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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Kelly Cutrara brings 20 years of national and international broadcasting experience to her show – not to mention a razor-sharp wit. Join us as Kelly guides you through amazing stories and interviews with fascinating people daily.
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Hosts Tess Barker and Babs Gray lay out everything you need to know about Britney Spears, her controversial conservatorship, and the movement of fans trying to end it. They talk to exclusive sources, examine new sides of the story, and uncover disturbing truths about our legal system that go way beyond Britney.
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Three women say they were abused by the same Arizona police officer over nearly a decade. When they seek justice, all of them are kept in the dark about his record of lying and illegal conduct – one goes to prison based entirely on his false testimony. We give police officers incredible power and authority but how can citizens trust law enforcement without transparency and accountability? This season on Verified: Full Disclosure, the story of what happens in one state when law enforcement of ...
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Witness Docs presents All-American, a series that zeroes in on sports icons to find out what their stories can tell us about America itself. Season 1 focused on the many chapters of world-famous golfer Tiger Woods: a phenom's rise, a shocking fall from grace, and debatably the greatest sports comeback of all time. Host and producers Jordan Bell and journalist Albert Chen revisit Tiger's journey to find out what the media got right, and what it didn't. Season 2 focuses on Venus and Serena Wil ...
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Venture into Provincetown, Massachusetts, a two-street beach town at the end of a sand spit, and meet the fascinating people who live there. Welcome to Provincetown encapsulates stories of artistry, sensuality, solitude, and serendipity. Listen to the sounds of hopes and dreams being carried through the summer breeze, the feeling of letting go, and the feeling of going all in. This is a place where you can find yourself or lose yourself. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more inform ...
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Witness Docs presents Unfinished, an investigative anthology series digging into America's unfinished business. Season 1, Deep South, produced in collaboration with Market Road Films, brought us on a journey into the Arkansas Delta to investigate the lynching of Isadore Banks. Season 2, produced with Critical Frequency, takes us to Short Creek, a community on the Utah/Arizona border divided by much more than a state line. Season 3, produced with Scripps, explores dual loyalties and hidden hi ...
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What does it mean to be Brown Enough in America today? That's a question Dominican-Colombian-American actor and storyteller Christopher Rivas has been navigating his whole life. Listen in as Chris discusses identity, careers, and being proud of who you are with other Brown activists, creators and change-makers. Everyone's got a story. Brown Enough is the stories between Black and white. Scroll all the way down to the bottom of the feed to find Rubirosa, a ten-part documentary series about Po ...
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Shooting the Shit with Shank is one laugh out loud and enjoyable time! Shank is a comedian known as the Angry Black Man touring the state of West Virginia, He is joined by his co-host the legendary Hip hop artist "Duke Johnson" aka Papa Doc aka DOCeaser. This is one podcast that brings it to you raw and uncut touching current topics and national headlines. Opinions are just like butt holes and every one has one. Get in where you fit in and tune in to the Shoo Shoo Shooting the Shit with Shan ...
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From June, 1962 through January, 1964, women in the city of Boston lived in fear of the infamous Strangler. Over those 19 months, he committed 13 known murders-crimes that included vicious sexual assaults and bizarre stagings of the victims' bodies. After the largest police investigation in Massachusetts history, handyman Albert DeSalvo confessed and went to prison. Despite DeSalvo's full confession and imprisonment, authorities would never put him on trial for the actual murders. And more t ...
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Producer Jonathan Hirsch had a childhood much like yours -- except his family had a secret. They were followers of a controversial spiritual leader named Franklin Jones. To Jonathan’s parents, Franklin Jones was a god, but to people outside the group, Jones was a cult leader. Now, Jonathan is going back, trying to find out what happened -- and whether the group really did become a cult.
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Welcome to the new 1001 Stories From the Old West.. Here we offer hand-picked accounts from diaries, historical documents, autobiographies, books of the time period, and historians to bring you the American frontier story directly from the people who lived it. You'll hear actual accounts of Indian battles, pioneer struggles, outlaws, cowboys and Indians, lawmen, and the men and women who took the chance and moved west, many by wagon train, to a largely uncharted and wild territory. Go west, ...
