Ranked #1
We Found Busytown | Port Townsend, Washington
We Found Busytown | Port Townsend, Washington
On the peninsula of a peninsula, in the northwest of the Northwest, there is a town whose citizens pride themselves on b... Read more
23 Jun 2016
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1hr 10mins
Ranked #2
Marfa is Over | Marfa, Texas
Marfa is Over | Marfa, Texas
What happens when the town you live in, your home, your culture, your community, becomes a trend? And then, what happens... Read more
11 Aug 2016
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1hr 5mins
Ranked #3
Serial Killers, Ghosts, and Bigfoot | San Lorenzo Valley, California
Serial Killers, Ghosts, and Bigfoot | San Lorenzo Valley, California
Deep in the Santa Cruz mountains is a cluster of towns...San Lorenzo Valley is an area where people believe in bigfoot, ... Read more
26 Jul 2016
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1hr 35mins
Ranked #4
Sister, Take The Back Door | Morgantown, West Virginia
Sister, Take The Back Door | Morgantown, West Virginia
Morgantown is a place that defies expectations. Nestled in the lush, green foothills of the Appalachians, is the town th... Read more
7 Jul 2016
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1hr 16mins
Ranked #5
The Reading | Mount Horeb, Wisconsin
The Reading | Mount Horeb, Wisconsin
A rural town, known as The Troll Capital of the World, unites over the attempted banning of a book reading and its very ... Read more
1 Mar 2018
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1hr 13mins
Ranked #6
Bruno | Longville, Minnesota
Bruno | Longville, Minnesota
A northern Minnesota town, struggling to find its economic identity, gets a little help from an unlikely resident and hi... Read more
28 Feb 2017
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42mins
Ranked #7
M.I.S.T. | Madrid, New Mexico
M.I.S.T. | Madrid, New Mexico
A high desert ghost town is revitalized as an unincorporated, off-the-grid artists' community. In this ungoverned, un-po... Read more
12 Oct 2016
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50mins
Ranked #8
Benny Bills | Salem, Oregon
Benny Bills | Salem, Oregon
In 2013, hundred dollar bills started mysteriously appearing throughout Salem, Oregon; in diaper boxes, tip cups, people... Read more
26 Nov 2016
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43mins
Ranked #9
Hometown Stories: Jen (Palm Beach, Florida)
Hometown Stories: Jen (Palm Beach, Florida)
We head to South Florida to take a very candid look at the struggles of drug addiction and recovery through the lens of ... Read more
28 Jul 2017
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54mins
Ranked #10
Hometown Stories: Adrienne (New Bern, North Carolina)
Hometown Stories: Adrienne (New Bern, North Carolina)
Our Americana listener Adrienne walks us through her hometown. We talk about how tragedy shaped her, politics and conver... Read more
30 Nov 2016
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31mins
Ranked #11
In the Shadow of New York | City Island, New York
In the Shadow of New York | City Island, New York
This week we head to a small and sleepy island town, that somehow exists in quiet isolation in the shadow of New York Ci... Read more
3 Aug 2016
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1hr 25mins
Ranked #12
S03|E07: In America (#VanLife2)
S03|E07: In America (#VanLife2)
Josh catches up with the four #VanLifers who he chatted with last July. Jennifer and Josh talk about the privilege of ex... Read more
19 May 2017
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49mins
Ranked #13
Microcommunities | Fairfield, Iowa
Microcommunities | Fairfield, Iowa
In a rural Iowa town rooted in Transcendental Meditation and home to the microcommunity movement, community-building and... Read more
14 Mar 2017
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45mins
Ranked #14
A Personal Story | Austin, Indiana (Interlude)
A Personal Story | Austin, Indiana (Interlude)
We pause the story in Austin, to talk more personally about HIV.Music by Chris Zabriskie & Luke Pigott.This is a Stu... Read more
20 Apr 2017
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37mins
Ranked #15
Luna the Whale | Gold River, British Columbia (Part 1)
Luna the Whale | Gold River, British Columbia (Part 1)
In 2001, the small town of Gold River was adopted by a baby orca. Over the next five years, Luna the Whale would both un... Read more
15 Sep 2016
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46mins