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Apr 2024
29m 24s

How to make the best show about New York...

SiriusXM and Atlas Obscura
About this episode

IN THIS EPISODE OF THE ATLAS OBSCURA PODCAST, Dylan sits down with “How To creator and narrator  John Wilson about his travels, his favorite places and his HBO series that is part documentary, part memoir, part essay — and unlike any other show on TV. 

MORE: In their conversation, a few places come up that we’ve made episodes about. So if you want to hear about the Chrysler Building eagles, the House on the Rock or Organ Stop Pizza, click here, here and here.

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