Distant Relatives

On Fridays this October, we're surfacing strange, incredible, sometimes haunted and sometimes spooky places. This episode takes us back to1976, when a television crew filming an episode of the show “The Six Million Dollar Man” descended on a rundown funhouse in Long Beach, Califo ...  Show more

Telescope tourist, rocket scientist and STEAM educator Summer Ash gives us the nitty gritty on the V.L.A. - a 22-mile telescope in New Mexico whose formal name is literally “Very Large Array.” We talk about how this observatory works and what cosmic wonders it’s detected. Hosted ...  Show more

Looking beyond oil, NASA, and football, Anthony Bourdain explores Houston’s diverse cultures. He watches a Bollywood-style dance in a grocery store, attends a quinceañera in suburban Pasadena, and sees the city’s slab car (modified vehicle) parade. Plus, he makes time for Viet-Ba ...  Show more

Barbecue, or for the lazy, BBQ, is a Southern cooking tradition, but also much more than that. It's a cultural touchstone of the South where people of all classes and races can sit and break bread with one another. In today's episode, you'll learn all about BBQ's interesting o ...

From a slice of cake in Afghanistan to a slice of lox in New York, this week's episode celebrates our connection to food and each other.See pcm.adswizz.com for information about our collection and use of personal data for sponsorship and to manage your podcast sponsorship prefere ...  Show more

An NYC-based chef, quarantining with family in the city where he grew up, gains a new perspective on his hometown—and his place in it. Learn more about your ad-choices at https://www.iheartpodcastnetwork.comSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.