The Atlas Obscura Podcast
SiriusXM and Atlas Obscura
An audio guide to the world’s strange, incredible, and wondrous places. Co-founder Dylan Thuras and a neighborhood of Atlas Obscura reporters explore a new wonder every day, Monday through Thursday. In under 15 minutes, they’ll take you to an incredible place, and along the way, you’ll meet some fascinating people and hear their stories. Our theme and end credit music is composed by Sam Tyndall.
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Jul 28, 2021 • 14min
The Village Where Every Person’s Name Is a Song
In Kongthong, India, every person’s name is a unique song, composed by their mother within a week of their birth, part of a centuries-old tradition.
Read more in the Atlas: https://www.atlasobscura.com/articles/where-indian-villagers-have-musical-names Hosted by Simplecast, an AdsWizz company. See pcm.adswizz.com for information about our collection and use of personal data for advertising.
Jul 27, 2021 • 15min
The Kalamazoo Gals of the Old Gibson Guitar Factory
The story of the women who stepped up to produce thousands of guitars during World War II, only to be written out of the history.
Read more in the Atlas: https://www.atlasobscura.com/places/the-old-gibson-guitar-factory-kalamazoo-michigan Hosted by Simplecast, an AdsWizz company. See pcm.adswizz.com for information about our collection and use of personal data for advertising.
Jul 26, 2021 • 13min
The Family Tree
A listener’s voicemail sent us searching for the story of a very special -- and giant -- oak tree Peoria, Illinois, and the family of arborists who cared for it. Hosted by Simplecast, an AdsWizz company. See pcm.adswizz.com for information about our collection and use of personal data for advertising.
Jul 22, 2021 • 15min
Beale Treasure
Grab your pickaxes, your shovels, and your code breaking supercomputers because today we’re going on a treasure hunt. Hosted by Simplecast, an AdsWizz company. See pcm.adswizz.com for information about our collection and use of personal data for advertising.
Jul 21, 2021 • 16min
Kilwa Kisiwani
We dig through more than 1,000 years of dirt, history, colonialism, and myth on the Swahili Coast.
Read more in the Atlas https://www.atlasobscura.com/places/kilwa-kisiwani-ruins Hosted by Simplecast, an AdsWizz company. See pcm.adswizz.com for information about our collection and use of personal data for advertising.
Jul 20, 2021 • 15min
Oh The Places We Could Go!
There are tens of thousands of entries in the Atlas -- today we meet the people who sift through them.
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Jul 19, 2021 • 16min
Josephine Baker’s Chateau
Writer and travel educator Tracey Friley tells the story of the glamorous life of entertainer, French Resistance agent, and civil rights activist, Josephine Baker and the pilgrimages women still make to her chateau.
Learn more: www.traceyfrileytravel.com Hosted by Simplecast, an AdsWizz company. See pcm.adswizz.com for information about our collection and use of personal data for advertising.
Jul 15, 2021 • 14min
Sputnik IV Crash Site
Typically, space junk ends up deep in the Pacific Ocean. This is the story of when it plunged back to earth … onto a street in small-town Wisconsin.
Read more in the Atlas: https://www.atlasobscura.com/places/sputnik-crash-site Hosted by Simplecast, an AdsWizz company. See pcm.adswizz.com for information about our collection and use of personal data for advertising.
Jul 14, 2021 • 17min
Spacecraft Cemetery
Where does space stuff go after it dies? To this spot deep, deep in the Pacific Ocean.
Read more in the Atlas: https://www.atlasobscura.com/places/spacecraft-cemetery Hosted by Simplecast, an AdsWizz company. See pcm.adswizz.com for information about our collection and use of personal data for advertising.
Jul 13, 2021 • 15min
Catalina Island Bison Herd
The strange story of Catalina Island’s herd of bison, and the harrowing story of producer Sarah Wyman’s encounter with these intimidating residents.
Read more in the Atlas: https://www.atlasobscura.com/places/catalina-island-bison-herd Hosted by Simplecast, an AdsWizz company. See pcm.adswizz.com for information about our collection and use of personal data for advertising.
