Stories that take you places

True podcast stories, mapped to the places they happened.

Pick a story, drive to where it happened, and hear each part as you arrive. The castle one man built alone at night. The bridge a million bats moved into. The lunch counter where students sat in and changed a city.

Coming soon to the App Store Free to listen. Built for iPhone.
The Discover screen, with today's pick: the Queen Mary in Long Beach
313true stories
50states, plus DC
52adventures and city days

How it works

  1. 1

    Find a story near you

    Hauntings, heists, inventors, music history, national parks. Every story is a real podcast, paired with the real places it's about.

  2. 2

    Plan the drive

    We lay out the stops in order, with a good place to eat, scenic detours along the way and how long each leg takes.

  3. 3

    Hear it where it happened

    Press play and go. As you pull up, the app tells you where you are and plays the part of the episode about the spot you're standing in.

A drive in progress: the map of Long Beach and the story playing through the car

You're standing here

The story catches up with you.

Stand on the bridge, in the courtroom, at the foot of the telescope, and hear the hosts describe the very place. It works with the phone in your pocket and the car's own speakers, and it keeps playing when you switch to your maps.

  • Download episodes for places with no signal
  • Stops are spoken as you near them, even with the phone locked
  • Always the creators' own episodes, straight from their feeds

Adventures

A day, a weekend, or coast to coast.

Stories strung together into one great trip. A few to start with:

A Day in Long Beach

The Queen Mary's ghosts, a fun-house dummy on the Pike that turned out to be real, and Sublime's first show.

A Day in Pasadena

Jackie and Mack Robinson, the Gamble House, and the Rose Bowl.

A Day in Nashville

The 1960 sit-ins, the Ryman and the Opry, then hot chicken.

Land Art of the West

Junk sculpture in the Mojave, a trench in a Nevada mesa, Spiral Jetty.

A weekend in Houston & Galveston

Mission Control, Juneteenth, and the night the Gulf came over the island.

Route 66: Chicago to LA

The Mother Road end to end, with a story at every stop.

Your trip journal

Bring home more than photos.

Every trip keeps its own journal: the places you reached, what you heard on the way, the best snack and who fell asleep first. Add your photos from the trip with a tap. It's private to you, and to the person you travel with if you share.

A trip journal: each stop, what you heard, a voice memo and photos

Sounds like a trip?

Sounds Like A Trip is coming to the App Store soon. Listening and planning are free; Plus adds live routing, photo backup and more.

Coming soon to the App Store