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woods

Podcast: The Storytellers of Jonesborough, TN

Every year, lumberjacks and lumberjills from around the world flock to Hayward, Wisconsin, to compete in the Lumberjack World Championships.
Sponsored by GoUSA TV
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art museum

Podcast: Gunnar Schonbeck Exhibit

More than 200 unconventional instruments are on display at the Massachusetts Museum of Contemporary Art.
July 10, 2023
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dinosaur parks

The Best of Our Listeners' Magical Summer Memories

From dinosaur parks to a mysterious stone giant.
July 7, 2023
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latin

Podcast: Witches and Ritual Around the Globe

Explore the mysteries of Mexico's Indigenous healers and Denmark's gruesome witch burnings with Condé Nast Traveler's Women Who Travel Podcast.
July 3, 2023
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foraged foods

Podcast: No Taste Like Home

Uncover the edible wonders of Asheville's forests and learn to connect with nature's bounty.
Sponsored by Explore Asheville
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authors

Podcast: We Heart Disasters … With John Marr

A visit with the author of a classic zine about unusual deaths.
June 28, 2023
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explosions

Podcast: Hunga Tonga-Hunga Haʻapai

The island might be almost completely gone now, but the memory remains.
June 27, 2023
Gastro Obscura
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pasta

Podcast: The Italian War on Pasta

The surprisingly delicious outcome of a fascist campaign.
June 26, 2023
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rivalries

Podcast: Bone Wars

How a feud broke new ground for fossil history.
June 23, 2023
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bronze

Podcast: The Hand Collection

A museum that gives new meaning to the term "hands-on."
June 22, 2023
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memory

Podcast: Secret Places With Ashley Ray

A love letter to an unloved Midwestern town.
June 21, 2023
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ice cream

Podcast: Flavor Graveyard

Pay your respects at the sweetest cemetery in the world.
June 20, 2023
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desert art

Podcast: World Famous Crochet Museum

Step inside the cutest, most cuddly museum in the desert.
June 15, 2023
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reactors

Podcast: Reed College Reactor

For the past 50 years, undergrads at a liberal arts college have had access to a remarkable scientific instrument.
June 14, 2023
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long now locations

Podcast: The Greenbrier

This fallout shelter beneath a West Virginia resort was a state secret until 1992.
June 13, 2023
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travel

Podcast: Close to the Edge, Part 2

Dive into another installment of our listeners' near-death travel experiences.
June 12, 2023
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opera

Podcast: The Tabor Opera House

Long before anyone appeared live at Red Rocks or made The Fillmore shake, there was The Tabor Opera House.
Sponsored by Visit Colorado
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cryonics

Podcast: Frozen Dead Guy

Near a Colorado mountain town, there's the frozen corpse of a Norwegian grandpa. We get the tale of how this came to be.
June 7, 2023
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voodoo

Podcast: Temple of Pythons

We visit southern Benin to learn more about one of the world's most misunderstood spiritual systems.
June 6, 2023
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miniatures

Podcast: Fairy Castle

A famous 1920s actress left the world a lasting piece of art: a remarkable miniature home.
June 5, 2023
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travel nevada

Podcast: Tonopah Mining Camp

The 'Queen of the Silver Camps' is 113 acres of history preserved.
Sponsored by Travel Nevada
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climate change

Podcast: Koutammakou

Can the stunning earth-tower homes of Togo and Benin be saved?
May 31, 2023
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protest

Podcast: The Woman with the Handbag

How pocketbooks became a symbol of resistance in Sweden.
May 30, 2023
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bug

Podcast: Tick Collection

What can we learn from these blood suckers?
May 29, 2023