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Welcome to Summer (Classic)

It’s Memorial Day, and the unofficial start of summer! To kick off the season, we hear a sampling of listener-submitted stories of summer adventure in the wild, strange, and wonderful world in which we live. Plus: Birds! 

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  The Last Limburger Plant in America

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  Where You Would Spend Your Last Day Before the Apocalypse

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  Civic Musical Road (Classic)

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  The Cigar “Readers” of Cuba

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  The Rubaiyat of Omar Khayyam

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  Ivan the Terra Bus

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  Happy Pride: Mapping the Gay Guides (Classic)

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  It’s Getting Hot in Here (Classic)

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  Four Rooms at the Omni Parker House Hotel

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  More First Travel Dates

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  The Biblioburro

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  Why Is There a Statue of Columbo in Budapest?

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  The Coffee Palace (Classic)

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  Ashley House (Classic)

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  The Bible with a Massive Portrait of a Devil Inside

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  The Mysterious Drones at Langley Air Force Base