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Mob stories are always all about the guys. But not this one. Anna Genovese is a New York drag club maven and bad-ass mob wife. Hollywood besties Jessica Bendinger (writer, Bring It On) and Michael Seligman (writer, RuPaul’s Drag Race) are obsessed. They piece together Anna's story, racing between speakeasies, mob informants and former drag queens. But will their heroine's secrets unlock more than they want to know about Anna... and themselves?
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Toronto's Fourth Emergency Service, A New Concert Venue In The City, & "I Want To Go To Iraq And Blow Myself Up Under A Tank"
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Kelly is joined by Nicole Watson to talk about sending crisis support specialists to respond to mental health crises across the city , Alan Cross talks about Toronto's newest concert venue, and the Director of Education at Tafsik Ali Siadatan shares his incredible story about what happened to him while growing up in Iran and why he decided to speak…
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Every summer, more than 10,000 people flock to this Pennsylvania town for two weeks for the largest gathering of medieval arts and culture anywhere in the world. This episode was produced in partnership with GoUSATV based on a video series we do with them called Small Town Big Story. To see this massive battle for yourself, check out our video abou…
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This is my version from 1001 Heroes in 2018 and tells the whole story in detail from a number of sources.Di me
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Kelly Cutrara talks to Murtaza Haider, Stephen Laskowski, and Tamara Gottlieb. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoicesDi AM640 / Curiouscast
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We go to a central Wyoming town, just a couple hours from Yellowstone, that's appropriately named Thermopolis. City of Heat. It’s home to one of the largest mineral hot springs in the world. But it turns out this town of less than 3,000 is also home to so much more. It’s a literal melting pot — of boiling water, rich rock formations, bath robes and…
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Kelly talks to Varun Sriskanda, Samantha Villiard and Alyson Schefer. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoicesDi AM640 / Curiouscast
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We’re visiting a town 150 miles west of New Orleans in the absolute heart of Cajun country, where every year, thousands of people come from across the country to march through the streets, play music, celebrate French culture, and cook up an absolutely enormous omelet. This episode was produced in partnership with GoUSATV based on a video series we…
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Every October, amateurs and professionals alike gather in this small town in the Appalachian Mountains to hone their storytelling chops and share them with crowds of thousands. In this episode, host Dylan Thuras takes his turn at the mic during the National Storytelling Festival. This episode was produced in partnership with GoUSATV based on a vide…
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BILLY THE KID: THE TRUE STORY (PART ONE) (THIS IS NOT CHARLIE SIRINGO'S VERSION- THIS IS MY STORY))
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I did this one in 2018 for 1001 Heroes and this has not been published here at 1001 Stories From the Old West. Those were Charlie Siringo's versions. You get a much different viewpoint here and I think qa much better one. JHDi me
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Kelly talks to Carmi Levy, takes calls from people who miss their Mini Vans, and chats with Lianne Phillipson. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoicesDi AM640 / Curiouscast
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Steve and Amy Hartbauer have turned their home in residential Denver, CO into a massive mosaic and decade’s long expression of inner inspiration. READ MORE IN THE ATLAS: https://www.atlasobscura.com/places/enchanted-hart-hausDi Stitcher Studios & Atlas Obscura
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Kelly talks to Hank Idsinga and Sylvain Charlibois Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoicesDi AM640 / Curiouscast
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Dylan talks with journalist and author Ed Conway about three materials that our entire civilization depends on: salt, copper, and sand. They visit the biggest man-made hole on Earth, a salt mine large enough to fit the Eiffel Tower inside it, and a single mine in North Carolina that is essential to nearly all the world’s computer chips. If you want…
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The Silver Queen- Annette Vargas inherits the Rimrock mine from Leadhead Kane and troubles erupt In An Evil Time- Paladin tracks down $50,000 and a legendDi me
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Kelly talks to Aaron Cohen, Charles Brid and Moshe Lander. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoicesDi AM640 / Curiouscast
