Two-Time Peabody Award Winner Kelly McEvers Joins The Atlas Obscura Podcast as Co-Host

NEW YORK – Atlas Obscura, the leading community-focused travel platform inspiring wonder and curiosity about the world’s most remarkable places, today announced Kelly McEvers is joining The Atlas Obscura Podcast as a guest co-host and contributor. McEvers, a two-time Peabody Award winner and one of public radio’s most distinctive voices, brings her celebrated storytelling to the podcast that has captivated millions of listeners with stories of the world’s most strange and fascinating places.

“We’re thrilled to bring Kelly’s signature voice and perspective to the team and to our audience,” said Doug Baldinger, Executive Producer of The Atlas Obscura Podcast. “Her ability to find compelling human stories in unexpected places and her infectious curiosity make her a perfect fit for our mission to inspire wonder in our listeners.”

McEvers is best known as the founding host of NPR’s Embedded, an award-winning documentary podcast that was recently named one of Time magazine’s “100 Best Podcasts of All Time.” She also served as host of NPR’s flagship daily news magazine All Things Considered and was the founding host of NPR’s daily news podcast Consider This. McEvers has contributed to This American Life, Marketplace, the BBC, and The World, and worked extensively as an international correspondent, reporting from Asia, the former Soviet Union, and the Middle East, where she covered the Arab Spring and the wars in Iraq and Syria. With veteran radio producer Jay Allison, she made Diary of a Bad Year, a radio documentary about the life of a war correspondent. Her writing has appeared in The New York Times Magazine, The New York Review of Books, Esquire, Foreign Policy, Time, The New Republic, Slate, The Washington Monthly, the Christian Science Monitor, and the San Francisco Chronicle. She began her journalism career at the Chicago Tribune.

“I have spent most of my life roaming the world, discovering remarkable people and places,” said McEvers. “I can’t wait to explore more with the Atlas Obscura audience.” McEvers currently lives in Los Angeles, where she is a “daily but still somewhat mediocre” surfer.

Atlas Obscura’s award-winning podcast program has been consistently recognized for excellence in audio storytelling. This year, Atlas Obscura won 8 Signal Awards, including Gold for Best Daily Podcast, and its podcast Charlie’s Place was named as one of BBC’s Best Podcasts of 2025.

The Atlas Obscura Podcast, a celebration of the world’s strange, fascinating, and wondrous places, is a co-production of Atlas Obscura and SiriusXM Podcasts. New episodes featuring McEvers will begin later this month.

About Atlas Obscura

Atlas Obscura is the leading community-focused travel platform inspiring wonder and curiosity about the world’s most remarkable places. Through its award-winning content, unique experiences, and community-driven platform featuring more than 30,000 wondrous places, Atlas Obscura serves millions of passionate travelers seeking authentic, off-the-beaten-path discoveries. The company publishes bestselling books including the No. 1 New York Times bestseller “Atlas Obscura: An Explorer’s Guide to the World’s Hidden Wonders,” and operates digital products that help people find amazing things to do when they are traveling.

For more information about Atlas Obscura, visit www.atlasobscura.com.

Media Contact: Rebecca Cruz at rebecca@atlasobscura.com