The Atlas Obscura Podcast

By: Stitcher Studios & Atlas Obscura
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  • Summary

  • 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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Episodes
  • The Blue Whale of Catoosa (Classic)

    The Blue Whale of Catoosa (Classic)
    Nov 22 2024

    Catoosa, Oklahoma is the cite of a massive landlocked whale - and possibly the greatest anniversary gift ever

    READ MORE IN THE ATLAS: https://www.atlasobscura.com/places/catoosa-whale
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    14 mins
  • Bohemians, Bootleggers, and Bogus Bottles: A History of Absinthe

    Bohemians, Bootleggers, and Bogus Bottles: A History of Absinthe
    Nov 21 2024

    Journalist and food writer Evan Rail considers himself a beer guy, but when a mysterious bright green spirit started shaking up the scene in the Czech Republic (where he lives) in the 1990s, he knew he had to learn more.

    His latest book “The Absinthe Forger: A True Story of Deception, Betrayal, and The World’s Most Dangerous Spirit” looks back at the history of absinthe, why it was banned across Europe almost 100 years ago, and how its return to the market has inspired collectors, connoisseurs…and even conmen.
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    21 mins
  • The Integratron

    The Integratron
    Nov 20 2024

    In August 1953, airstrip operator George van Tassel claimed he was woken up in the middle of the night by an intelligent lifeform from outer space named Solganda. George says Solganda told him to build an energy rejuvenation machine – so that’s exactly what he spent the rest of his life doing…

    For more information on visiting the Integratron check out their website. Plus, take a look at some photos from one of George van Tassel’s UFO conventions.

    If you want to learn more, George tells his version of the “encounter with Solganda” in a 1964 interview.
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    17 mins

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Vocal Fry!

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

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Amazing

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

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