The topic is so fantastic but Baudelaire is so hard to understand. He drops his voice and we lose the meaning of what is being spoken. Please re-record Beaudelaire’s podcasts with someone who speaks slowly, enunciates and doesn’t drop his/ her voice.

Two is funnier than one. At least those dorky car guys had fun.

Great show about strange and wonderful places around the world. I always find some interesting episode to listen to.

This podcast has good information but it is despicable the way they normalize and glamorize animal abuse. For that reason I took away 4 stars. Too harsh, no it is not. They end to wake and and evolve as human beings, not only as scientists and/or reporters os science.

12/28/2023: Um, I don’t think Abbey Perreault knows what “anthropomorphizing“ means… Hard to come across as a knowledgeable podcast that way. One of the very best ways to tank your podcast is to have Dan Pashman on an episode (11/23). FYI, Single Malt Scotch isn’t from a “single barrel” FGS. The guy is not only annoying, but he’s just wrong. You know what I really dislike? Bonus segments that are merely thinly disguised ads. As much as I like Neil DeGrasse-Tyson, the e-car segment is and ad. just an ad, a repeating now on too many episodes ad. Closer to unsubscribing than ever. So, one of the “stories” in this episode, with the narrator at the bottom of the Grand Canyon, described what was probably a starlink satellite train (a detriment to astronomy by the way). He gave no date. He didn’t bother to follow up apparently. There is not many things it could have been, and reporting it as this “unknown” pretty much turned me off to this podcast altogether. Dylan has always been just a little too gee-whiz exuberant, and this episode may have just caused me to unsubscribe.

Always enjoy every new installment about our wonderful world. And I also make it a point to listen to the credits at the end to make sure the great “loose flem” is editing things!!

Please, stop with this affection. It’s distracting and makes it appear that you’re too exhausted to finish a sentence.

I enjoy the variety and novelty of the show, but the vocal fry of the host for “a long walk home“ was highly distracting. I found myself focusing more on when I would have to hear something like finger nails across a chalkboard, than on the episode content. Are the hosts, typically younger females, doing this to sound more authoritative, or is it just an unconscious habit? Regardless, I don’t think they realize how distracting it is to many listeners.

The content is great and I like that some episodes are just 15-ish minutes because it's hard for me to stay focused sometimes. But, there are so many topics that just leave me wanting more! It would be nice to have more long ones. The rating is missing a star because of the ads. Bad placement and are often quite abrasive to the ear, especially on a podcast I listen to while relaxing. I love it though!

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Why does Baudelaire do ALL of the African-related episodes? It’s….strange. If we’re attempting to introduce different cultures to different cultures, then why is this what always occurs? I don’t love it.

Episodes are too short. At minimum, should be 20 mins, not a throw away 15. I mean the content is worth 45 mins per episode but seems like they don’t wanna put in the work. I stopped listening bc the episodes are too short to enjoy. Invest in your work! The episode length makes the podcast so much less than what it could be and leaves everything to be desired.

The length is ideal for sharing with any Goldilocks. Why does anyone expect their arts and entertainment to be free? I appreciate the podcast enough to listen to a commercial. I love Atlas Obscura and share it with my beloved right before we go to sleep. Thank you dear artists!

Love the Book, Love the Podcast

I enjoy the podcast, but not the fact that they sandwich ads inside the introduction because it interrupts the listener’s ability to get into the story. Please consider putting the ads at the very beginning like everyone else!

Amazing podcast! Fun and informational and makes me want to travel. The only reason for 4 stars is that the ads blast your earbuds in the transition from the episode. There is no warning and they seem to mostly be pushy loud ads. Wish they were done by the host Dylan like so many podcasts! Then I may actually listen instead of turning off.

I enjoy most aspects of the show, though I felt the urge to LUNGE at the pause button during the first 3 minutes of the Fort Elizabeth episode. The narrator threw the word “like” into conversation so many times that I wondered if Atlas Obscura pulled an insecure teenager into the studio off the streets to tell what is otherwise a pretty interesting story. Edit edit edit!!!

My whole family loves the show. Today’s show was the cave in La Jolla, CA. We went there back in 2013, awesome. We also did sea kayaking where you can go in the from the ocean. While out in the surf, our guide mentioned how Dr. Suess had a home there on the cliffs. We noticed how from the water the trees look like the trees from The Lorax book, pretty cool. Is Baudelaire Seuss related? Keep up the good work

Historic and historical are not interchangeable words, love.

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All the host are wonderful, they bring there own perspective to the table and that is what makes the show so interesting. Thank you for doing the leg work. Love hearing and then visiting the wondrous places this world can offer.❤️

What a great way to dive into random and interesting topics that make you go hmmm…and I love the length. The show gets right to the topic without a ton of fluff!

Seriously, or not.

What a fascinating podcast! I learn so many new things I’ve never ever heard of and never ever would if I did listen to this podcast. Well done guys!!

