A Bleak 'What If:' Is The US Headed Towards A Second Civil War?With increasing political divide and heightened civil unrest in the United States, many fear that it will culminate in a second civil war. We explore the likelihood of that scenario...PlayEndless Thread30:08Oct 23, 2020
‘Endless Dread’ Returns With Spooky Stories From RedditIn the spirit of Halloween, the Endless Thread team shares spooky stories from Reddit, including the origins of a classic horror movie SFX, the creepy world of r/backrooms, and the...PlayEndless Thread21:15Oct 16, 2020
Bonding or Brainwashing? How A Girls Trip To The Mountains — And QAnon — Tore One Family ApartRandi-Lynn thought she was going on a relaxing family vacation to the mountains. Just a few days later, she was hiding in a bathroom and frantically posting on Reddit, asking...PlayEndless Thread24:10Oct 9, 2020
How One QAnon Believer Escaped The ‘Grand Unified Theory Of All Conspiracy Theories’For nearly two years, a Redditor named Jitarth Jadeja got deep into QAnon, the Far Right conspiracy theory founded on the idea that President Trump is secretly waging war against...PlayEndless Thread28:40Oct 2, 2020
Learning To Appreciate Arachnids With Reddit's "Spiderbro" CommunitySpiders... even the word is unsettling for some of us. But the r/spiderbro community on Reddit is a place where you just might gain a new appreciation for arachnids --...PlayEndless Thread14:00Sep 25, 2020
Unsent Letters: An Online Community Filled With Surprising And Moving CorrespondenceThe unsent letter. We all have one, half-composed in our heads or fully-formed as an email draft. If you’re really poetic, it might be on a piece of paper, yellowing...PlayEndless Thread29:24Sep 18, 2020
Someone's Got To Do It: Endless Thread's Ode To Odd JobsDo people say, "That's a thing??," when you tell them what you do for a living? Then you probably have an odd job. This week, Endless Thread tips its hat...PlayEndless Thread15:03Sep 11, 2020
Tight Squeeze: The Claustrophobia-Inducing World Of Caving Yields Epic RewardsYou might not think about caves in the same breath as you do the deep ocean or outer space, but you probably should. There are approximately 70,000 caves in the...PlayEndless Thread32:28Sep 4, 2020
The Good, The Bad, The Pun-derful: Exploring Reddit's 'Dad Jokes' CommunityThe spotlight is on r/DadJokes, home to the most pun-derful, cheesy-but-lovable comedic material the internet has to offer. Starring the experts: Ben & Amory's dads!PlayEndless Thread22:58Aug 28, 2020
Angel's Glow: From Civil War Folklore To Winning Science Fair ProjectThere's a Civil War legend that dates back to April of 1862, in the aftermath of the Battle of Shiloh. Supposedly, when night fell on thousands of wounded soldiers stranded...PlayEndless Thread28:03Aug 21, 2020
Reddit Roundup: A Literary Misstep And A Communal Plant ExperimentThe Endless Thread team shares some of the most memorable Reddit posts of late, from a famous author accidentally plagiarizing a beloved video game to Jeff the zebra plant.PlayEndless Thread14:23Aug 14, 2020
Ghost Town: Cerro Gordo, A Once Booming Silver Mining Town, Gets Another ChanceIn the summer of 2018, Brent Underwood got a text in the middle of the night from a friend saying, "Look at this ghost town for sale!" Within a month,...PlayEndless Thread29:55Aug 7, 2020
A Reddit Smorgasbord: Harry Potter, Billie Eilish and 'Soup Tubes'The Endless Thread team shares some of the most memorable Reddit posts of late, from a "magical" parenting decision to a very bizarre business idea.PlayEndless Thread15:25Jul 31, 2020
Randonauts: How Randomly Generated Coordinates Are Helping People Seek Meaning And AdventureA fast-growing community of people called "randonauts" are using random, quantum-generated coordinates to go on real-life adventures. But what happens when those random coordinates lead you straight to a grisly...PlayEndless Thread34:58Jul 24, 2020
Behind A Famous Reddit Post Asking For 'Dimensions Of An Adult Llama'“What are the dimensions of an adult llama?” asked a Redditor called Mrs. Sam Handwich in the "No Stupid Questions" community. "I've been hired to make a tuxedo for a...PlayEndless Thread17:32Jul 17, 2020
Giddyup: Riding Groups Tap Into Long History Of Black CowboysImages of Black men and women riding horses at protests around the country have been going viral. But the history of Black cowboys goes all the way back to the...PlayEndless Thread27:58Jul 10, 2020
Encore: We Want Plates + Pile Of CrockeryEndless Thread is re-releasing a crown jewel from the archives. It's the team's epic adventure to locate a mountain of dishware in the middle of the woods and, truly, it's...PlayEndless Thread69:30Jul 3, 2020
Endless Thread's 2020 Listener SurveyThe Endless Thread 2020 Listener Survey is here! Join us on a mission to keep Endless Thread strong and to make it even better. You have a voice, and we...Endless ThreadJul 2, 2020
Shrinkflation: Why Everything From Tuna Cans To Toilet Paper Is Shrinking, But Prices Are NotFrom the supermarket to the housing market, products are getting smaller but prices are not. Why is this happening? And can it be stopped before the toilet paper roll disappears...PlayEndless Thread28:55Jun 26, 2020
Black Lives Matter IRL And OnlineOver the last few weeks, Endless Thread has been asking for stories that have caught your attention as millions of people around the country and around the world have come...PlayEndless Thread28:31Jun 19, 2020
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