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The Atlas Obscura Podcast

The Atlas Obscura Podcast

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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
  • Our Favorite Objects: The Spritz Cookie Gravestone (Classic)

    Our Favorite Objects: The Spritz Cookie Gravestone (Classic)
    Aug 26 2025

    We explore the unexpected combination of recipes and graves through the story of Naomi Odessa Miller Dawson’s spritz cookies.

    All week, we’re featuring the stories behind a few of our favorite things – from ancient hams to mummified fingers. Want to tell us about your own favorite unusual object? Give us a call at 315-992-7902 and leave a message, record a voice memo and email it to us at hello@atlasobscura.com. We may air your story on a future episode!
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    14 mins
  • Our Favorite Objects: Galileo's Middle Finger (Classic)

    Our Favorite Objects: Galileo's Middle Finger (Classic)
    Aug 25 2025

    Dylan goes on a journey to examine the preserved middle finger of astronomer, physicist, and engineer Galileo Galilei.

    All week, we’re featuring the stories behind a few of our favorite things – from ancient hams to mummified fingers. Want to tell us about your own favorite unusual object? Give us a call at 315-992-7902 and leave a message, record a voice memo and email it to us at

    hello@atlasobscura.com We may air your story on a future episode!
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    17 mins
  • Hunga Tonga-Hunga Ha'apai (Classic)

    Hunga Tonga-Hunga Ha'apai (Classic)
    Aug 22 2025

    Created by a volcanic eruption in 2015, this island in the South Pacific no longer exists… but we chat with a person who got to see it before it disappeared.

    LEARN MORE about Hunga Tonga-Hunga Ha'apai in this Reuters article and see it in the Atlas here
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    18 mins
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