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RIP Lil Miquela
In 2016, followers flocked to an Instagram user purporting to be Miquela Sousa, a 19-year-old Brazilian-American model, singer, and sometimes activis…
2 years, 6 months ago
Nerd Fight
The halls of science, known for prim propriety and careful debate, are feuding. A new theory of gravity challenges Einstein's general relativity, our…
2 years, 6 months ago
Shaq Time: Is Shaq OK?
Shaquille O'Neal has some advice: "If you are going to retire, accept it. Enjoy your family," he recently said on The Big Podcast With Shaq. "I made …
2 years, 7 months ago
The Music Man, Part 2
In the second part of Endless Thread's investigation into a ubiquitous online piano academy, we dig into why some people think it's a front to recrui…
2 years, 7 months ago
The Music Man, Part 1
You may have seen this ad: A frenetic, wild-haired concert pianist says he can make any newbie a virtuoso in months. Just take his online course for …
2 years, 7 months ago
Endless Thread introduces "Beyond All Repair", Amory Sivertson's new podcast
Last week, you heard Endless Thread co-hosts Ben Brock Johnson and Amory Sivertson re-introduce you to how Amory's new podcast, Beyond All Repair, be…
2 years, 7 months ago
Encore: Getting home
Endless Thread co-host Amory Sivertson spent three years unraveling a cold-case murder. Her reporting eventually became the forthcoming podcast serie…
2 years, 8 months ago
Endless Thread: The Musical
As Shakespeare once said...all the internet is a stage, and all keyboard warriors merely players. In this episode of Endless Thread, the members of t…
2 years, 8 months ago
Dinner and a (Slide) Show
Instead of a typical first date — dinner and light conversation, maybe — he presented 29 slides about one of his favorite movies. The internet loved …
2 years, 8 months ago
Recess Therapy's Julian Shapiro-Barnum is skeptical of kids becoming social media stars
The point of Julian Shapiro-Barnum's Recess Therapy, a video series where he interviews kids about life's bigger questions, was never to make the kid…
2 years, 8 months ago