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The Atlas Obscura Podcast

The Atlas Obscura Podcast

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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.SiriusXM Social Sciences Travel Writing & Commentary
Episodes
  • Meet the Man Visiting 800 Museums in LA
    Mar 25 2026

    Todd Lerew has spent a decade visiting every single museum in Los Angeles. He chronicled his journey in his book Also on View: Unique and Unexpected Museums of Greater Los Angeles.

    Check out Todd’s map of the museums at Everymuseum.la. Plus, listen to our episode with Jane August who is undertaking a similar project in NYC.


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    18 mins
  • Alice Austen House
    Mar 24 2026

    In the 1950s, a journalist doing archival research at the Staten Island Historical Society came across a collection of images that stopped him in his tracks. These photos featured women from the 1890s smoking cigarettes, dressed in men’s clothing, showing their petticoats or legs or hair. These photos were taken by a woman named Alice Austen, and Jensen decided to track her down…a trail which led him to the Staten Island poor house.

    Today we learn Alice’s story, by visiting the house on Staten Island where she lived for most of her life – before she lost nearly everything – which is today a museum dedicated to her life and work.

    Check out the Alice Austen House online: https://aliceausten.org/


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    18 mins
  • The Barbican
    Mar 23 2026

    You may have heard the phrase 'third place' being used more often as the world started opening up post-pandemic. People were craving somewhere that was neither their home or work, but still a place to focus social connection. But the Barbican, in London, was WAY ahead of its time.


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

Vocal Fry!

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

Amazing

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