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​​"abandoned is lovely. Beautiful writing, beautiful sound design, beautiful storytelling. Beautiful."
- Dylan Thuras, Co-Founder, Atlas Obscura

​About


​abandoned: The All-American Ruins Podcast guides listeners through immersive audio fantasies, recreating host Blake Pfeil’s experiences exploring abandoned spaces across the United States. Along the way, abandoned asks critical questions about American history and culture, community, capitalism and economics, the environment, and mental health while encouraging folks to activate their imaginations as a tool for healing.
"abandoned is ambitious, poignant, provocative, grounded, real-life storytelling: cinematic, spacious, beautiful sound design; cool, inventive, and a masterful, evocative blend of the real and the imagined."
- On Air Fest, Official Selects Committee (2023)

Episodes

(We gently recommend that you start at the very beginning: season 1, episode 1: "Prologue | Anemoia".)

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“What Blake has created with abandoned is a wonderful, rich sonic tour of his imaginings.
Join Blake as he guides us through the walls of abandoned spaces to meet apparitions who nod
​to what once was the tragedy of ​the human condition.
​The world he's created is one I want to escape to." 
- Martha Little, Senior Director of Creative Development, Audible

About Your Guide


​Blake Pfeil is an award-winning multidisciplinary audiomaker, musician, writer, & performance artist. He cofounded folk-fusion band Macabre Americana and hosts "The Pfeil File" on Radio Kingston/WKNY (107.9 FM/1490 AM in the Hudson Valley, NY).

​In his “day job,” he steps into the role of Operations & Programs Manager at the nonprofit storytelling organization TMI Project, where he also serves as a producer for The TMI Project Story Hour. Outside of that beautiful space, Blake's work appears on stages, concert halls, or clubs; through your headphones, speakers, radio, Diskman, or TV screens; or in magazines, books, or journals. In all his non-existent spare time, Blake is also currently working as associate producer for season 5 of History Colorado's Lost Highways, scheduled for release in Jan. 2024.

Blake holds an ​MA in Arts Entrepreneurship from Purchase College, a BFA in Musical Theatre from Emerson College, and is an alumni of the Audio Podcast Fellowship at Stony Brook University.

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“ abandoned is exquisite. Truly. The sound design alone is worth the listen.
Enter the audio realm of Blake’s travels (and imagination)
as he visits the abandoned heart of America.
A genuinely strange and magical trip.”
- Nina Lawrence, Pushkin Industries

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Season 2
Season 1
“abandoned is rich, immersive, reflective sonic poetry
that will ​leave you wanting to hear more and 
​to explore the places Blake explores for yourself.”
​- Wade Roush, co-founder, Hub & Spoke Audio Collective

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abandoned: The All-American Ruins Podcast is produced through the Community Podcast Program at Radio Kingston/WKNY.
"I was so glad to learn of the ghosty & addictive 
abandoned. I love the concept, execution, and generosity of spirit.
​A great mix of past, present, & future."
- Sherill Tippins, Author, ​Inside the Dream Palace: The Life and Times of New York's Chelsea Hotel
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