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The Atlas Obscura Podcast

By: Stitcher Studios & Atlas Obscura
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  • 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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Episodes
  • The Last Sears in New York City (Classic)

    The Last Sears in New York City (Classic)
    May 31 2024

    Producer Johanna Mayer takes a trip to the last Sears in New York City, and a Brooklyn landmark, with two people whose lives were shaped by the department store.
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    16 mins
  • Looking Toward the Sky with Summer Ash

    Looking Toward the Sky with Summer Ash
    May 30 2024

    Telescope tourist, rocket scientist and STEAM educator Summer Ash gives us the nitty gritty on the V.L.A. - a 22-mile telescope in New Mexico whose formal name is literally “Very Large Array.” We talk about how this observatory works and what cosmic wonders it’s detected.
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    26 mins
  • Canada Obscura: The Giant Orange Sphere

    Canada Obscura: The Giant Orange Sphere
    May 29 2024

    CANADALAND host Jesse Brown introduces Dylan to a strange and decaying Quebecois fast food institution… housed inside a giant orange sphere. Today, the orange is a relic of a bygone era. But decades ago, this odd establishment was on track to become the McDonalds of Canada. We hear about the rise and fall of Montreal’s Orange Julep, and how its eccentric founder envisioned a Canada scattered with glowing orange spheres.

    This week, we’re celebrating Canada’s strange, incredible, and wondrous places. This is the third story in our collaboration with CANADALAND. If you want to hear more stories from their great show, we recommend starting here:

    • Crimes Against Nature
    • The True Story of Sasquatch

    This episode was produced by Kevin Sexton.
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    24 mins
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Vocal Fry!

Great content. The narrator’s vocal fry was distracting. Production was top notch in my opinion.

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Amazing

Literally the only thing I listen to other than audiobooks so inspiring and fun glad I discovered it!

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