A secret field that summons lightning. A massive spiral that disappears into a salt lake. A celestial observatory carved into a volcano. Meet the wild—and sometimes explosive—world of land art, where artists craft masterpieces with dynamite and bulldozers. In our Season 2 premiere, guest Dylan Thuras, cofounder of Atlas Obscura, takes us off road and into the minds of the artists who literally reshaped parts of the Southwest. These works aren’t meant to be easy to reach—or to explain—but they just might change how you see the world. Land art you’ll visit in this episode: - Double Negative and City by Michael Heizer (Garden Valley, Nevada) - Spiral Jetty by Robert Smithson (Great Salt Lake, Utah) - Sun Tunnels by Nancy Holt (Great Basin Desert, Utah) - Lightning Field by Walter De Maria (Catron County, New Mexico) - Roden Crater by James Turrell (Painted Desert, Arizona) Via Podcast is a production of AAA Mountain West Group.…
Join host Valerie Langlois on the scariest day of the week Saturday. Each episode Valerie will take you through the haunts and horrors of New England. Listen if you dare!!!
Join host Valerie Langlois on the scariest day of the week Saturday. Each episode Valerie will take you through the haunts and horrors of New England. Listen if you dare!!!
On this episode of Super Spooky Saturdays Valerie talks about the New England Vampire Panic where fear and superstition control the population during a deadly wave of sickness as well as the famous works of fiction inspired by the tragedy.
For this episode of Super Spooky Saturdays Valerie Langlois goes over one of the worst man made disasters Boston has ever endured. We will look into the companies and the people behind the scandal as well as the victims who lost so much.
On this super spooky episode Valerie Langlois goes over the history a famous ghost town in Massachusetts, its rise, its fall, and the ruins left behind. Dogtown is infamous for its stories of witches that lived there and the chaos they created. Find out how much of it is true and how much is folklore.…
On the inaugural episode of Super Spooky Saturdays, host Valerie Langlois tells the tale of one Elizabeth Borden from Fall River Massachusetts. Valerie goes through the true life of this infamous woman. Decide for yourself if Lizzie Borden really did take an axe to give her mother 40 whacks....
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