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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 and around the world. Along the way, abandoned asks critical questions about American history and culture, community, 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)

LISTEN

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

Apple Podcasts

“abandoned features haunting, exploratory tours of places people left behind."
- Apple Podcasts Editorial Team

Spotify

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“abandoned is a unique and immersive journey through America’s forgotten places... a mix of personal narrative, soundscapes, and history... Each episode feels like stepping into a time capsule, where past stories are brought to life in hauntingly beautiful ways."
- Disctopia

YOUR GUIDE

​Blake Pfeil is an Ambie Award-winning multidisciplinary artist.

His latest body of work, All-American Ruins, has been the recipient of numerous awards for its genre-bending, multimodal storytelling, including recent UK Press Gazette Future of Media Awards nominations for Podcast of the Year (Regional) two years in a row. The project has won dozens of awards and been featured in 11 countries and 17 states, most notably On Air Fest, SONOHR Radio & Podcast Festival, Medium Day, Berliner Hörspielfestival, Capital City Film Festival, ArchFilm Lund, Garden State Film Festival, Newburgh Fringe Festival, Rhode Island International Film Festival, the Oscar Qualifying HollyShorts Film Festival, and CineHealth International Film & Media Festival where it was awarded Best Podcast. In 2025, the podcast arm of the project abandoned hit no. 1 on Apple Podcasts’ Places & Travel charts. Outside All-American Ruins, Blake most recently served as a guest producer for season 5 of History Colorado's Lost Highways while also working his "day job" as the Operations & Programs Manager at TMI Project and "night job" as co-host of Cinema Kingston! on Radio Kingston/WKNY. Blake is an alumni of SUNY Stony Brook's Audio Podcast Fellowship, a SWF Michael Ajakwe Innovation Award Winner, a Disctopia TruePlay Innovative Podcaster Award Finalist, and 2025 Green Box Resident Artist.

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​"abandoned is so wonderful.
A refreshing alternative to most everything else entering my ears these days."
- Julie Shapiro, Co-Founder, Audio Flux

TRANSCRIPTS

Season 3
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
“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, Producer
​Pushkin Industries
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