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The Atlas Obscura Podcast

SiriusXM and 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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00:14:55

The Ravens of the Tower of London

The Atlas Obscura Podcast ·

2025/07/22

An elite group of ravens live at the Tower of London, anxiously monitored and lovingly tended to by a professional ravenmaster. Because according to legend, if these ravens were ever to leave, the crown of England would fall. But it turns out this “ancient” legend is a relatively recent invention.More on the one historian’s investigations into the legend’s origins can be found in this paper and in the book City of Ravens: The Extraordinary History of London, its Tower and Its Famous Ravens.

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00:33:57

The Atlas Obscura Podcast Presents: Charlie’s Place

The Atlas Obscura Podcast ·

2025/07/21

Today, we’re sharing an episode from our new podcast documentary series, Charlie’s Place. Beloved, notorious, defiant, folk hero – these are just a few ways to describe Charlie Fitzgerald, the entrepreneur who owned an integrated nightclub during Jim Crow in Myrtle Beach, South Carolina. What happened in Myrtle Beach at Charlie’s would come to define a community and generations to come. This is the almost forgotten history of Charlie’s Place.Charlie's Place is a production of Atlas Obscura and

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00:10:22

Ol Pejeta Rhino Cemetery (Classic)

The Atlas Obscura Podcast ·

2025/07/18

A small cemetery in the grasslands of Kenya serves as a way to honor one of the most endangered animals in the world – the rhino – and elevate the plight of a species on the brink. READ MORE IN THE ATLAS: https://www.atlasobscura.com/places/ol-pejeta-rhino-cemetery

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00:28:41

The Art Spy with Michelle Young

The Atlas Obscura Podcast ·

2025/07/17

A French curator infiltrates a Nazi army to save masterpieces from the Jeu De Paume museum. Read more in Michelle Young’s new book, The Art Spy: The Extraordinary Untold Tale of WWII Resistance Hero Rose Valland.

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00:14:42

The Portland Treasure Map (Classic)

The Atlas Obscura Podcast ·

2025/07/16

A map in the archives of the Oregon Historical Society Research Library in Portland, Oregon may be the key to finding buried treasure that has yet to be found. This episode was produced in partnership with Travel Portland.

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00:17:23

The World’s Largest Time Capsule

The Atlas Obscura Podcast ·

2025/07/15

In 1975, a man in Seward, Nebraska dug a gigantic hole in his yard and made the world’s largest time capsule. On July 4, 2025, the capsule was opened.

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00:17:00

Dylan’s Mailbag: Solo Travel

The Atlas Obscura Podcast ·

2025/07/14

Dylan and producers Johanna and Amanda answer listener questions about solo travel. Have a question for Dylan? Give us a call at 315-992-7902 and leave a message. You can also record a voice memo and email it to us at Hello@AtlasObscura.com, or simply email your question.

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00:15:04

Nue (Classic)

The Atlas Obscura Podcast ·

2025/07/11

A Seattle restaurant pushes diners to eat beyond their borders through its embrace of global street foods.

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00:24:15

Exploring the Pan-American Highway with Pati Jinich

The Atlas Obscura Podcast ·

2025/07/10

The Pan-American Highway is considered the longest road in the world – it stretches nearly 20,000 miles, from Alaska to Argentina. In her new docuseries Pati Jinich Explores PanAmericana, Pati talks with people along the famous route about the different ways we form our identities. And she was particularly interested in exploring this territory because of her own unique cultural background.

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00:11:45

How Polar Explorers Entertained Themselves

The Atlas Obscura Podcast ·

2025/07/09

Early polar explorers faced long nights and dangerous expeditions. To entertain themselves, they wrote and published niche newspapers and periodicals. Atlas Obscura’s community editor Allegra Rosenberg reads an essay exploring this unique polar tradition. Read her full essay here.

