<p>Host Dylan Thuras leads listeners on a journey that leads to the preserved middle finger of Galileo Galilei, astronomer, physicist and engineer.</p><p>READ MORE IN THE ATLAS: <a href="https://www.atlasobscura.com/places/galileos-middle-finger" target="_blank">https://www.atlasobscura.com/places/galileos-middle-finger</a></p>


The Atlas Obscura Podcast

Galileo’s Middle Finger

An audio guide to the world’s strange, incredible, and wondrous places. Co-founder Dylan Thuras and a neighborhood of Atlas Obscura reporters explore a new wonder every day, Monday through Thursday. In under 15 minutes, they’ll take you to an incredible place, and along the way, you’ll meet some fascinating people and hear their stories. Our theme and end credit music is composed by Sam Tyndall.