These Parts
A Podcast Putting Towns on the Map
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- Update frequency
- every 5 days
- Average duration
- 49 minutes
- Episodes
- 121
- Years Active
- 2015 - 2018
#120: Randall, NY
In the finale show, Elliot and Vince make it to their great-great-grandfather's all-time favorite town. Randall, NY, was established by Rand as a valhalla of sorts for the McNally lineage. It's custo…
01:21:57 |
Mon 03 Sep 2018
#119: Loufficeatte, LA with Janelle Blasdel
Vince and Elliot McNally head to the bayou to check out Loufficeatte, LA. Rand's 2nd all-time favorite town was once the short-lived sovereign country of Randada. Rand purchased the land from French …
01:01:20 |
Mon 03 Sep 2018
#118: Isle of Doves, CA with Aric McKeown
Vince and Elliot McNally head west to Rand's 3rd all-time favorite town. Isle of Doves, CA, was the westernmost point in the union until Alaska and Hawaii were admitted. Rand created one of the first…
00:58:38 |
Mon 03 Sep 2018
#117: San Guajandro, NM with Jeremy Adler
Elliot and Vince McNally check out Rand's 4th all-time favorite town in this episode. San Guajandro, NM, served as the sleepy southwest stage for Rand’s late-in-life religious reawakening. Now it's h…
01:01:30 |
Mon 03 Sep 2018
#116: Phox, SC with Michael Ribbens
The McNally brothers break into Rand's Top 5 with their visit to Phox, SC. Phox was the setting of the Spanish-American War's last shots fired in the Spanish-American war. Unfortunately, yellow journ…
00:57:23 |
Mon 03 Sep 2018
#115: Byarkansa, AK with Milan Patel
Elliot and Vince McNally are staying cool in one of Rand's hottest towns. Byarkansa, AK, clocks in number 6 on the brothers' countdown. When originally charting Byarkansa, Rand mistranscribed all of …
00:53:17 |
Mon 03 Sep 2018
#114: Kaner, WI with Bill McKinley
The McNally brothers visit their great-great-grandfather's 7th all-time favorite town. Kaner, WI, is where Rand holed himself up for a year to write the Great American Novel. Although he never finish…
01:01:51 |
Mon 03 Sep 2018
#113: Ortolan, PA with Michael Erickson
Elliot and Vince McNally visit Ortolan, PA, their great-great-grandfather's 8th all-time favorite town. Citizens of Ortolan have believed the apocalypse was coming any day now for the better part of …
00:45:48 |
Mon 03 Sep 2018
#112: Nergens, KS with A.J. Grimm
Elliot and Vince McNally are at last reunited to visit Rand's 9th all-time favorite town: Nergens, KS. The nation’s first laundromat founded here, and Rand utilized it on a cross-country mapping expe…
00:52:01 |
Mon 03 Sep 2018
#111: Ungsten, DE with Matt Fox and Vince Koci
In the mid-season premiere, Elliot McNally visits Rand's 10th favorite town. He's joined by his illegitimate cousin—a descendant of Rand's secret family—Frederick "Frito" Kissinger (Matt Fox), since …
00:57:11 |
Mon 03 Sep 2018
#110: Bradley, MA with Jack Van Thomme
In the mid-season finale, Vince and Elliot McNally travel to Rand's 11th favorite town, Bradley, MA. Established by board game inventor and investor Milton Bradley, some of the most famous and infamo…
00:51:59 |
Sat 31 Mar 2018
#109: Charla, ME with Sam Hayes
Charla, ME makes Rand's Top 20 list at spot #12. The northeastern town is rumored to be the resting grounds of Roman Emperor Charlemagne. Rand was preoccupied for a year here in a DaVinci Code-esque …
00:43:49 |
Sat 31 Mar 2018
#108: Huntley, AR with Jared Haverdink
Vince and Elliot McNally visit Rand's 13th favorite town, Huntley, AR. Huntley hosts and boasts the most eating competitions of anywhere else in the nation. Rand McNally once placed second in a hot d…
00:52:01 |
Sat 31 Mar 2018
#107: Blumenthall, CO with Eric Simons
Rand's 14th all-time favorite town is home to the first widely broadcast radio program. Now, the Colorado town of Blumenthall is a breeding ground of podcast production. Rand’s old radio show based o…
00:53:48 |
Sat 31 Mar 2018
#106: Hawkins, TN with Hallie Zmroczek
Elliot and Vince McNally travel to Rand's 15th favorite town: Hawkins, TN. Originally named for Sadie Hawkins, the first girl to ever ask a boy to a dance, the town's namesake once escorted Rand McNa…
00:47:07 |
Sat 31 Mar 2018
#105: Mount Melanie, WA with Brady Cripe
Rand's 16th favorite town comes straight from the heart. Mount Melanie, WA was founded by Rand in tribute to his forbidden love, Melanie Mercator—of the Mercator Projection lineage. Because their lov…
00:45:31 |
Sat 31 Mar 2018
#104: Fairfax, GA with Scott Engdahl and Elliot Matson
Rand's 17th all-time favorite town will put a spring in your step and a song in your heart. Fairfax, GA is home to the most barbershop quartets, but only one barbershop. Rand belonged to a group here…
00:51:59 |
Sat 31 Mar 2018
#103: Mayhew, TX with Jeremy Sender
Vince and Elliot head south to Rand's 18th favorite town, Mayhew, TX. Mayhew is home to the most cults of anywhere else, including one Rand belonged to here for a few years that's still going strong …
00:57:34 |
Sat 31 Mar 2018
#102: Clybourn, CT with Alex Collyard and Alexa Palmero
Vince and Elliot McNally travel to Rand's 19th all-time favorite town, Clybourn, CT. Clybourn is home to sports played the old fashioned way, from leather heads to woody skis and everything in betwee…
00:48:57 |
Sat 31 Mar 2018
#101: Brompton, VA
Elliot and Vince McNally are back with a new series of These Parts and a new journey. Following along with their great-great-grandfather's travel journal, they're visiting and counting down Rand McNa…
00:49:02 |
Sat 31 Mar 2018
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