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Endless Thread
Endless Thread
WBUR

Hosts Ben Brock Johnson and Amory Sivertson dig into the internet's vast and curious ecosystem of online communities to find untold histories,... more

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Episodes

Love in 60 Seconds

Wanda Brewer was grieving. After losing her brother, she found comfort in an unexpected place: a soap-opera-esque story on Instagram... more

14 Feb 2025 · 34 minutes
DeepSeek's Diss Track

In 2022, people around the world freaked out at the advent of ChatGPT, OpenAI's chatbot. In under three years, artificial... more

10 Feb 2025 · 27 minutes
Little Big RedNote

Sometimes, after a long day speaking English, former WBUR podcast fellow Cici Yu just wants to zone out and spend... more

07 Feb 2025 · 19 minutes
Does Steven Seagal really know karate?

There's a burning question that keeps coming up in internet communities, YouTube explainers, and interviews with stunt people from the... more

31 Jan 2025 · 38 minutes
Butlerian Jihad

It's 2025. HBO's "Dune: Prophecy" is one of the most popular shows streaming, and the federal government just announced massive... more

24 Jan 2025 · 22 minutes
Episodes we love: The Scream

If you typed “inauguration” into your web browser anytime between 2017 and 2020, you likely saw an image of a... more

17 Jan 2025 · 35 minutes
Dox Glasses

Kashif Hoda was getting onto a Southbound train at Harvard Square when a young man said he recognized him. The... more

10 Jan 2025 · 29 minutes
Sandwiches of History

Barry Enderwick got kicked out of college. Then, in the early aughts, he became the first graphic designer for a... more

03 Jan 2025 · 34 minutes
Episodes We Love: Swedengate

When a Redditor said that he was expected to stay in his Swedish friend's bedroom while the friend ate dinner... more

28 Dec 2024 · 41 minutes
You'll never believe what happens in our MrBeast explainer...

Jimmy Donaldson — AKA "MrBeast" — has taken YouTube by storm, racking up more than 330 million subscribers with his... more

20 Dec 2024 · 44 minutes