Endless Thread
Hosts Ben Brock Johnson and Amory Sivertson dig into the internet's vast and curious ecosystem of online communities to find untold histories, unsolved mysteries, and other jaw-dropping stories online and IRL.
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- http://www.wbur.org/podcasts/endlessthread
- Description
- Hosts Ben Brock Johnson and Amory Sivertson dig into the internet's vast and curious ecosystem of online communities to find untold histories, unsolved mysteries, and other jaw-dropping stories online and IRL.
- Language
- 🇬🇧 English
- last modified
- 2024-11-21 11:40
- last episode published
- 2024-11-14 13:56
- publication frequency
- 7.09 days
- Contributors
- WBUR
- Owner
- WBUR
- Author
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- false
- Number of Episodes
- 359
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Episodes
| Date | Title & Description | Contributors |
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| 2024-11-14 | Back in the day, we didn't have access to our weird uncle's every political thought. In the age of social media, though, we all too often do, making avoiding politics at family gatherings all the more difficult. Endless Thread listeners share their s... |
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| 2024-11-08 | "Have you ever felt a deep personal connection to a person you met in a dream only to wake up feeling terrible because you realize they never existed?" More than a decade ago, someone posted this question to Reddit. It was a popular post with many res... |
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| 2024-10-31 |
The Truth Social, the Whole Truth Social, and Nothing but the Truth Social Truth Social is not just a Twitter knock-off. While the social media platform that Donald Trump launched after he was banned from Twitter in the wake of the Jan. 6 attack on the U.S. Capitol only has about 600,000 monthly active users (of what appears ... |
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| 2024-10-25 | It's that time of year. Spooky stories from the internet — again! Last year, Endless Thread brought you "Campfire Chills," an assortment of hair-raising tales from the dark depths of Reddit. Now, Ben Brock Johnson, Amory Sivertson, and Dean Russell r... |
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| 2024-10-23 | Do you debate political issues with a certain family member on social media? And will you have to see that family member IRL for the holidays in a month or two? How are you preparing for that? Are there ground rules in your family for discussing politi... |
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| 2024-10-18 | Two years ago, a headline in The New York Times declared that the hottest club in New York City was the Catholic Church. While that was never true, celebrities and TikTok influencers alike have gotten Catholic-curious over the past few years. More spec... |
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| 2024-10-11 | Gun ownership in America has long been associated with the political right. Forty-five percent of Republicans and conservative independents own a firearm, compared to 20 percent of their liberal counterparts, according to a 2023 Pew survey. But in rec... |
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| 2024-10-04 | When reporter Elle Reeve is recognized at the airport, it's often by members of the alt-right: the online white-nationalists who organized the violent Unite the Right Rally in Charlottesville in 2017, and who originated much of today's political rhetor... |
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| 2024-09-30 |
Introducing WIRED Politics: Kamala Harris' Brat Summer Is Almost Over. What's Next? We're in your feed today to share an episode from a podcast we think you might like called the WIRED Politics Lab. As Election 2024 quickly approaches, our news feeds and timelines are filled with conspiracy theories, disinformation campaigns, and tec... |
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| 2024-09-27 | They were scammers. But they weren't going to scam just anyone. They were going to scam Big Tech. And they almost got away with it. Earlier this month, federal prosecutors accused a North Carolina man of stealing royalty payments from music streaming ... |
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