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		<description>There&#039;s more America than you think.

Strange America explores overlooked corners of American life: people, communities, places, professions, traditions, subcultures, institutions, and local histories that reveal something unexpected about the country. Hosted by Lenny Voss, the program enters unfamiliar worlds as a guest, not as an authority—finding the human detail that makes an ordinary American story unforgettable.

From forgotten traditions to unusual professions, from hidden institutions to overlooked communities, Strange America discovers what lies just outside the national narrative. Each episode combines documentary storytelling, field interviews, and careful research to reveal what we&#039;ve missed about America.

New episodes weekly.</description>
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		<itunes:summary>There&#039;s more America than you think.

Strange America explores overlooked corners of American life: people, communities, places, professions, traditions, subcultures, institutions, and local histories that reveal something unexpected about the country. Hosted by Lenny Voss, the program enters unfamiliar worlds as a guest, not as an authority—finding the human detail that makes an ordinary American story unforgettable.

From forgotten traditions to unusual professions, from hidden institutions to overlooked communities, Strange America discovers what lies just outside the national narrative. Each episode combines documentary storytelling, field interviews, and careful research to reveal what we&#039;ve missed about America.

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						<googleplay:description>There&#039;s more America than you think.

Strange America explores overlooked corners of American life: people, communities, places, professions, traditions, subcultures, institutions, and local histories that reveal something unexpected about the country. Hosted by Lenny Voss, the program enters unfamiliar worlds as a guest, not as an authority—finding the human detail that makes an ordinary American story unforgettable.

From forgotten traditions to unusual professions, from hidden institutions to overlooked communities, Strange America discovers what lies just outside the national narrative. Each episode combines documentary storytelling, field interviews, and careful research to reveal what we&#039;ve missed about America.

New episodes weekly.</googleplay:description>
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	<title>The Forty-Two-Year Grotto Rising from the Iowa Prairie</title>
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	<title>Herbie Town: The Tennessee Backyard Where One Family Saved the Old West</title>
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	<title>Strange America — 2026-09-22</title>
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	<description><![CDATA[There are places in America where the map seems to have made a clerical error. There are buildings that look like hotels but contain a government nobody is supposed to know about. And there are towns that disappear so completely that the land remembers them better than the people do. This is Strange America. I [&#8230;]]]></description>
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