The Atlas Obscura Podcast

By: Stitcher Studios & Atlas Obscura
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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.
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  • Bessie Stringfield, Motorcycle Queen of Miami

    Bessie Stringfield, Motorcycle Queen of Miami
    Oct 21 2024

    In the 1930s and 1940s, a young Black woman named Bessie Stringfield decided she’d strike out on her own and hit the road – and ended up crisscrossing the United States eight times, and becoming the first Black woman to ride a motorcycle through each of the lower 48 states. If she ran out of money, she’d join a circus. If she couldn’t find a place to stay, she’d sleep out under the stars. Read more about Bessie Stringfield in this Atlas Obscura article by Natalie Zarrelli.

    Check out the work of cartoonist Joel Christian Gill online.
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    13 mins
  • The Divorce Colony (Classic)

    The Divorce Colony (Classic)
    Oct 18 2024

    For a brief period the small frontier city of Sioux Falls, South Dakota drew in socialites and celebrities who were desperate to end their marriages.

    For more stories from the Divorce Colony, check out April White's book:The Divorce Colony: How Women Revolutionized Marriage and Found Freedom on the American Frontier.
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    16 mins
  • The Hogs of Ossabaw Island

    The Hogs of Ossabaw Island
    Oct 17 2024

    Reporter Diana Hubbell brings us to an island off the coast of Georgia, and tells Dylan the story of ​​an eccentric heiress, a daring mission, and the fight for North America’s most unusual pig.

    Read Diana’s James Beard Award-winning article called “Saving the Hogs of Ossabaw Island.”
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    22 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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