Michelle Cassidy of the Atlas Places Team are on a mission to grow the Atlas community and include more wonderful and curious loca…

3 years, 7 months ago

Classic: Vigeland Mausoleum

On the outskirts of Oslo, Norway, there’s a mausoleum some say is the city’s “best kept secret.” It’s the underrated masterpiece of a mostly unknown …

3 years, 8 months ago