Listen and subscribe on Apple Podcasts, Spotify, and all major podcast apps. --- Dylan Thuras: For this conversation, we asked you to choose places that you felt like shaped or influenced your life in some fundamental way. Paul Scheer: Absolutely. Dylan: I have to say the three places, when I saw your list of three places. Paul: Yes. Dylan: I was filled with a mild sense of anxiety. Paul: You know, well, I think one of, you know—and I love this point of view—but I think one of the reasons...| Atlas Obscura - Latest Articles and Places
New York has always been a hungry city, with locals and visitors alike constantly searching for the next best bite. For 19th-century workers, oyster bars provided a cheap snack similar to today’s dollar pizza slice. Meanwhile, members of New York’s elite once toasted each other over terrapin (or turtle) soup at fine hotel restaurants. But times and tastes change constantly, especially in a global food destination like New York. To see just how much, take a glimpse into the New York Public...| Atlas Obscura - Latest Articles and Places
Atlas Obscura CEO Louise Story chats with director, actor, screenwriter, and podcast host Rhym Guissé to discuss the process behind creating Charlie’s Place – a new Atlas Obscura podcast co-produced with Rococo Punch in partnership with Pushkin Industries and Visit Myrtle Beach – that tells the story of Charlie Fitzgerald and his mission to turn a Myrtle Beach nightclub into a place of unity and community-building during the Jim Crow era. Available now on Apple Podcasts, Spotify, iHear...| Atlas Obscura - Latest Articles and Places
Beloved. Notorious. Defiant. Folk hero. These are just a few ways to describe Charlie Fitzgerald, the entrepreneur who owned an integrated nightclub during the Jim Crow era in Myrtle Beach, South Carolina. Charlie broke down racial barriers through the power of music and dance, hosting some of the greatest musicians of our time: Little Richard, Count Basie, Ray Charles, Duke Ellington, and many more. But who was Charlie? How did he rise to power? And what price did he pay for achieving the im...| Atlas Obscura - Latest Articles and Places
Listen and subscribe on Apple Podcasts, Spotify, and all major podcast apps. --- Dylan Thuras: If you ever find yourself in Portland, Oregon, in the southeast part of the city, it’s a really nice spot to go and poke around. There are a bunch of cool antique shops, furniture makers, restaurants and bars in big old converted industrial buildings. It’s just a nice neighborhood to kind of go exploring in. And while you are there walking around, it’s worth keeping your eyes peeled for a low-...| Atlas Obscura - Latest Articles and Places
Listen and subscribe on Apple Podcasts, Spotify, iHeart, and Amazon. --- Rhym Guissé: A quick warning, some of the language and imagery used to describe this period of time may be upsetting. Please take care while listening. Betty Singleton: I remember my mother was getting ready to go to the movies with my cousin and they came back. She said, “They’re riding.” And when they say they’re riding, that mean the KKK was riding. You know, once you knew they were riding, you had to stay ho...| Atlas Obscura - Latest Articles and Places
Listen and subscribe on Apple Podcasts, Spotify, and all major podcast apps. --- Johanna Mayer: Hey, Amanda. Amanda McGowan: Hey, Johanna. What’s up? Johanna: I want to start by showing you this photo. First, maybe just describe the photo to me. Amanda: Yeah. Okay. So we are standing behind like maybe a waist high glass barrier. And beyond that, there’s like a very large white room. The walls are empty. It’s white, high ceilings. And it looks like there’s a thick kind of layer of ... ...| Atlas Obscura - Latest Articles and Places
Listen and subscribe on Apple Podcasts, Spotify, and all major podcast apps. --- Amanda McGowan: Picture a college campus in Southern California in the 1960s. Here is what comes to mind for me. I’m picturing kids with long hair, wearing flower crowns, playing music, protesting, and talking about peace and love. Well, I’m currently looking at a real photo of a college campus in Southern California in 1964, and it really does look like that. This is Immaculate Heart College in Los Angeles. ...| Atlas Obscura - Latest Articles and Places