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Title: How Our Make-Believe Relationships With Celebrities Shape Our Social Lives

Author: Lauren Young

Narrator: Mike DelGaudio

Format: Unabridged

Length: 15 mins

Language: English

Release date: 09-30-16

Publisher: Atlas Obscura

Genres: Travel & Adventure, Adventure & Exploration

Publisher's Summary:

Jaye Derrick has a special relationship with the television sitcom Friends. Years ago, she began to notice a recurring pattern: whenever she had a fight with her boyfriend she would turn on her television and watch reruns of the popular sitcom. From her sofa in Buffalo, New York, Derrick noticed that Ross, Rachel, Joey, Chandler, Monica and Phoebe were beginning to feel like an extended group of friends.

"How Our Make-Believe Relationships With Celebrities Shape Our Social Lives" is from atlasobscura.com, published on September 27, 2016.

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Title: Punta Maldonado: Cruising the Southern Mexico Coast

Author: Ken Brody

Narrator: Captain Kenn Brody

Format: Unabridged

Length: 15 mins

Language: English

Release date: 09-23-16

Publisher: Broken Symmetry Publishing

Ratings: 3.5 of 5 out of 2 votes

Genres: Travel & Adventure, Adventure & Exploration

Publisher's Summary:

We survive a major supercell storm bearing us down on a dangerous reef south of Apapulco. We get good advice from a wild seabird.

Members Reviews:

Short short story with no plot

When I listened to the preview it seemed like it might be an interesting sailing story, so I went ahead and took a chance.. turns out it's just a retelling of a ship's very modest adventure with a couple of humorous observations. Poor production values and short listening time = no future purchases at that price. If the captain put a little bit more into it I might consider sailing again... but unlikely

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Title: The Rise and Fall of Fruitopia, the Trippiest Beverage of the '90s

Author: Cara Giaimo

Narrator: Mike DelGaudio

Format: Unabridged

Length: 9 mins

Language: English

Release date: 09-16-16

Publisher: Atlas Obscura

Genres: Travel & Adventure, Adventure & Exploration

Publisher's Summary:

If you were exposed to Fruitopia as a youth, chances are that you remember it vividly. The drink, with its day-glo colors and funny flavor names, was somehow both adult-approved and delicious.

"The Rise and Fall of Fruitopia, the Trippiest Beverage of the '90s" is from atlasobscura.com, published on September 12, 2016.

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Title: These Travelers Insist That the Best Way to See the World Is on a Horse

Author: Andy Wright

Narrator: Mike DelGaudio

Format: Unabridged

Length: 9 mins

Language: English

Release date: 09-02-16

Publisher: Atlas Obscura

Genres: Travel & Adventure, Adventure & Exploration

Publisher's Summary:

Filipe Leites tale could be lifted straight from the memoir of an Old West explorer, but his journey began in 2012 when he departed from Canadas legendary rodeo, the Calgary Stampede, and began to make his way to Brazil with two horses. He traveled for 803 days, through 10 different countries and three continents. His journey included the hardships of long-trekking predecessors, but with modern trappings: careless drivers, border bureaucracy and video dispatches.

"These Travelers Insist That the Best Way to See the World Is on a Horse" is from atlasobscura.com, published on January 4, 2016.

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Title: In 1972, Two Women Ran For President. It Didn't Go Well

Author: Sarah Laskow

Narrator: Mike DelGaudio

Format: Unabridged

Length: 3 mins

Language: English

Release date: 08-26-16

Publisher: Atlas Obscura

Genres: Travel & Adventure, Adventure & Exploration

Publisher's Summary:

Even feminists hesitated to support a female candidate.

"In 1972, Two Women Ran For President. It Didn't Go Well" is from atlasobscura.com, published on July 28, 2016.

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Title: Álfaskólinn - Elf School

Author: Atlas Obscura

Narrator: Mike DelGaudio

Format: Unabridged

Length: 1 min

Language: English

Release date: 08-26-16

Publisher: Atlas Obscura

Genres: Travel & Adventure, Adventure & Exploration

Publisher's Summary:

Some Icelanders take their belief in elves very seriously.

