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
Bonus: Making 'Madness'"Madness," Endless Thread's 5-part series about the history of CIA-funded mind-control experiments, involved a lot of research and a lot of interviews -- most of which you heard excerpts from...PlayEndless Thread24:44Jun 12, 2020
Endless Thread Presents: Truth Be ToldTruth Be Told is a podcast from KQED hosted by one of our colleagues, Tonya Mosley, the co-host of WBUR and NPR’s Here and Now. Their episode from this week...PlayEndless Thread36:31Jun 5, 2020
POSTPONED: Endless Thread Happy Hour, A Zoom Discussion Of "Madness" With The TeamUPDATE: This event has been postponed. Endless Thread's Zoom discussion of the 5-part, in-depth series "Madness" will be rescheduled at a later date. PlayEndless Thread02:15May 29, 2020
Madness, Part 5: The Unreachable SummitDr. Ewen Cameron died of a heart attack while climbing a mountain in the Adirondacks in 1967. So, we don’t have access to his thoughts on his own legacy. But...PlayEndless Thread35:03May 22, 2020
Madness, Part 4: Pursuit Of JusticeIn the early 1980s, victims of Dr. Ewen Cameron’s mind-altering experiments at the Allan Memorial Institute began a slow process of finding each other and building a case against the...PlayEndless Thread36:02May 15, 2020
Madness, Part 3: Subproject 68MK-ULTRA was made up of 149 "subprojects" involving more than 80 academic institutions, prisons, and organizations. In this episode, we learn the dark history of MK-ULTRA and examine the origins...PlayEndless Thread35:38May 8, 2020
Madness, Part 2: Brave New WorldHundreds of people who were experimented on at the Allan Memorial Institute over the course of two decades are all connected to one man: Dr. Ewen Cameron. In this episode,...PlayEndless Thread34:13May 1, 2020
Madness, Part 1: The Sleep RoomIn the first episode of Endless Thread's new series, "Madness," we hear powerful accounts of abuse at a psychiatric hospital in Montreal, and learn about the renowned doctor who conducted...PlayEndless Thread28:12Apr 24, 2020
Join Endless Thread For A Zoom Party!This Friday, April 17th, at 7pm EST, Endless Thread is hosting a Zoom party! Join co-hosts Ben Brock Johnson and Amory Sivertson and producer Josh Swartz for a little trivia,...PlayEndless Thread01:52Apr 15, 2020
A Parent, A Nurse, And A Patient Talk About Dealing With CoronavirusAnother look at the far-reaching impact of the coronavirus pandemic. In this episode, we hear from a parent who recently had an infant in the NICU, a nurse who fears...PlayEndless Thread20:15Apr 10, 2020
Max Brooks, Preppers, And What 'World War Z' Can Teach Us About CoronavirusEndless Thread talks to Max Brooks about the viral PSA he made with his dad, Mel Brooks, and how his zombie apocalypse novel, World War Z, has become eerily relevant...PlayEndless Thread26:35Apr 3, 2020
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