The Atlas Obscura Podcast

The Atlas Obscura Podcast

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.

Latest Episode

Goodbye, Summer (15.09.2025)

Previous Episodes

  • Theatricum Botanicum (Classic) 12.09.2025
  • Sweden’s Last Night Watchman 11.09.2025
  • Who Put a Crack in The Glen Canyon Dam? 10.09.2025
  • Fordlandia 09.09.2025
  • Dylan’s Mailbag: Work Travel, What to Read, and Solo Travel at 60 08.09.2025
  • NYC’s Favorite “Folk Sandwich” 06.09.2025
  • Fenway Victory Gardens (Classic) 05.09.2025
  • A Tour of Human Anatomy With Mary Roach 04.09.2025
  • The Things We Collect 03.09.2025
  • Atlas Obscura Goes Off Assignment: To the Hiker Carrying Two Backpacks 02.09.2025
  • Mother Jones and the Battle of Blair Mountain (Classic) 01.09.2025
  • Tell Us Your Stories of Traveling With Kids 30.08.2025
  • Our Favorite Objects: The Arrow Stork (Classic) 29.08.2025
  • Our Favorite Objects: World’s Oldest Edible Ham (Classic) 28.08.2025
  • Our Favorite Objects: The Thousand-Year Rose (Classic) 27.08.2025
  • Our Favorite Objects: The Spritz Cookie Gravestone (Classic) 26.08.2025
  • Our Favorite Objects: Galileo's Middle Finger (Classic) 25.08.2025
  • Hunga Tonga-Hunga Ha'apai (Classic) 22.08.2025
  • Shamanism: The Timeless Religion 21.08.2025
  • Dylan’s Mailbag: Traveling With Kids, Girls’ Trips, and Pedal Pubs 20.08.2025

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