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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Mar 9, 2023 • 12min
More Wonders in Your Backyard
Here the podcast team shares stories of wonder and curiosity that lies just outside your doorstep. Stories feature a troll bridge, a cemetery, natural methane vents, and more.Tell us about a wonder in your backyard. Record a voice memo and send it to hello@atlasobscura.com or leave a voicemail at 315-992-7902.
Mar 8, 2023 • 19min
The Dedan Kimathi Post Office Tree
The Dedan Kimathi Post Office played a notable role in Kenya’s struggle for Independence.
Mar 7, 2023 • 15min
Ouija Board 7-Eleven
The Ouija Board went from a tool for communicating with the dead to a sleepover party game. This trip through the Ouija Board’s past features a pit stop at the Ouija 7-Eleven.READ MORE IN THE ATLAS: https://www.atlasobscura.com/places/ouija-7eleven
Mar 6, 2023 • 17min
Big Apple Inn
This restaurant in Jackson, Mississippi was a haven for Civil Rights leaders and has stood for four generations, 83 years, and a whole lotta pig ear sandwiches.READ MORE IN THE ATLAS: https://www.atlasobscura.com/places/big-apple-inn
Mar 3, 2023 • 15min
WHM Classic: Forest of the Future Library
As part of Women’s History Month Atlas Obscura will be sharing some episodes from the archive including this story about a forest in Oslo, Norway that will provide the trees for paper as part of a century long art project featuring famed contemporary authors. READ MORE IN THE ATLAS: https://www.atlasobscura.com/places/forest-of-the-future-library
Mar 2, 2023 • 15min
The A. Everett Austin Facade House
This architectural oddity in Hartford, Connecticut looks like a mansion… but is only one room deep. READ MORE IN THE ATLAS: https://www.atlasobscura.com/places/a-everett-austin-facade-house
Mar 1, 2023 • 13min
The Discovery Tree
California's longest-running tourist attraction is a stump that helped spark a conservation movement.READ MORE IN THE ATLAS: https://www.atlasobscura.com/places/the-discovery-tree
Feb 28, 2023 • 15min
The Hampton House
This simple brick building in Chicago, Illinois was the boyhood home of Civil Rights icon, Fred Hampton Sr. and a continued site for community organizing.
Feb 27, 2023 • 14min
Nellie Mae Rowe’s Playhouse
Nellie Mae Rowe decorated her home in Vinings, Georgia with homemade dolls and shiny bottle caps and placed paper streamers, pieces of colored glass and improvised sculptures throughout her yard.
Feb 24, 2023 • 15min
BHM Classic: Leimert Park
As part of Black History Month Atlas Obscura will be sharing some episodes from the archive including Producer Baudelaire Ceus’s journey to Leimert Park, a unique neighborhood in Los Angeles characterized by its historical relationship to Black liberation.
