Trailer: Endless Thread Presents... MEMES!
On October 1st, Endless Thread is back. We're kicking things off with a deep exploration into something that has changed lives, politics, and the way we interact online and in real life: memes!
We're Baaaaaaaaack! New Series From Endless Thread Launches October 1st
Endless Thread has been in the lab cooking up a brand new logo, mission, and batch of episodes with a big ol’ special reported series to kick off with: MEMES! The show relaunches October 1st and will be in your feed every week after that, diving down rabbit holes in...
'I Think He Fanned The Flames:' Fed-Up Reddit Moderators React To CEO's Stance On COVID-19 Misinformation
Misinformation and disinformation online about COVID-19 continues to have real-world consequences for the virus' spread. This week, moderators of popular Reddit communities wrote an open letter to the company calling upon administrators to take action against misinformation on the platform. We hear from moderators about the open letter and Reddit...
Hosts Ben Brock Johnson and Amory Sivertson dig into the internet's vast and curious ecosystem of online communities to find untold histories, unsolved mysteries, and other jaw-dropping stories online and IRL.
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Snacktime: Suitcases of Cash And Bob Saget's Ghost
Gather round for this week’s Snacktime episode, where Ben tells iLab producer Nora Saks two stories about found money, a gambling ruse in a Belizean casino, and why Bob Saget would block himself on Twitter if he could.
Encore: What is Geedis? An Internet Mystery For The Ages... Gets Solved!
What is Geedis? Endless Thread revisits an episode from 2019 in which the team joined the internet's two-year-long quest to answer this question. The strange, furry character and his buddies in The Land of Ta had been a mystery of 80’s fantastical proportions, but the team went down the rabbit...
Internet Humor Meets A Massive Song Collection In 'Weird Spotify Playlists'
In this Snacktime, Amory introduces Ben to the fast-growing "Weird Spotify Playlists" Twitter account and subreddit, where song titles are way more important than the songs themselves.
Encore: The Great Glitter Mystery
Endless Thread revisits this episode from 2019 that solved one of the internet’s most compelling mysteries. Inspired by a 2018 New York Times feature about glitter, people obsessed over identifying the mysterious industry buying huge amounts of glitter. No one had been able to find any answers … until the...
Rein It In!: Competitive Jousting Meets The Black Market
On this week’s Snacktime, Ben tells Amory about the still-very-much-alive sport of jousting and how it relates to a pretty wild story about a Redditor’s ex, a snowy white steed getting repossessed, and equine semen fraud.
Endless Thread Presents: Twenty Thousand Hertz
Is your voice your own? Not anymore. This week on Endless Thread, we present "Deepfake Dallas," courtesy of our friends over at Twenty Thousand Hertz, a podcast revealing the stories behind the world’s most recognizable and interesting sounds. Find out how someone, using artificial intelligence, can make an algorithm that...
Long Orders And Secret Menus: The Struggles Of Being A Starbucks Barista
One of the things that makes Starbucks so liked by people everywhere is the amount of customization you can do with your drink. But is there such a thing as too much customization? On this week's Snacktime, Amory tells Ben about the viral "Edward" order as well as the recent...
Snacktime: A Refreshing Trend For Troubled Times
From knitting to making bread, many of us found new ways to relax during the pandemic. For some, this happy place came in the form of a shower orange. In this episode of Snacktime, Ben tells Amory about what this new trend is all about, plus the story of how...
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...