Secret Places with Ashley Ray (Classic)

The Atlas Obscura Podcast

SiriusXM Podcasts & Atlas Obscura

Society & Culture, Places & Travel

4.6 • 1.8K Ratings

🗓️ 29 September 2023

⏱️ 17 minutes

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Podcaster Ashley Ray has more than a soft spot for her Midwest hometown. Hear why she thinks it may just be the best kept secret. HEAR MORE FROM OUR GUEST: Ashley has her own podcast all about TV and culture. Check it out here: https://www.stitcher.com/show/tv-i-say-w-ashley-ray GREAT NEWS: We’re up for an award - and you can help us win! Our podcast has been named a finalist for the Signal Awards! Go to vote.signalaward.com and vote for us in the best commute podcast category through Oct 5!

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0:00.0	Hey everyone, I have a quick favorite ask.
0:06.8	We are up for a signal award.
0:09.2	This is like a podcast awards thing.
0:12.6	And we're in the category of best commute podcast.
0:16.6	It would be really lovely if people wanted to go and vote for us in that category.
0:22.2	It is the signal awards and the category is best commute podcast.
0:26.3	If you went over there and voted for out with Subscara, I would be very grateful.
0:31.0	Okay, onto the show.
0:39.0	We're going to talk today about a secret place.
0:43.1	Yes.
0:44.1	Like secret in a complicated way, because although it's your sort of secret place,
0:48.6	it's a place that you love.
0:50.9	It's also like, it's made a lot of internet lists.
0:55.0	Yes, you share kind of the general like live vibe that that your secret place is included in.
1:03.0	Yes, my secret place just this year was ranked number one as the worst place to get stoned on
1:09.4	420. It was listed by Forbes as the third most depressing city in America.
1:18.8	Back when the recession was hitting, yeah, who said we were the city least likely
1:23.8	to come back from the recession.
1:27.7	Man, this is a kind of a rough set of press for this place.
1:31.3	So what is this city?
1:34.2	It is Rockford, Illinois, baby.
1:36.4	Rockford, Illinois.
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