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The Atlas Obscura Podcast

It’s a Beautiful Day in the Neighborhood

The Atlas Obscura Podcast

SiriusXM Podcasts & Atlas Obscura

Places & Travel, Society & Culture

4.61.8K Ratings

🗓️ 12 August 2025

⏱️ 15 minutes

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Summary

From opera singers to strange noises emitting from air conditioners, listeners share stories about their unusual neighbors. Plus: We want to hear stories about your commute. Are there people that you see on the train platform everyday, but still remain a stranger to you? Did you ever have a funny or strange encounter in a crowded subway car? Do you see something on your way to work that always makes your day? Give us a call at (315) 992-7902 and leave us a message with your name and story. Or you can record a voice memo and email it to us at hello@atlasobscura.com. And if you have a kid in your life who loves STEM, check out our new book,The Atlas Obscura Explorer’s Guide to Inventing the World, for young readers.

Transcript

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0:00.7

Hey, everyone. I have a quick announcement.

0:02.8

We have a new kid's book out.

0:05.0

I cannot tell you how excited I am to have this book in the world.

0:09.0

It is a book I made for the 11-year-old, the 10-year-old version of myself and my own son, who's 10.

0:14.8

It is called the Explor's Guide to Inventing the World.

0:18.2

And so if you have any kid in your life who loves nerdy stuff,

0:23.5

loves to talk about electricity or fusion or how metal is smelted, whatever it is, this book

0:30.8

is for them. It is a journey all around the world to unusual, interesting places, but it's

0:35.3

also a connected web through the history of invention,

0:39.0

how we got from fire to writing to steam engines and so much more. For the STEM kid in your

0:48.0

world, this book has their name written all over it. Okay, I'm going to stop gushing,

0:53.3

but the Explor's Guide to Inventing the

0:55.5

world, go get it wherever you get your books from, go to your indie shop, and ask them to stock it.

1:00.9

There is a link in the episode description. I am just incredibly proud of this thing. Okay,

1:06.7

okay, on to the show.

1:09.3

Hi, this is Dylan Thuris, and you have reached the Atlas Obscira podcast line.

1:13.7

I'm not home right now, but leave me a message telling me a story about your neighbors.

1:18.7

Tell me all about your neighbors, the good, the bad, the ugly.

1:22.2

After the beep.

1:25.0

Hi.

1:26.1

So in the late 90s, I was going to college in Santa Barbara, UCSB, Go Gauchos, and I was staying in the dorms. I was a little older. I was in the transfer dorm. And there was a girl next door. And the way our dorm was built, there were two ways in.

1:47.1

And I had a crush on this girl, the neighbor girl.

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