The Atlas Obscura Podcast

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Looking Toward the Sky with Summer Ash

Telescope tourist, rocket scientist and STEAM educator Summer Ash gives us the nitty gritty on the V.L.A. - a 22-mile telescope in New Mexico whose formal name is literally “Very Large Array.” We talk about how this observatory works and what cosmic wonders it’s detected.

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  The Theater of Electricity (Classic)

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  Our Lives Through Hollywood’s Eyes

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  The Arrow Stork

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  A 15,000 Year Old Tree and a Housing Development

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  Meet the Man Who Sets America’s Living Rooms on Fire

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  Discovery Hut (Classic)

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  Hunting for Meteorites with Steve Arnold

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  This 80s Icon Has A Shrine In A Berlin Hostel

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  My Life in Three Places: Dylan Thuras

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  Mother Jones and the Battle of Blair Mountain

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  Pigeon Towers of Iran (Classic)

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  Getting Lost with Susan Orlean

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  A Walk Through Sandwich History with Barry Enderwick

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  The Mysterious Origins of Virginia’s Swimming Ponies

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  How Caribou Gave Us a Peek at Life 9,000 Years Ago

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  We Want to Hear Your Unusual Road Trip Stories