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The Atlas Obscura Podcast

SiriusXM Podcasts & 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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  • Weekend Road Trip: Tinkertown

    It took Ross Ward more than 40 years to build Tinkertown, an indescribable array of carvings, figurines, and folk art. The project became both a source of inspiration for young artists, and an unexpected refuge for Ross himself.  This...

  • Fairy Circles (Classic)

    We head to the Namib Desert in Africa, where the landscape is dotted with mysterious, pimple-like indents known as fairy circles. Where do these things come from? Scientist Walter Tschinkel has spent the last several years studying and...

  • 100 Years of the LA Central Library with Susan Orlean

    The LA Central Library has always been unique. It doesn’t look like a typical big city library, many people didn’t want it to be built in the first place, and, in 1986, a fire affected more than one million of its books. But the library...

  • True Treats Historic Candy

    Candy scholar Susan Benjamin brings us to her research-based historic candy shop, and introduces us to some surprising sweets that have shaped American history … from abolitionist sugars to WWI's chocolate energy bars.  Today's...

  • The Real Town Behind War of the Worlds

    War of the Worlds by Orson Welles is perhaps the most famous radio play on Earth. But what’s left out of the story is where the play was set — a real, little town in New Jersey. It took decades, but the people who live in Grover’s Mill...

  • Garbage Goat (Classic)

    This sculpture in Spokane, WA was created by a"welding nun" decades ago.  READ MORE IN THE ATLAS: https://www.atlasobscura.com/places/garbage-eating-goat-statue Hosted by Simplecast, an AdsWizz company. See pcm.adswizz.com for...

  • Weekend Road Trip: The Bob Baker Marionette Theater

    The Bob Baker Marionette Theater is a beloved place in Los Angeles, California. The theater almost closed down when its founder, Bob Baker, died in 2014. But it has managed to survive.   Randel Metz is the director of the Storybook...

  • Temple of Pythons (Classic)

    We visit southern Benin to hear the story of the Temple of Pythons and clear up some misconceptions about one of the world's most misunderstood spiritual systems.  READ MORE IN THE ATLAS:...

  • Walking the Johnny Appleseed Trail with Isaac Fitzgerald

    Isaac Fitzgerald grew up taking long walks with his father in rural Massachusetts. And on those walks, his father told him stories about legendary figures like Johnny Appleseed. As an adult, Isaac decided to retrace his path, and learn...

  • A Syrian Seed Library, Under Siege

    When armed fighters captured his workplace during Syria’s civil war, Ali Shehadeh decided to pay them a visit. He was determined to save his life’s work: a massive collection of seeds.  Hosted by Simplecast, an AdsWizz company. See...

  • The Paris Sewer Museum

    We dive into the dirty history of the famed Paris sewer system, from its unorthodox cleaning methods, to a pneumatic postal service that ran via the sewer, to… a poop tax. We always want to hear from you! If you have a question or a...

  • National Ice Core Lab (Classic)

    Scientists in Denver, Colorado store and conduct tests on miles of ice core samples dating back hundreds of thousands of years.  READ MORE IN THE ATLAS: https://www.atlasobscura.com/places/national-ice-core-lab Hosted by...