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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Join Ruby and Kitty for a glass of wine and a whine as they discuss and debate an array of topics. This is a lighthearted, comedic podcast so if you can't handle the heat, get out of the kitchen.
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Jump paws first into the diverse world of the Furry Fandom with "Straight from the Muzzle"! Join our hosts: Space, Paradox, Byx, Kyra, and Deer as they discuss diversity, harp on hot takes, and traverse tangents while taking a deeper look into the furry community. Send us an email: [email protected] Follow Our BlueSky: https://bsky.app/profile/fromthemuzzle.bsky.social Follow Our Twitter: https://x.com/FromTheMuzzle Join Our Telegram Group: https://t.me/StraightFromTheMuzzle Subscrib ...
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Who gets credit for starting a meme? Usually... nobody — they're made too quickly and organically. In the case of one of the most famous bait-and-switch memes of all time, the "Rick Roll," we may be looking at something experts call convergent evolution. Did the Rick Roll originate with a piece of code on the message board 4Chan, or with a prank ca…
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You can now send us "Text Messages" from your phone. Just tap this message and you'll be directed to send us a text. Mobile phones only. On our season finale, we sit down with Astra the Kitty for a fun and insightful interview. We talk about Astra’s creative journey, inspirations, and what goes into bringing their work and personality to life. It’s…
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Lost without you: 20 years of finding (losing?) our way with Google Maps
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2025 marks 20 years of Google Maps — a tool that many of us would be, quite literally, lost without. We hear from New Orleanians who used Google Maps/Google Earth in its inaugural year to survey the damage to their homes following Hurricane Katrina. We also talk to the internet's Map Men, who ask whether "the best maps humanity has ever produced ar…
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The drone web: how consumer drones have covered Ukraine's battle lines with fiber optic cable
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There's a lot of drone warfare footage on the internet from Ukraine and Russia. But over the last year, a surprising change has emerged, via photos from the battlefront posted online. It has become clear that a huge part of the drone war, from dropping grenades on soldiers in bunkers, to dropping explosives on infrastructure or airfields, is wired.…
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You can now send us "Text Messages" from your phone. Just tap this message and you'll be directed to send us a text. Mobile phones only. In today’s episode, Space and Gably chat with the incredible Aver the Dorbley! Aver has contributed to hit animated shows like Brickleberry and Final Space, and he’s also the creator of his own original species br…
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What's on the menu: Ruby Tandoh on how the internet and algorithms shape our appetites
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The internet decides what's for dinner. Ruby Tandoh is the author of the new book, All Consuming: Why We Eat the Way We Eat Now. A stint on the Great British Bake Off when she was in college launched her into the world of cookbooks — increasingly irrelevant in a world where we're more likely to turn to Google for a recipe than turn to our bookshelv…
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In honor of the day-after-Thanksgiving leftover sandwich, we're revisiting our conversation with Barry Enderwick, the man behind the beloved and wildly popular "Sandwiches of History" social media accounts. Barry joined Ben and Amory to make a triple-decker sandwich from 1958, and to talk about his first cookbook, "Sandwiches of History the Cookboo…
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Endless Thread serves up two of Reddit's most absurd food sagas. First course: Chivegate, in which a Redditor vows to chop a cup of chives daily until the kitchen confidential subreddit declares perfection, only to be accused of fraud. Second course: A Reddit user desperately seeking advice on how to quietly move 13 two-thousand-pound pallets of ma…
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Fryders and Alligator Alcatraz tours: When trolls get inventive
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Ben and Amory share two stories about some out-of-the-box internet trolling. First, Amory tries to untangle a web of rumors surrounding an unusual dish from New Zealand. Then, Ben takes us aboard Terri's Tourz, an alleged Everglade tourist attraction claiming to offer the nation's first ever tours of the South Florida Detention Center known as Alli…
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This November, we're playing some of our favorite episodes from the past alongside new stuff, so that newer listeners can experience our back catalogue. And LoFi Girl is one that holds up, big time! If you've ever searched for "chill beats for studying" or some other form of lean back, endless playlists without vocals and with a consistent vibe, yo…
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Labubus, lafufus, and Hello Kitty: How cuteness conquered the internet
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While some people find Labubus terrifying, millions of others find their big eyes and furry features irresistibly adorable. Why? From Labubu dolls taking over TikTok, to emoji taking over our text messages, cuteness is all over the internet. Ben and Amory talk to Joshua Paul Dale, professor at Tokyo's Chuo University and the preeminent cuteness exp…
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Everybody get up, it's time to slam now... again! Yes, we're revisiting our episode about the website for the 1996 movie "Space Jam," which is still up and functioning nearly 30 years later. Amory and Ben talk to the hilarious team behind this digital artifact and hear the unlikely story of its continued existence. Show notes: The Space Jam website…
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S11 Ep17: Howloween Special w/ Trick O' Treat
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You can now send us "Text Messages" from your phone. Just tap this message and you'll be directed to send us a text. Mobile phones only. Sparrow, Space, & Kyra have the pleasure of interviewing special guest Trick O' Treat for our HOWLOWEEN SPECIAL muahahahahahahaha! Follow Trick O' Treat: Bluesky: https://bsky.app/profile/trichardotreat.bsky.socia…
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In keeping with Endless Thread tradition, Ben and Amory are celebrating spooky season with another installment of "Endless Dread." This time, we're bringing you along on both an actual haunted hayride — thanks to McCray's Farm in South Hadley, MA — and a digital one, through a handful of spooky stories from the internet. Ben introduces Amory to a T…
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Episodes we love: Artist Known — Illustrator for 'A Wrinkle in Time' gets long-overdue credit
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New to Endless Thread? Wooooo! We're revisiting some favorites from our archives to welcome you. First up: The cover art for the 1976 paperback edition of Madeleine L'Engle's classic, spooky sci-fi/fantasy novel "A Wrinkle in Time" — featuring a rainbow-winged centaur and a green, glowering, red-eyed face — is iconic. And yet, for nearly 50 years, …
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