AO Mailbag: Best Movie to Watch on an Airplane?

The Atlas Obscura Podcast

SiriusXM Podcasts & Atlas Obscura

Places & Travel, Society & Culture

4.6 • 1.8K Ratings

🗓️ 6 April 2026

⏱️ 17 minutes

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Summary

Co-host Kelly McEvers and producers Johanna and Jerome answer questions about whether you should experience certain places with other people, the best movies to watch on an airplane, and the delicate etiquette of traveling to places where you know people. If you have a question for our next mailbag episode, give us a call at 315-992-7902 and leave a message. You can also record a voice memo and email it to us at Hello@AtlasObscura.com, or simply email your question.

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0:00.0	So we were just talking about lunch and I said, I said, I just had lunch and my lunch was sardines, rice, seaweed, and chili oil.
0:12.2	Yum.
0:13.5	Isn't that chic?
0:14.4	Yes.
0:15.8	Very cosmopolitan.
0:17.8	Very healthy.
0:19.0	Did you have a martini with it too?
0:21.7	It's too early for a martini. Is it? Is it? It's two o'clock somewhere. Okay, well, we are here assembled for a mailbag episode. We've got all sorts of questions today. We've got ones about experiencing places solo
0:37.8	versus with someone.
0:40.2	One person, I love this question, they're seeking movie
0:43.3	recommendations for a long-haul
0:46.2	airplane trip. And Jerome,
0:49.8	you have kind of a controversial question
0:53.3	that you're going to bring us at the end.
0:55.3	Okay.
0:55.9	Spicy.
0:56.9	All right, all right.
0:58.1	Okay, let's do the show intro.
1:00.7	I'm Kelly McEvers.
1:01.9	I'm Jerome Campbell.
1:03.0	And I am Johanna Mayer.
1:05.1	And this is Atlas Obscura, a celebration of the world's strange, incredible, and wondrous places.
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