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We asked you to send us stories about places you can no longer visit – and nearly everyone wrote in about a beloved closed restaurant. So today, we hear your stories of places you can no longer EAT. We still want to hear your stories about other places you can no longer visit (beyond restaurants). Give us a call at 315-992-7902 and leave a message …
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Kelly talks to Alan Cross, Marshall Chasin & Thane Rosenbaum. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoicesDi AM640 / Curiouscast
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In Boston’s Beacon Hill neighborhood, there was once a revolutionary community for African Americans willing to do whatever it took to maintain their own freedom – and help others achieve theirs.Di Stitcher Studios & Atlas Obscura
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Doc's caution expanded pharmacies, why you can't fish whenever or wherever you want and new rules for mortgages likened to safe injection sites
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Kelly talks to the head of the OMA, the Federation Anglers and Ron Butler. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoicesDi AM640 / Curiouscast
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Zahra Hankir is the author of the book Eyeliner: A Cultural History. She brings Dylan to three places across the globe where eyeliner plays a key cultural role: Egypt, Chad, and Los Angeles.Di Stitcher Studios & Atlas Obscura
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Gun Shy- Sing Wo'schess set and all his money are stolen and Paladin helps out The Status of San Sebastion- A payroll is robbed from Crown ranch and Paladin is called in to find the robbersDi me
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Kelly talks to Luke Fannin, a PhD candidate in the ecology, evolution, environment and society program at Dartmouth College & Christian Luprecht, a professor at the Royal Military College. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoicesDi AM640 / Curiouscast
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The hunt to memorialize Rhode Island’s founder created one of the state’s strangest and most enduring myths. Learn more about Roger Williams relationship to local indigenous tribes here.Di Stitcher Studios & Atlas Obscura
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Cookbook author and Sporkful host Dan Pashman sets out on a research trip across Italy in search of highly regional pasta dishes that he can’t find anywhere else. Along the way, he learns a shocking truth about Italy and pasta, and ponders innovation and authenticity in one of the world’s most popular cuisines. Check out Dan’s new cookbook, Anythin…
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Two great episodes of America's favorite radio western, Gunsmoke!- statring Bill Conrad as Sheriff Matt Dillion.Di me
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The Guess Who have finally settled a lawsuit with former band members that lasted years. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoicesDi AM640 / Curiouscast
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Kelly talks to Marty Firestone, Sean Shapiro & Sam Abulsamid. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoicesDi AM640 / Curiouscast
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In May 2024, tractors across the American Midwest stalled. But that was only the first piece of a much larger story. Journalist Jason Koebler takes us to Nebraska and Illinois to find out what is going on with American tractors – and what Ukrainian hackers have to do with it. Read more of Jason’s reporting on John Deere and the Right to Repair move…
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Kelly talks to Executive Director of TARBA, Raly Chakarova, Reason Magazine Editor, Matt Welch, and Tech Journalist, Carmi Levy. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoicesDi AM640 / Curiouscast
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Over the course of its 200 year history, the lighthouse on Wood Island in Maine has been home to a celebrity dog, a grisly murder, some mischievous ghosts, and a monster storm that may or may not have been brought on by a pickpocket’s curse. Learn more about Wood Island Lighthouse on their website (here’s Richard’s book.) Want to hear more stories …
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New PWHL team names, the latest Canadian terror charge, and how social media could affect your divorce
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Kelly talks to Moshe Lander, Mubin Shakih and Stephanie Di Federico. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoicesDi AM640 / Curiouscast
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Producer Luz Fleming takes his son to revisit a special childhood spot that just happens to be a San Fransisco gem hiding in plain sight ... in the middle of the bay!Di Stitcher Studios & Atlas Obscura
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Two ep[isodes from Gunsmoke starring William Conrad as Sheriff Matt Dillon- Enjoy! Catch all our shows at one place- www.bestof1001stories.com.Di me
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Kelly talks to SOS Animal Removal, Carolyn Ferns & Carmi Levy. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoicesDi AM640 / Curiouscast
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