‘Hope resides in connection’: Abortion access advocates on navigating a post-Roe worldIn today’s episode, we hear from two moderators of Reddit's Auntie Network, as well as the executive directors of the Blue Ridge Abortion Fund in Virginia and the Kentucky Health...PlayEndless Thread29:27Jul 1, 2022
Krakatau: The loudest sound in recorded historyImagine if an explosion in California was so loud that it could be heard in New York City. This is the story of a real event that was just as...PlayEndless Thread38:53Jun 24, 2022
Encore: Giddyup! Riding groups tap into long history of Black cowboysIn the summer of 2020, images of Black men and women riding horses at protests went viral. But the history of Black cowboys goes all the way back to the...PlayEndless Thread29:15Jun 17, 2022
Lost in Translation: two tales of getting it wrongFrom a seriously violent tale on Duolingo to a Reddit post about a life-changing mistake, we bring you two stories on the pitfalls of jumping to conclusions. (Grace Tatter, an...PlayEndless Thread19:36Jun 10, 2022
Can you really get tics from TikTok?When Ben hears a rumor about kids "catching" tics from watching too many TikTok videos, we set out to investigate. We hear from neurologists and TikTok influencers to get to...PlayEndless Thread38:50Jun 3, 2022
Nurses on Reddit are fighting for a better health care systemWith unprecedented hospital staff shortages, COVID-19 has upended the nursing profession. But the r/nursing subreddit offers an online life raft for many in the industry — a place where nurses...PlayEndless Thread30:49May 27, 2022
How to stop online extremism from becoming offline violenceOn Endless Thread, we talk about the blurring lines between our online and offline worlds. This week, we discuss the role online platforms played in the mass shooting on May...PlayEndless Thread25:13May 20, 2022
Cyberwitches: From Zoom rituals to casting spells with emojisSince the dawn of the internet, cyberwitches have traded in their broomsticks and cauldrons for floppy disks and smartphones. This week on Endless Thread, we go into the history of...PlayEndless Thread33:24May 13, 2022
'I'm free': A former police officer on leaving law enforcementAfter 15 years on the job, a former police officer wrote about his reasons for resigning in the r/OffMyChest community on Reddit. In this episode, he discusses the ethical dilemmas...PlayEndless Thread29:28May 6, 2022
Egg-cellent if true: How a viral Reddit post fooled thousands onlineWhen a colleague sent us a viral Reddit post from WallStreetBets, we set out to investigate. PlayEndless Thread26:09Apr 29, 2022
The faker: Deepfakes, lies, and cheerleadingPoliticians and celebrities have been the focus of deepfakes for years. But as the manipulated media get easier to make, reality is becoming harder to establish — and more people...PlayEndless Thread37:15Apr 22, 2022
One pixel at a time: Diplomacy and domination in Reddit's artistic masterpiece, r/placeAfter its first successful iteration in 2017, r/place returned on April 1, 2022 for four days of battling fandoms vying for space inside a pixelated canvas. We talk to two...PlayEndless Thread23:08Apr 15, 2022
The Herman Cain Award: The prize no one wants to get and creators want to destroyIn this episode, Endless Thread dives into The Herman Cain Award subreddit, which ironically awards those who die from COVID after publicly expressing anti-vaxx sentiments or pandemic-denying memes online. We...PlayEndless Thread37:06Apr 8, 2022
A meteorite in Greenland: Exploration, exploitation, and knives from spaceEndless Thread digs into a short Reddit post about Indigenous toolmaking and finds forgotten histories spanning the age of the solar system.PlayEndless Thread38:55Apr 1, 2022
Endless Thread presents Shared State: Political feuds don't take vacationsThis week, Endless Thread presents an episode of Shared State — a podcast from the Montana Free Press, Montana Public Radio and Yellowstone Public Radio — telling the story of...PlayEndless Thread26:43Mar 25, 2022
Goblins, toenails, and beach rap: Finding joy in small dosesIn times like these, you've got to take joy wherever you can get it. In this episode, co-hosts Amory and Ben swap unexpected sources of joy they've bumped into recently...PlayEndless Thread24:08Mar 18, 2022
Ballerina in the sky: The story of Jane Wicker, the wing walkerThis is the story of a tragic accident that sent Endless Thread producer Quincy Walters, and countless others, down a disturbing and fascinating rabbit hole about a small, daring group...PlayEndless Thread41:40Mar 11, 2022
Eugene from Ukraine: An online diary of war"How to prepare your house for an active wartime?" This was the title of Eugene's Reddit post about a month ago. The 32-year old Ukrainian asked other users for advice...PlayEndless Thread30:35Mar 4, 2022
Going viral like it's 1999: The story of 'Dogs in Elk'"I know how to take meat away from a dog. How do I take a dog away from meat?" This was a real question posed in Salon.com's Table Talk forum...PlayEndless Thread29:16Feb 25, 2022
Space heist (or, how to steal a planet)Dwarf planets, data leaks, and (maybe) deception. When two separate astronomy teams took credit for the same discovery, an online message board started asking questions.PlayEndless Thread40:06Feb 18, 2022
