Podcast Episodes

TikTok Tics

When Ben hears a rumor about kids "catching" tics from watching too many TikTok videos, we set out to investigate. We hear from neurologists and TikT…

4 years, 5 months ago

'He Died in the Goddamn Waiting Room'

With unprecedented hospital staff shortages, COVID-19 has upended the nursing profession. But the r/nursing subreddit offers an online life raft for …

4 years, 5 months ago

When Online Extremism Becomes Offline Violence

On Endless Thread, we talk about the blurring lines between our online and offline worlds. This week, we discuss the role online platforms played in …

4 years, 5 months ago

Cyberwitches

Since the dawn of the internet, cyberwitches have traded in their broomsticks and cauldrons for floppy disks and smartphones. This week on Endless Th…

4 years, 5 months ago

Us vs. Them vs. Andy

From a young age, "Andy" wanted to be a police officer.

But in 2021, after 15 years on the job, he quit. Andy wrote about his decision in the r/OffM…

4 years, 5 months ago

Egg-cellent If True

When a colleague sent us a viral Reddit post from WallStreetBets, we set out to investigate. A redditor who goes by u/throwmetfawaythanks tricked tho…

4 years, 6 months ago

The Faker

Sixteen-year-old M.H. was excited for another year on her cheerleading squad in suburban Pennsylvania. But the year was cut short when an anonymous n…

4 years, 6 months ago

There's a r/place for us

After its first successful iteration in 2017, r/place returned on April 1, 2022 for four days of battling fandoms vying for space inside a pixelated …

4 years, 6 months ago

The Herman Cain Award

A deep dive into The Herman Cain Award subreddit, which ironically awards those who die from COVID after publicly expressing anti-vaxx sentiments or …

4 years, 6 months ago

Excrement of the Stars

Thousands of years ago, a massive meteoroid seared through the Earth’s atmosphere and split into fragments over Greenland. Its pieces were later used…

4 years, 7 months ago