For example, road crews in Iceland will sometimes hire folklore experts to determine if certain boulders are homes to elves, and will divert the road around the boulder if it turns out there are little people living within it.

"Álfaskólinn - Elf School" is from atlasobscura.com, published on January 23, 2013.

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Title: How Racism Kept the World's Fastest Swim Stroke out of the Pool

Author: Sarah Laskow

Narrator: Jamie Renell

Format: Unabridged

Length: 6 mins

Language: English

Release date: 08-19-16

Publisher: Atlas Obscura

Genres: Travel & Adventure, Adventure & Exploration

Publisher's Summary:

On April 20, 1844, two men from North America jumped into the Bath in High Holborn, a 130-foot pool in London. They were there to show how fast they could go. The British Swimming Society had invited the two men, Wenishkaweabee and Sahma, Ojibwe people from Canada, to compete against each other for a silver medal. Both times that the two swimmers raced the length of the pool, Wenishkaweabee won; in the first race, he was seven feet ahead. But the contest between the two men was less significant than the speed with which they both crossed the pool, in under 30 seconds.

"How Racism Kept the World's Fastest Swim Stroke out of the Pool" is from atlasobscura.com, published on August 11, 2016.

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Title: An Earthquake Early-Warning App Just Went Rogue and Terrified Tokyo

Author: Cara Giaimo

Narrator: Mike DelGaudio

Format: Unabridged

Length: 1 min

Language: English

Release date: 08-05-16

Publisher: Atlas Obscura

Genres: Travel & Adventure, Adventure & Exploration

Publisher's Summary:

Billions of citizens worldwide rely on disaster apps, which provide quick and concise warnings about fires, floods, and earthquakes. These programs can save lives, warning people out of dangerous areas and helping connect communities during frantic times. You probably have one or two running in the background right now, just in case.

"An Earthquake Early-Warning App Just Went Rogue and Terrified Tokyo" is from atlasobscura.com, published on August 1, 2016.

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Title: An Exclusive Look at the Leaked PR Agenda of the 1936 Republican National Convention

Author: Jack Goodman

Narrator: Mike DelGaudio

Format: Unabridged

Length: 4 mins

Language: English

Release date: 07-29-16

Publisher: Atlas Obscura

Genres: Travel & Adventure, Adventure & Exploration

Publisher's Summary:

Wire each state chairman to bring the prettiest young Republican to the Convention; have them seated on the platform, a man named Bruce Barton wrote in a note to himself in 1936. Barton's ideas were destined for Henry Fletcher, the Chairman of the Republican Party. That year's Republican National Convention, to be held in Cleveland, Ohio, was just a month away, and an army of ad men were busily plotting the best ways to reach the electorate. Similarly to today, emphasis was placed on entertainment, appeals to a cross-section of voters, and a show of party unity. Then as now, sometimes-cynical PR tactics were used to achieve these goals.

"An Exclusive Look at the Leaked PR Agenda of the 1936 Republican National Convention" is from atlasobscura.com, published on July 22, 2016.

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Title: How Did a Shark in a Sydney Aquarium End up with a Human Arm?

Author: Matt Soniak

Narrator: Mike DelGaudio

Format: Unabridged

Length: 6 mins

Language: English

Release date: 07-29-16

Publisher: Atlas Obscura

Genres: Travel & Adventure, Adventure & Exploration

Publisher's Summary:

In 1935, a shark on display in an Australian aquarium vomited up a human arm. In a regular shark attack story, this would be the happy ending, with the beast captured and at least part of its victims body recovered so it could be laid to rest. But this is no ordinary shark tale. The shark, it turns out, didnt attack anyone. It wasnt the villain, but more like the jogger in a Law and Order episode who discovers a body and sets the story in motion. Its bout of indigestion was just the beginning of a murder investigation and one of Australias most infamous crime stories.

"How Did a Shark in a Sydney Aquarium End up with a Human Arm?" is from atlasobscura.com, published on July 21, 2016.