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statue of liberty

Podcast: Lady Liberty’s Little Sister

A pranks, a scaled-down landmark, a local legend, in the middle of the river.
April 6, 2023
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zoning

Podcast: Yellowstone's Zone of Death

Can a legal loophole make it possible to get away with murder?
April 5, 2023
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wayfinding

Podcast: Arrows Across America

Need directions? Look down.
April 4, 2023
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hygiene

Podcast: Museum of Clean

Keeping history squeaky-clean.
April 3, 2023
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poetry

Podcast: The Beat Museum

This San Francisco museum is a shrine to an influential cultural movement.
March 30, 2023
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cooking

Podcast: A Delicious Mission with Cheuk Kwan

Enjoy a round-the-world meal: three courses, three incredible places, three stories of Chinese immigration.
March 29, 2023
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rainforest

Podcast: Wild Chocolate with Rowan Jacobsen

Join us on a journey into the Amazon rainforest to learn about a mythical chocolate.
March 28, 2023
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giant spheres

Podcast: Great Balls of Twine with the Places Team

A special guest adds an additional tangle to the tale.
March 27, 2023
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animal encounters

Podcast: Animal Encounters - Lions and Tigers and Bears, Oh My

Listeners tell us about their wildest animal encounters, from a chance meeting with a herd of elk to touching a tiger's tail.
March 24, 2023
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paranormal

Podcast: Blurred Lines with Stacy Horn

Where does science end?
March 16, 2023
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cafe

Podcast: Manuscript Writing Cafe

Calling all procrastinators.
March 15, 2023
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beaux-arts

Podcast: NYC’s Most Beautiful Public Bathroom

You've gotta go.
March 14, 2023
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fatberg

Podcast: The World Beneath with Jessica Leigh Hester

We take a deep dive into the world's sewers.
March 13, 2023
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everyday wonder

Podcast: More Wonders in Your Backyard

Our team tells tales of everyday awe.
March 9, 2023
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letters

Podcast: The Dedan Kimathi Post Office Tree

A strangler fig played a pivotal communication role for Kenya's freedom fighters.
March 8, 2023
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occult

Podcast: Ouija Board 7-Eleven

A visit to the site where the famed party game and occult tool got its name.
March 7, 2023
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pigs

Podcast: Big Apple Inn

A humble hole-in-the-wall with a serious civil rights history.
March 6, 2023
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eccentric homes

Podcast: The A. Everett Austin Facade House

How does such a grand mansion only have one room?
March 2, 2023
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state parks

Podcast: The Discovery Tree

Big stump, bigger movement.
March 1, 2023
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civil rights

Podcast: The Hampton House

Inside the childhood home of a civil rights icon.
February 28, 2023
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dolls

Podcast: Nellie Mae Rowe's Playhouse

Inside an artistic, whimsical playhouse.
February 27, 2023
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monks

Podcast: Thomas Merton’s Hermitage

This little house in Kentucky is where the famous rebel monk tried to get away from the world.
February 23, 2023
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podcast

Podcast: Jadeite Cabbage

A tiny stone cabbage has a big backstory stretching from Beijing’s Forbidden City to Taipei's National Palace Museum.
February 22, 2023
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pollution

Podcast: Newtown Creek Nature Walk

One man in Brooklyn—armed with a homemade boat and an artistic vision—helped transform one of America's most polluted industrial waterways.
February 21, 2023