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00:14:29

The Last Limburger Plant in America

The Atlas Obscura Podcast ·

2025/07/08

Chalet Cheese Cooperative in Monroe, Wisconsin is the last cheese plant left in America that makes the ultra-stinky Limburger cheese: a cheese that inspires equal parts loving and loathing, has been banned for its assaulting smell, and that once sparked a feud between two cities.

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00:10:50

Where You Would Spend Your Last Day Before the...

The Atlas Obscura Podcast ·

2025/07/07

A few weeks ago, the Atlas Obscura staff told us where they would spend their last days before the apocalypse. Now we’re sharing your stories – from a childhood home in a small town in Illinois, to a trip in Eastern Europe, to a pizzeria in Brooklyn and a cave in Utah. Plus: We want to hear your stories about your neighbors! Tell us about your neighbors’ front yards, back yards, house decor – and what you like about them. Is there a neighbor in your block who goes all the way every holiday to have

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00:11:04

Civic Musical Road (Classic)

The Atlas Obscura Podcast ·

2025/07/04

The grooves cut in this road outside Lancaster, CA play the finale of the William Tell Overture. READ MORE IN THE ATLAS: https://www.atlasobscura.com/places/civic-musical-road

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00:24:45

The Cigar “Readers” of Cuba

The Atlas Obscura Podcast ·

2025/07/03

If you were to visit a cigar factory in Cuba, you’d hear something unexpected: the sound of the daily news report, or maybe a poem or a novel, being read aloud. The cigar “reader” is a tradition held by just a handful of people, and it came from a fundamentally revolutionary idea. Eliot Stein, author of Custodians of Wonder, joins Dylan to explain.

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00:14:49

The Rubaiyat of Omar Khayyam

The Atlas Obscura Podcast ·

2025/07/02

One of the many objects that went down with the ship during the sinking of the Titanic was a beautiful, jewel-encrusted edition of a poetry book called the “Rubaiyat of Omar Khayyam.” The Rubaiyat was probably the most famous work of poetry in the English-speaking world at that time…which was somewhat unusual, as the book was written by a Persian mathematician 800 years before.For more information about Omar Khayyam and the Rubaiyat, check out the books “Persian Presence in Victorian Poetry” by

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00:17:26

Ivan the Terra Bus

The Atlas Obscura Podcast ·

2025/07/01

In Antarctica, researchers bid farewell to an iconic fixture: a big red bus named Ivan. Want to learn more about Ivan? Read Allegra Rosenberg’s article all about him.

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00:14:20

Happy Pride: Mapping the Gay Guides (Classic)

The Atlas Obscura Podcast ·

2025/06/30

To round out Pride Month, we’re sharing one of our favorite classic episodes. For decades, a one of a kind travel guide opened up the world for gay travelers. Today, historians are using them to create an interactive map of LGBTQ spaces in midcentury America.

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00:09:25

It’s Getting Hot in Here (Classic)

The Atlas Obscura Podcast ·

2025/06/27

Let’s all go to hell. Seriously. Hell, Michigan, that is :)READ MORE IN THE ATLAS: https://www.atlasobscura.com/places/hell-michigan

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00:33:00

Four Rooms at the Omni Parker House Hotel

The Atlas Obscura Podcast ·

2025/06/26

In an homage to the 1995 movie Four Rooms, Dylan talks with historian Susan Wilson about how the history of Boston – and the United States at large – was influenced by events that occurred in four different rooms of the iconic Omni Parker House Hotel. This episode was recorded live at the WBUR Festival in Boston on May 31, 2025. Check out Susan Wilson’s books and her other work on her website.

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00:11:52

More First Travel Dates

The Atlas Obscura Podcast ·

2025/06/25

A couple months ago, we asked for your stories about traveling with a significant other for the first time. We got so many responses, that we decided to make a Part II. Plus, we want to hear your questions about travel and dating! In a few weeks, we’ll have dating expert Eden Dawn on the show to dish out answers. Give us a call at 315-992-7902 and leave a message telling us your name and question. Or record a voice memo and email it to us at hello@atlasobscura.com.

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