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Pizza Is My Life: The Mystery of A Columbus, Ohio Pizza Jingle
In 2008, college student Kevin Toomey was cruising around Columbus, Ohio, listening to AM radio, when a jingle for Rotolo's Pizza came on. It was love at first listen, and it set him on a 13-year quest to find out who wrote and performed the jingle. In this Snacktime episode,...
Endless Thread Presents: Cautionary Tales
Today's episode brings together three of our favorite things: mysteries, cultural deep-dives, and Dungeons & Dragons. It's an episode of Cautionary Tales, a podcast from Pushkin that tells stories of awful human error, tragic catastrophes, daring heists and hilarious fiascos of the past -- pointing out valuable lessons for us...
Hosted by Ben Brock Johnson and Amory Sivertson, Endless Thread, a podcast from WBUR and Reddit, delves into Reddit’s vast communities to explore some of the most compelling stories the Internet has to offer, including revelations about our shared experience and powerful, personal stories. Also, cat videos. This is a show for Reddit connoisseurs, skeptics, and even the uninitiated.
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Passports And Space Trains: Endless Thread Talks Vaccine Passports And Otherworldly Artwork
In this Snacktime episode, Ben and Amory talk about vaccine passports in Texas and the out-of-this-world contents of a mysterious box.
Houseplants And Hobby Drama: Endless Thread Looks Into Plant-Trading Facebook Groups
In this Snacktime episode, we explore a post made on r/HobbyDrama about how some local plant-trading Facebook groups have had their wholesome hobby corrupted by an alleged scammer.
Bring Out The Snacks!: Endless Thread Shares Two Incredible Stories From Reddit
We're cooking up a new season of Endless Thread as we speak. But in the meantime, we realized we could probably all use a "snack" to hold us over. In this episode, we hear about a Redditor who created a fake press pass and found himself in a war zone,...
Explainer: What Is Going On With GameStop And r/WallStreetBets?
The subreddit r/WallStreetBets has been at the center of a national story this week involving GameStop and a couple of angry hedge funds. To help us understand what’s happening, we call up Planet Money co-host Robert Smith. Then, we speak to Redditor u/Hungry_Freaks-Daddy who hopped on board the GameStop train...
Endless Thread Presents: Anything For Selena
In "Anything For Selena," host Maria Garcia takes listeners on a deeply personal journey into the life and legacy of the Mexican-American popstar Selena Quintanilla, how Selena's music and unapologetic sense of identity helped her find her own place in the world, and how Selena's legacy continues to spark important...
The Consequences Of American Exceptionalism
In the aftermath of a violent mob storming the U.S. Capitol building, Endless Thread got back in touch with Indi Samarajiva. Indi's a writer who lived through the end of the Sri Lankan civil war, and he was featured in Endless Thread's "Things Are Bad" episode back in October. The...
A Special Announcement
Endless Thread is currently on break cooking up our next season, but we're getting back in touch with a special announcement.
Endless Thread Presents: Decoder Ring
While Endless Thread is on break working on a new season, we recommend checking out Decoder Ring. In each episode, Decoder Ring explores a cultural question, object, or habit; examines its history; and tries to figure out what it means and why it matters. Today we're presenting one of their...
Encore: Black Lives Matter IRL And Online
Endless Thread is on break so we're re-sharing one of our favorite episodes from the past year. We published it back on Juneteenth 2020 after asking for stories that caught our listeners' attention at the height of the George Floyd and Breonna Taylor police brutality protests around the country. The...
A Trip Down Memory Lane: Updates From Some Of Endless Thread’s Favorite Episodes
It's that time of the year again, dear listeners: Endless Thread is going on a winter break. But don't miss us too much. We'll be back in 2021 with a fresh, new, weird, and wonderful version of the show. Before we say goodbye for now, we check in with some...