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tolkien

Podcast: Tolkien Takes Us Places

Unearthing the real-life places and events that inspired fantasy writer J.R.R. Tolkien.
October 9, 2023
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ao loves halloween

Podcast: Grave Bells

We learn about a peculiar belief that was once widespread: the hope to be saved by a bell.
October 5, 2023
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diaspora

Podcast: Baobab Fare

Visit an East African restaurant that serves up a small slice of Burundi in the Motor City.
October 4, 2023
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woods

Podcast: Enchanted Woods

A Wilmington garden invites kids to drop screens and rules and just play.
October 3, 2023
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squid

Podcast: Searching for Squids with Sarah McAnulty

We journey through the ocean depths, meeting a different cephalopod at each stop along the way.
October 2, 2023
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midwest

Four of Our Favorite Classic Podcast Episodes

From a nuclear lake to a Kenyan post office, check out these places where there’s much more than meets the eye.
September 29, 2023
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parenting

Podcast: Twin Oaks

Just how many parents can a kid have? A collaboration with Freakonomics.
September 25, 2023
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psychology

Podcast: The Fear Lab

Ever wondered why our brains crave a good scare?
September 21, 2023
Gastro Obscura
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orchards

Podcast: The Ark of Citrus

A sweet archive of almost biblical proportions can be found at the University of California, Riverside.
September 20, 2023
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navigation

Podcast: Getting Lost in Golden Gate Park

Learn more about orienteering, the sport that forces you to navigate with just old-fashioned maps and compasses—no GPS allowed.
September 19, 2023
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explosions

Podcast: Italy’s Bomb Squad

Volunteers have been finding, excavating, removing, and sometimes even defusing bombs.
September 18, 2023
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time

Podcast: The Atomic Clock

The one clock that sets them all.
September 14, 2023
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cultures

Podcast: Onöhsagwë:de’ Cultural Center

Lacrosse can trace its origins back centuries to the Native American "Creator's Game."
September 13, 2023
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murder mystery

Podcast: The "Changeling" Murder of Bridget Cleary

In March 1895, a husband murdered his wife after accusing her of being replaced by an evil fairy.
September 12, 2023
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baseball

Podcast: Fenway Victory Gardens

This "victory garden" grew produce to help bolster dwindling food supplies during World War II.
September 11, 2023
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vending machines

Podcast: Rites of Passage

Time to go back to school to appreciate some unusual campus traditions with the Altas Obscura Places Team.
September 8, 2023
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wildlife

Podcast: Animal Encounters - Face to Face Yet Again

Join us for a daily celebration of the world’s most wondrous, unexpected, even strange places.
September 6, 2023
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mushrooms

Podcast: Kennett Square

Check out the mycelium madness of a Pennsylvania town’s annual mushroom fest.
Sponsored by GoUSA TV
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sailors

Podcast: Maine Windjammers

We go back in time to another era of travel and take a trip on the oldest commercial sailing vessel in the United States.
Sponsored by Maine Office of Tourism
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real estate

Podcast: How to Quarantine in a Ghost Town

What does it take to run your abandoned town?
August 30, 2023
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small worlds and model towns

Podcast: It’s Getting Hot in Here

A history of Michigan's own personal Hell.
August 29, 2023
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aleister crowley

Podcast: Villa de Vecchi

This abandoned Italian mansion, with its fair share of ghostly tales.
August 28, 2023
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new deal

Podcast: Arthurdale

Hear the saga of an ambitious, government-backed homestead project that never quite lived up to its hype.
August 24, 2023
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great lakes

Podcast: The Mysterious Sinkholes of Mt. Baldy

One family's visit to Lake Michigan turns into a wild tale of a missing boy and mysterious tunnels.
August 23, 2023