​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.

Episodes

Transcripts

Ep. 1 - Prologue | Anemoia (MWA Tuberculosis Sanatorium Dairy Farm - Colorado Springs, CO)

Ep. 2 - Duck and Cover (Saratoga Springs Air Force Base - Stillwater, NY)

Ep. 3 - Hello, I'm Shelley Duvall (Nevele Grand Hotel & Resort - Ellenville, NY)

Ep. 4 - Dodgin' Covid-19 Like the Cops (Penn Hills Resort - Analomink, PA)

Ep. 5 - Coyote (Marin Headlands - Sausalito, CA)

Ep. 6 - Sometimes I Pretend I'm Erin Brockovich, Pt. I (Al Tech Specialty Steel Co. - Colonie, NY)

Ep. 7 - Sometimes I Pretend I'm Erin Brockovich, Pt. II (C&D Battery Technologies - Huguenot, NY)

Ep. 8 - Norman Bates & Gerald Foos & Me (Sawyerkill Motel - Saugerties, NY)

Ep. 9 - The King of Letchworth Village (Letchworth Psychiatric Village - Thiells, NY)

Ep. 10 - One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest (Kings Park Psychiatric Center - Long Island, NY)

Ep. 11 - Panic Like the House is on Fire (Greta Thunberg House - Kingston, NY)

Ep. 12 - The People Who Used to Live Here (Unknown Mansion - Hurley, NY)

S01 Bonus - The Dairy Farm, Revisited: A Special Collaboration with History Colorado

S01 Trailer

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abandoned: The All-American Ruins Podcast is produced in partnership with Radio Kingston/WKNY.

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