Does the internet still have room for chance encounters?
Hosts Ben and Amory pay homage to the magic of online chance encounters with producer Grace Tatter. Together, they explore the ways in which the internet fuels random yet delightful...
Ben Palmer's Brain: Why the comedian made a fake deportation tip line — and why so many people are laughing
Ben Palmer set up a fake tip line for people to report immigrants in the United States, and recorded the conversations. Things got uncomfortable and, to some, surprisingly funny. How...
Endless Thread presents "The Midnight Rebellion," a new adventure fiction podcast
Lost in a watery wasteland, Joule must find her way home. She needs YOUR help. The Midnight Rebellion, a new podcast from WBUR, Boston’s NPR. Follow to find out when...
Extraordinary vs. Extra Ordinary: High heels in high places and a celebration of the quotidian
Hosts Ben Brock Johnson and Amory Sivertson take a hike with producer Grace Tatter, following the digital trail of "Ridiculoubs" — a mysterious climber who traverses the world's peaks in...
Saturn's mysterious hexagon-shaped storm has internet conspiracy theories swirling
Endless Thread goes to space! First, host Ben Brock Johnson goes deep on radio signals of unknown origin, with an assist from real-life radio astronomer and Reddit MVP Yvette Cendes,...
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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A Beige New World: Interrogating the algorithm's favorite color
The world is bright and colorful, but online beige reigns supreme. Neutrals have taken over the internet — from minimalist coffee shops, to influencer home aesthetics, to beige kids' clothing....
Unpacking Afroman's Viral Defamation Trial
Afroman made his name in the early 2000s with the hit song "Because I Got High." More than two decades later, he's having another break out moment. Host Ben Brock...
How DOGE staffers' video depositions went viral, and a Reddit thought exercise
Hosts Ben and Amory explore how viral clips of DOGE staffers' video depositions found a new life online after a judge temporarily ordered them removed. They also dabble in a...
Sexy spines or literary red flags: Reddit's bookshelf detectives will judge you by your covers
Maybe you can't judge books by their covers. But can you judge people by their books? Reddit's bookshelf detectives say yes. Producer Kalyani Saxena guides hosts Ben and Amory through...
Digging up Lily's Garden: Why did a mobile puzzle game have such weird ads?
In 2019, the internet was abuzz about bizarre ads for a mobile game called Lily's Garden. The ads were only about 15 seconds each, but they evoked a whole universe...
What it's like to be undressed by Grok without your consent
Your photos are your own. Until they're not. Earlier this year, people began using Grok, X's generative AI chatbot to create sexualized deepfakes of women and children. Hosts Ben and...
Fancy a new bop? The internet has an obscure hit for you
Some rare folks are born with the perfect music taste. But most of us have to look elsewhere for a little tune that prompts a shoulder shimmy or two. Hosts...
Fresh, stale, or politics? The Melania documentary's Rotten Tomatoes score, explained
Melania, a documentary about the first lady, has a 10 percent score on Rotten Tomatoes from critics, but a 90 percent score from audience members, an unusual discrepancy that raises...
'The Devil You Know': Sarah Marshall on the connection between a 1980s Satanic Panic and the internet today
Sarah Marshall of You're Wrong About has a new podcast about the Satanic Panic of the 1980s called The Devil You Know. She talks to Ben and Amory about the...
Hot (and not) fruit takes
Ben and Amory cherry pick a couple of the hottest fruit debates taking place on Reddit.