On the whole I do enjoy this podcast and getting to learn about all these sorts of hidden gems of the world, but the various hosts really can be hit or miss. Several of the main female hosts have such severe vocal fry that it’s difficult to understand them in any setting with background noise. Baudelaire is a particular miss for me. All of his episodes start out talking about himself and he clearly has a large chip on his shoulder - but at the expense of good research. When he raved over the soursop he had in Africa but never mentioned that it’s a Central American fruit I had to roll my eyes - he’s very concerned with African history being erased but doesn’t do very basic research for cultures that are not his own. His episodes are more negative too - in the Pyramid of Djoser episode, why even mention the tour guide you didn’t like? Just skip to the interview. And he made a big deal out of being taught that the Greeks founded civilization and African contributions were erased…where did you go to school that didn’t teach about the Egyptian achievements and that Egypt was part of Africa? There are many things to criticize about our education in America re other cultures, but this is not it. Leave this to the experts and editorialize less. His guest did not feel the need to compare the Egyptians to other cultures to show their success. I do really love many of the lesser featured hosts - I wish the podcast had a bit more of an even distribution between all the regular hosts - some of them are great.

Love this podcast!!! So interesting and always varied topics.

Great episode on Chopin’s heart.

I need more episodes featuring Bernie Harberts and his mule.

Just listened to the Lake Lanier episode. The podcast struck the perfect tone and was informative, entertaining, and intimate feeling for being so short and sweet. Well done!

This is literally the perfect podcast for my cross-town commute. Nothing stressful, always interesting, snack-sized podcasts. Love, love, love it!

Just listened to your episode on the Moon Trees. I have been fascinated by them since I was a young girl and we would drive by the Siskiyou smokejumper museum Outside cave junction Oregon on Highway 199. I now have a goal to visit more of the Moon Trees and I have emailed the curator of the website to let him know that the one at the smokejumper museum is missing off his list. Thank you for such a fun informative podcast. You’ve given me many travel goals.

I just want to tell everyone who makes this show that it is a little gift to the world. Thank you!

Makes me want to get out on the road again.

Content seemed like it was going to be great but I can’t handle the host’s vocal fry.

Great “off-road” stories about unusual and extraordinary people, places and things - get you outta your box!

I am disappointed in Atlas Obscura’s glorification of LSD in the recent podcast on illegal images. You have captured so many amazing places and stories - surely there are more without having to descend to this.

Advertising and lack of editing makes me want to listen to go to sleep. Before I know it the episode has ended and some other ad and subject is confusing me. Too short. Crap audio. Lacking the structure to listen intentionally.

I usually like a nice, long format deep dive but sometimes don’t have the time or capacity to do that justice. AO is the Baby Bear’s porridge, bed, and chair to my Goldilocks on those days. Meaty and substantial enough to tell a great story while being precise and efficient enough to get to the point in a timely fashion. Beyond the content and format, (this part might not be for everyone one else) I like how all the contributors say their own names (maybe??? The voices are different so I assume so???) at the end. It’s an extra little detail I don’t think I’ve heard on another podcast before and they could have just had the host say it and it would have been fine. The extra effort is nice.

If you thirst for vivid connections to nature, other cultures, and remarkable things the world over, this is your pool to drink from.

Love the show but tbh every time I hear an advertisement for the state of Texas I just fast forward or turn it off. How can y’all, in good faith, moral, and/or values, accept money and advertise for a state of that is actively making our current society worse. Sorry not sorry to make this political but find some different advertisers. It’s not hard.

It’s like a good show to listen to it is a great show and I like it the show had a good touch of it and the episodes were great I think it was great and it was a nice show but it was like a movie and it was a great show and I love it now

I wanted to love this podcast but it’s just badly produced. Instead of letting the interviewees tell the story, the narrator cuts in after every line to tell the listener what the interviewee is about to say. The result is choppy, redundant, annoying and kills any flow that might have been there. It’s too bad because I’m interested in the topics.

Wonderful !

I listen to every episode, and have a maybe bad habit of summarizing episodes to strangers. Great reporting and very succinct. (Not sure what some people are talking about with too many ads. You click the 30 second skip button 3 or 4 times in the beginning and they’re done.)

Great podcast. Very professional and interesting

I love the topics they discuss & the short 15 minute formats. They are great for all my errands & work runs. Thanks!

I am legally blind and this podcast gives me other perspectives of what people do worldwide. I do not know what else to say but I look forward every week to a different podcast from Atlas obscure.

The women all have the annoying, I’m-so-important-because-I-have-writing-degree vocal fry. Abbey P sounds like she’s trying to talk a jumper off a ledge. The ads are too long for a relatively short podcast, and the outro is ridiculously long. And to the one who said those of us complaining about vocal fry should look in the mirror? How is that even relevant? Abbey just needs to grow up her voice and her delivery.

Wonderful stories about interesting places. Great at piquing my curiosity and transporting me to a fascinating place or time!

I love Abby’s episodes, they are beautiful and all the producers on this show are fantastic, each in their own way! Reviewers on here talking about “vocal fry” need to take a hard look in the mirror and ask what that’s actually about. Wonderful show with a beautiful set of voices!