Podcast Episodes

Thinking Outside the Dox: What 'consensual doxing' can teach us about internet privacy

Kristen Sotakoun (@notkahnjunior on TikTok) says she has always been 'the FBI of the friend group' – that person you can count on to dig up the juicy details on anyone's social media.

It's a skillse…

Published on 2 months, 1 week ago

There's a new emoji for sadness :(

What does the thumbs-up emoji mean to you? Or the wilted rose? The meanings of emojis are limitless and can differ across social groups or generations. On this episode of Endless Thread, Ben and Amor…

Published on 2 months, 2 weeks ago

Why it feels like it rains every weekend

If you feel like it's been raining a lot on the weekends this summer, you're not alone. A couple months ago, we noticed a thread on r/boston asking why? So, we enlisted the help of one of our WBUR co…

Published on 2 months, 3 weeks ago

Episodes We Love: How to Fight a Shark

This episode originally aired on July 12, 2024. It has been updated to more clearly represent communication with Kayleigh Grant about a conversation with Kristian Parton.

When Endless Thread produce…

Published on 2 months, 4 weeks ago

Raiding the fridge with Condiment Claire

This week on Endless Thread, we're raiding our refrigerators and rating our favorite condiments with TikTok creator and author "Condiment Claire" Dinhut. We learn about the surprising history of some…

Published on 3 months ago

War and Pizza

In the hours leading up to Israel commencing its June missile strikes on Iran, X users were posting about pizza. Specifically, how pizza places around the United States Pentagon were experiencing an …

Published on 3 months, 1 week ago

Pics or this episode didn't happen

A picture's worth a thousand words, or in this case, a podcast episode.

This week Ben and Amory bring two very different stories from Reddit about pictures on the internet. First – what legal rights…

Published on 3 months, 1 week ago

When the government wants your socials

Jeffrey Ngo is from Hong Kong. He used to talk about politics all of the time with his friends in group chats and on social media, from casually sending memes, to planning protests.

What happens to …

Published on 3 months, 2 weeks ago

Derek 'The Menswear Guy' Guy

Men's fashion might seem like a niche topic. But people of all genders and sartorial sensibilities follow Derek Guy on X for his clothing takes... even if they're not quite sure how they found his pa…

Published on 3 months, 3 weeks ago

Get inked! Or... not!

'Tis the season to show some skin! Perhaps some tattoo-adorned skin?

In this week's episode, Ben tells Amory about the r/tattoos community's reaction to a man whose friends made him self-conscious a…

Published on 4 months ago