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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Oct 7, 2022 • 13min
Classic: The Institute of Illegal Images
A mind-tripping place where the art stands out not because of what's on them but what's in them. READ MORE IN THE ATLAS: https://www.atlasobscura.com/places/institute-illegal-images
Oct 6, 2022 • 13min
Kalakuta Museum
Iconic musician Fela Kuti declared his home in Lagos, Nigeria, an independent state. He called it Kalakuta - and in 1977 it was invaded by the Nigerian Army.
Oct 5, 2022 • 15min
The Portland Treasure Map
A map in the archives of the Oregon Historical Society Research Library in Portland, OR may be the key to finding buried treasure that has yet to be found. READ MORE IN THE ATLAS: https://www.atlasobscura.com/articles/buried-treasure-portland-oregon
Oct 4, 2022 • 17min
The Battle of Atlanta Cyclorama
The history of this 150-year-old immersive painting at the Atlanta History Museum features a scheming promoter, the cast of Gone with the Wind, Atlanta’s first Black mayor, and the voice of Darth Vader himself - and shows how our interpretations of art reflect the time in which we live. This episode is produced in partnership with Discover Atlanta.READ MORE IN THE ATLAS: https://www.atlasobscura.com/places/atlanta-cyclorama
Oct 3, 2022 • 15min
Endangered Wolf Center
The Endangered Wolf Center in Eureka, Missouri was founded by zoologist and wildlife TV host Marlin Perkins and was home to an extraordinary wolf who gives us hope for the future of wolf survival.
Sep 30, 2022 • 14min
Classic: The 49th Parallel
A listener takes us to a town on the edge of the longest undefended border in the world.US-Canada border regulations have been updated since this episode first aired: https://www.cbsa-asfc.gc.ca/services/covid/menu-eng.htmlREAD MORE IN THE ATLAS: https://www.atlasobscura.com/places/uscanada-border-slash
Sep 29, 2022 • 16min
Bloodroot Feminist Restaurant
For more than 40 years Selma Miriam and Noel Furie have maintained the Bloodroot Feminist Vegetarian Restaurant and Bookstore as a place where women from all over the world can gather, share ideas, and share meals.Visit Bloodroot: https://www.bloodroot.com/aboutLearn more about the Feminist Restaurant Project: http://www.thefeministrestaurantproject.com/READ MORE IN THE ATLAS: https://www.atlasobscura.com/places/bloodroot-feminist-vegetarian-restaurant
Sep 28, 2022 • 15min
Oyotunji African Village
Oyotunji is an African Village with real homes and real community founded in the 1970s and located in the US - just an hour south of Charleston, South Carolina. READ MORE IN THE ATLAS https://www.atlasobscura.com/articles/against-the-odds-a-40year-old-west-african-village-in-south-carolina-has-thrived
Sep 27, 2022 • 16min
Broken Angel
The 1980s birthed a gleaming creature that spread its wings of scrap wood and glass over the intersection of two iconic Brooklyn, NY neighborhoods for thirty years. READ MORE IN THE ATLAS:https://www.atlasobscura.com/places/broken-angel
Sep 26, 2022 • 10min
Enchanted Hart Haus
Steve and Amy Hartbauer have turned their home in residential Denver, CO into a massive mosaic and decade’s long expression of inner inspiration. READ MORE IN THE ATLAS: https://www.atlasobscura.com/places/enchanted-hart-haus
