Endless Thread

WBUR

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. read less

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The Endless Thread podcast is a discussion and documentary-styled podcast. Topics include absurd, unique, and baffling stories from the internet and beyond. Many of the curated topics on the podcast are from Reddit. That site has an estimated 1.66 billion active users in a month. The platform has over 130,000 communities, called subreddits. The show's producers pull topics from these subreddits. Content topics also explore other social media platforms. Topics range from rogue chatbots and mysterious swimming holes to lazy foxes. Anyone looking for an information-filled and funny podcast may like it here.

The Boston-based NPR station, WBUR, produces this podcast, which debuted in January 2018. Cohosts Ben Brock Johnson and Amory Sivertson are both WBUR staffers. Amory served as a producer and studio director for Radio Boston before joining WBUR. She is one of the producers of Dear Sugars Radio. Sometimes other station journalists and writers join the regular hosts. They include Dean Russell and Grace Tatters.

The Endless Thread hosts have great camaraderie, humor, and wit. Listeners may laugh with the hosts as they learn fun facts. The show's episodes are a mix of science, sociology, pop culture, politics, and other areas. In an episode of Endless Thread, listeners learn about Lazy Jeff, a fox. The hosts narrate studies about other lazy animals from different species. They also share interviews with several animal research scientists. Their discussion challenges the logic that animals have to work hard to survive. The episode examines why some animals dislike moving around a lot.

The Endless Thread episodes vary and are engaging, research-backed, and informative. The podcast presents the most outrageous stories, threads, memes, and more. Some more topics explored include the Civil War, a solar-powered website, and the 15-minute city conspiracy theory. Most episodes are around 30 to 40 minutes, and new episodes are available Fridays.

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