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Stick Nation: The online community that (reviews) sticks together

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An area of unmanaged woodland on Martha's Vineyard where The Nature Conservancy plans to restore the ecosystem to promote rare biodiversity. (Robin Lubbock/WBUR)
An area of unmanaged woodland on Martha's Vineyard where The Nature Conservancy plans to restore the ecosystem to promote rare biodiversity. (Robin Lubbock/WBUR)

Anyone who has been a kid before knows that there are few joys in life like finding a really cool stick.

That is the basis of Official Stick Reviews, a viral account on Instagram that has amassed 2.5 million followers in just a year and a half.

But what is it about sticks that inspires this universal enthusiasm? In this episode, Amory and Ben join producer Frannie Monahan for a walk in the woods to look for answers, and some sticks of their own.

Show notes:

This content was originally created for audio. An auto-generated transcript is available on Apple Podcasts. Heads up that some elements (i.e. music, sound effects, tone) are harder to translate to text.

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Frannie Monahan Podcast Producer

Frannie Monahan is a producer for WBUR’s podcast team.

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Ben Brock Johnson Director, Digital Audio

Ben Brock Johnson is the director of digital audio at WBUR and co-host of the podcast, Endless Thread.

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Amory Sivertson Host and Senior Producer, Podcasts

Amory Sivertson is a senior producer for podcasts and the co-host of Endless Thread.

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Paul Vaitkus Manager of Podcast Production

Paul Vaitkus is the manager of podcast production for WBUR.

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