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animals

Podcast: Searching for Squids with Sarah McAnulty

We journey through the ocean depths, meeting a different cephalopod at each stop along the way.
The Podcast Team October 2, 2023
An empty gap defines the border between the U.S. and Canada.
nuclear

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.
The Podcast Team September 29, 2023
community center

Podcast: Twin Oaks

Just how many parents can a kid have? A collaboration with Freakonomics.
The Podcast Team September 25, 2023
haunted

Podcast: The Fear Lab

Ever wondered why our brains crave a good scare?
The Podcast Team September 21, 2023
science

Podcast: The Ark of Citrus

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

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.
The Podcast Team September 19, 2023
military history

Podcast: Italy’s Bomb Squad

Volunteers have been finding, excavating, removing, and sometimes even defusing bombs.
The Podcast Team September 18, 2023
NIST physicists Steve Jefferts (foreground) and Tom Heavner with the NIST-F2 cesium fountain atomic clock
science

Podcast: The Atomic Clock

The one clock that sets them all.
The Podcast Team September 14, 2023
museums

Podcast: Onöhsagwë:de’ Cultural Center

Lacrosse can trace its origins back centuries to the Native American "Creator's Game."
The Podcast Team September 13, 2023
Michael Cleary claimed the human Bridget had been abducted when walking through a nearby "fairy fort," like this one in County Roscommon.
murder

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.
The Podcast Team September 12, 2023
farms

Podcast: Fenway Victory Gardens

This "victory garden" grew produce to help bolster dwindling food supplies during World War II.
The Podcast Team September 11, 2023
universities

Podcast: Rites of Passage

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

Podcast: Animal Encounters - Face to Face Yet Again

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

Podcast: Kennett Square

Check out the mycelium madness of a Pennsylvania town’s annual mushroom fest.
abandoned

Podcast: How to Quarantine in a Ghost Town

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

Podcast: It’s Getting Hot in Here

A history of Michigan's own personal Hell.
The Podcast Team August 29, 2023
company town

Podcast: Arthurdale

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

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.
The Podcast Team August 23, 2023