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The Atlas Obscura Podcast

The Atlas Obscura Podcast

By: SiriusXM and 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.SiriusXM Social Sciences Travel Writing & Commentary
Episodes
  • Nue (Classic)

    Nue (Classic)
    Jul 11 2025

    A Seattle restaurant pushes diners to eat beyond their borders through its embrace of global street foods.
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    15 mins
  • Exploring the Pan-American Highway with Pati Jinich

    Exploring the Pan-American Highway with Pati Jinich
    Jul 10 2025

    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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    24 mins
  • How Polar Explorers Entertained Themselves

    How Polar Explorers Entertained Themselves
    Jul 9 2025

    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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    12 mins

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