More Things We Collect
A while ago, we asked you to send us stories about your collections – and we got so many great responses, that we decided to make another episode about it. Plus, we want to hear stories about the ...
5 Nov 202512min
Baseball’s Muddy Little Secret
On the heels of the World Series, Kelly and Amanda discuss an unusual tradition in baseball: the fact that, before each game, every single ball is rubbed with mud sourced from a secret location in the...
4 Nov 202516min
Freud Museum London (Classic)
Sigmund Freud’s famous psychoanalytic couch is preserved in his final office in London, England.READ MORE IN THE ATLAS: https://www.atlasobscura.com/places/freud-museum-london Hosted by Simplecast, an...
3 Nov 202512min
Luomus Spiders (Classic)
The Finnish Museum of Natural History in Helsinki has been home to an infestation of Chilean recluse spiders for more than 50 years. Hosted by Simplecast, an AdsWizz company. See pcm.adswizz.com for i...
31 Okt 202513min
Local Legends Corner with Colin Dickey: LaLaurie Mansion
There’s a mansion in New Orleans with a truly horrific past. Author Colin Dickey, who has joined us every Thursday this month, reveals the real life horrors that took place here, its once sadistic own...
30 Okt 202519min
How Buffalo Changed City Parks Forever
When the city of Buffalo, New York invited landscape architect Frederick Law Olmsted to town in the late 1860s, they were hoping he’d replicate the success of his most famous design: New York City’s C...
29 Okt 202517min
Your Stories of Traveling with Kids
From long flights to strenuous trips, listeners share stories about traveling with their kids for the first time. Plus, we want to hear stories about the fictional places you wish were real. Tell us w...
28 Okt 202515min
Moynaq (Classic)
A city in Uzbekistan used to be the site of one of the world’s largest seas. Now it’s a dusty reminder of one of the largest and most forgotten environmental disasters.READ MORE: Visit the Stihia webs...
27 Okt 202515min
