The World’s Biggest Social Studies Assignment with Paul Barbato
As a young adult, Paul "Barbs" Barbato gave himself perhaps the world's biggest social studies assignment: make a profile of every single one of the 193 UN-recognized countries in the world. Ten years...
16 Apr 24min
Bean There, Baked That
In a storefront in Kearney, Nebraska, Morris Press Cookbooks Store houses a massive "Google of family recipes," chronicling nearly a century of American home-style cuisine. To test the archive, produc...
15 Apr 14min
When In Rome… Accidentally Break the Rules?
We asked you to send us stories about a time you accidentally broke the rules while traveling… and some you really went there. Plus, we want to hear stories about a place you love returning to. Where...
14 Apr 14min
When Kelly McEvers Was In Over Her Head
As a foreign correspondent, Kelly McEvers has found herself detained by the KGB, held up at ISIS checkpoints, and on the front line in Syria. But it was a much more mundane experience that left her fe...
13 Apr 12min
Thomas Merton's Hermitage (Classic)
This little house in New Haven, Kentucky is where Thomas Merton aka profit-poet aka the rebel monk tried to get away from the world. READ MORE IN THE ATLAS: https://www.atlasobscura.com/places/thomas-...
10 Apr 16min
A Short, Strange Trip
In 1971, five hippies made a trek through the Amazon looking for rare psychedelic drugs. One of them was Terence McKenna, who, along with his brother Dennis, would go on to change the way Americans th...
9 Apr 19min
Wonder in Your Backyard: Crabby Steve’s
Producer Manolo Morales shares a story with co-host Kelly McEvers, about a legendary place in the backyard of our Canadian northern neighbors. Plus, we want to hear from you. Tell us about the wonder...
8 Apr 16min
Jerry’s Hat Museum (Classic)
We visit Jerry’s Hat Museum, where a retiree has turned to an old chapel to house a collection of thousands of hats, pens, odds, ends and other artifacts from his Illinois hometown. READ MORE IN THE A...
7 Apr 12min
