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Curio Garden publishes multiple public podcast feeds. One turns Wikipedia's featured article into a full listening session. The other is a daily audio briefing on what is trending across Wikipedia and why.

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Wikipedia Featured Articles Presented by Curio Garden

Daily audio editions of Wikipedia's featured article, presented by Curio Garden. Article content is sourced from Wikipedia and available under CC BY-SA 4.0. Wikipedia is a trademark of the Wikimedia Foundation.

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  • Artwork for Serpent labret with articulated tongue
    May 29, 202613 min

    Serpent labret with articulated tongue

    The serpent labret with articulated tongue is a gold-alloy body ornament from the Aztec culture of the mid-second millennium AD. Designed to be inserted into a piercing below the lower lip, it depicts a fanged serpent poised to strike, with a bifurcated tongue hanging from its mouth. The tongue, which is moveable and retractable, would have swung from side to side with its wearer's movements. Art historians have described it as an ingenious example of Aztec metalworking, and amongst the finest Aztec gold objects known to survive.

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  • Artwork for Patrick Henry
    May 29, 202643 min

    Patrick Henry

    Patrick Henry (May 29, 1736 [O.S. May 18, 1736] – June 6, 1799) was an American politician, planter and orator who declared to the Second Virginia Convention (1775): "Give me liberty or give me death!" A Founding Father, he served as the first and sixth post-colonial governor of Virginia, from 1776 to 1779 and from 1784 to 1786.

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  • Artwork for Physella acuta
    May 27, 202619 min

    Physella acuta

    Physella acuta, also known as the European physa, tadpole snail, sewage snail, bladder snail, or acute bladder snail, is a species of small, air-breathing freshwater snail of the family Physidae. It originates from North America and was first described in 1805 by Jacques Philippe Raymond Draparnaud based on a specimen found in France. Like other physids, P. acuta presents a sinistral (left-coiling) shell as well as a unique set of muscles called the physid musculature that allows it to rapidly twist the shell as a defence mechanism.

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  • Artwork for Nation of Islam
    May 27, 202642 min

    Nation of Islam

    The Nation of Islam (NOI) is a religious organization founded in the United States by Wallace Fard Muhammad in 1930. A centralized and hierarchical group committed to black nationalism, it focuses attention on the black African diaspora, especially on African Americans. While describing itself as Islamic and using Islamic terminology, some argue its religious tenets differ substantially from orthodox Islamic traditions, in both Black America and the Old World. Scholars of religion characterize it as a new religious movement.

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  • Artwork for Sally Ride
    May 25, 202612 min

    Sally Ride

    Sally Kristen Ride (May 26, 1951 – July 23, 2012) was an American astronaut and physicist. Born in Los Angeles, she joined NASA in 1978, and in 1983 became the first American woman and the third woman to fly in space, after cosmonauts Valentina Tereshkova in 1963 and Svetlana Savitskaya in 1982. She was the youngest American astronaut to have flown in space, having done so at the age of 32.

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Wikipedia Trending Brief Presented by Curio Garden

A daily audio briefing on what is trending across Wikipedia and why, presented by Curio Garden. Wikipedia topic lists are sourced from Wikimedia's public feeds, and linked reporting is summarized to explain likely trend drivers.

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  • Artwork for NHL Legend Claude Lemieux Dies at 60; Horror Films and Spider-Noir Dominate Streaming
    May 28, 20262 min

    NHL Legend Claude Lemieux Dies at 60; Horror Films and Spider-Noir Dominate Streaming

    NHL legend Claude Lemieux's sudden death at 60 leads today's trends, alongside breakout horror hits Obsession and Backrooms, plus the premiere of Nicolas Cage's Spider-Noir series.

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  • Artwork for Texas Primary Upset, Breakout Horror Hits, and Global Eid Observance Drive Wikipedia Traffic
    May 27, 20262 min

    Texas Primary Upset, Breakout Horror Hits, and Global Eid Observance Drive Wikipedia Traffic

    Texas politics shake up as Ken Paxton defeats Senator Cornyn, horror films dominate the box office, and Eid al-Adha begins worldwide—plus a 15-year-old cricket sensation breaks IPL records.

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  • Artwork for Knicks Reach NBA Finals, Obsession Dominates Box Office, AMAs Honor BTS
    May 26, 20262 min

    Knicks Reach NBA Finals, Obsession Dominates Box Office, AMAs Honor BTS

    The Knicks advance to their first NBA Finals in 27 years behind Jalen Brunson's MVP performance, while horror hit Obsession defies expectations at the box office and the AMAs celebrate BTS's triumphant return.

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    Knicks Reach NBA Finals, Obsession Dominates Box Office, AMAs Honor BTS

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  • Artwork for Memorial Day 2026 Anchors a Weekend of Racing Tributes, Blockbuster Premieres, and Streaming Hits
    May 25, 20263 min

    Memorial Day 2026 Anchors a Weekend of Racing Tributes, Blockbuster Premieres, and Streaming Hits

    Memorial Day tributes mix with mourning for NASCAR's Kyle Busch, while Star Wars returns to theaters and horror hit Obsession defies box office gravity.

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    Memorial Day 2026 Anchors a Weekend of Racing Tributes, Blockbuster Premieres, and Streaming Hits

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  • Artwork for NASCAR Legend Kyle Busch Dies at 41; Horror Hit 'Obsession' Dominates Box Office
    May 24, 20262 min

    NASCAR Legend Kyle Busch Dies at 41; Horror Hit 'Obsession' Dominates Box Office

    NASCAR mourns Kyle Busch's sudden death at 41, while horror film 'Obsession' achieves historic box office returns on a tiny budget.

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    NASCAR Legend Kyle Busch Dies at 41; Horror Hit 'Obsession' Dominates Box Office

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Expect a little lag: Apple Podcasts usually picks up feed changes within a few hours, while artwork or metadata updates can take up to a day. On Mac, you can try Command-R; on iPhone, Apple does not document an equivalent manual refresh.

For local testing, generate the latest episode first with an authorized POST /api/podcast/trending/sync, then subscribe using this RSS URL.