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A Glass Palace in the Arizona Desert

4/3/2025 • 24 min

In September 1991, eight people moved into Biosphere 2, a nearly airtight glass and steel complex in the Arizona desert. The half-acre farm at its centre would supply all their food. Plants, algae and photosynthesizing microorganisms would supply all their oxygen. If things went according to plan, they would have everything they needed to survive inside for two … Play episode

The Last Home Napoleon Would Know
The Cave Below Minneapolis
The 6-Day Race
Times Square Hum (Classic)
President Heads (Classic)
Dreamland Resort
Jeremy Bentham’s Auto-Icon
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Dylan’s Mailbag: Illegal Edition
Tell Us About the First Time You Left Home
Gocta Waterfalls (Classic)
The Real Office Space Behind Apple TV’s Severance
Chapel Creek Ranch (Classic)
The Sunken Pirate City at Port Royal
What’s the Deal with Leprechauns?
America’s “Quiet Zone" (Classic)
Pulau Tiga, The Island That Made “Survivor”
The Circus Capital of the World
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The Brutalist (Places Edition)
A Gaga Tour of the Town (Classic)
McAtlas with Gary He
This Dog Stole Madrid’s Heart
Arizona’s Big, Big Souvenir
Trips We Couldn’t Miss
Baobab Fare (Classic)
The Plotz Plot on… TLC’s Sister Wives?
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Cuatro Ciénegas
Are Wild Birds Singing Human Music?
Nasothek Noses (Classic)
Sam Sanders Is a Nature Girly
Martinique’s Doomsday and the Man Who Survived
The Snowy Owls of Boston Logan International Airport
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Send Dylan Your Questions!
Songs of Ice with the Places Team (Classic)
Paul Scheer’s Life in Three Places
Ben Franklin’s Musical Invention
Africville
First Travel Dates
Medfield State Hospital (Classic)
Joe Magarac: The Other Man of Steel
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