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The Atlas Obscura Podcast

Atlas Obscura Presents: Traveling Back in Time for Coconut Cake with The Sporkful

The Atlas Obscura Podcast

SiriusXM Podcasts & Atlas Obscura

Society & Culture, Places & Travel

4.61.6K Ratings

🗓️ 29 May 2025

⏱️ 40 minutes

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Summary

Today, we’re sharing an episode from our friends at the Sporkful. Dan Pashman goes on a tour of Los Angeles, with an Atlas Obscura guide in hand. In search of an elusive slice of coconut cake, Dan begins at the airport, takes a detour to an underground tunnel system, and pays a visit to a very unusual store: Time Travel Mart.

Transcript

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0:00.0

Hey, everybody. So today we're going to share an episode from our friends over at Sporkful.

0:10.4

Their host, Dan Pashman, has been on the show a couple of times before. He is a very fun guest.

0:15.3

And this episode is a really good crossover episode because Atlas Obscira makes an appearance in the story,

0:22.3

which was totally unbeknownst to me when it was happening.

0:25.2

So it was fun to hear this episode and just find out about how our worlds crossed once more.

0:31.2

So we figure you might like it.

0:33.0

It's the story of Los Angeles, of coconut cake, and a very unusual store. You can find the

0:39.7

sporkful wherever you get your podcast, and I will just let Dan take it from here.

0:47.2

Hey, guys, so I'm in L.A. right now, and I'm actually right outside of my hotel, right by L.A.X.

0:53.1

Los Angeles International Airport.

0:55.7

And, well, before we get to today's show, you know, a lot of times people write to me and they say, I'm starting a podcast, Dan.

1:01.5

Can you tell me, like, what kind of microphone do you use?

1:03.9

What kind of recorder do you use?

1:05.7

How do you get good sound in your podcast?

1:08.6

Well, I'm going to let you in a one secret. Always record near an airport.

1:21.2

Hi. How are you? Yeah, just a guy on the side of the highway talking to himself into a microphone.

1:26.0

Nothing you haven't seen before.

1:30.2

So, what's going on here today?

1:31.6

I have a day to kill in L.A.

1:33.3

I came out here for some porkful tapings.

1:34.3

I have an extra day.

1:37.1

And I have decided to go on an adventure.

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