abandoned: The All-American Ruins Podcast

All-American Ruins

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, the show 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. Winner: Ambie Award (2025 - Best DIY Podcast), Signal Awards (2024 - Best Experimental Podcast, Best Indie Podcast, Most Innovative Listening Experience, Best Writing of an Individual Episode), Melbourne WebFest (Best Nonfiction Podcast) Nominee: UK Press Gazette Future of Media Awards (2024 - Re...

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abandoned: The All-American Ruins Podcast

Episodes (55)

Yesterday The Anti-Ruin: Michael Townsend and the Secret Mall Apartment
Thu May 1st Star Wars Dad (Mountain Drive-In - South Fallsburg, NY)
Apr 24th A Finnish Ghost Story (Unknown Cabin - Pohjola, Finland)

abandoned: The All-American Ruins Podcast

May 22, 2025
1¼ hours
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What does it look like to revitalize an abandoned space - that’s situated inside an active and excessively large shopping mall - in 2005? On this special bonus episode of abandoned: The All-American Ruins Podcast, you’ll meet Michael Townsend, one of the eight artists who, from 2005-2008, did just that: built a secret apartment inside the Providence Place Mall. Michael is one of the subjects of the smash documentary Secret Mall Apartment, from director Jeremy Workman and executive producer Jesse Eisenberg, which follows the story of a motley crew of Gen-X urbex artists who did the unthinkable and brou...

abandoned: The All-American Ruins Podcast

The Anti-Ruin: Michael Townsend and the Secret Mall Apartment

All-American Ruins

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