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Introducing On Point: The Internet Archive is in danger
We’re coming to you with a special offering today. It’s an episode about the internet… from our friends just a few cubicles over here at WBUR: On Poi…
1 year, 1 month ago
Love in 60 Seconds
Wanda Brewer was grieving. After losing her brother, she found comfort in an unexpected place: a soap-opera-esque story on Instagram told in 60-secon…
1 year, 1 month ago
DeepSeek's Diss Track
In 2022, people around the world freaked out at the advent of ChatGPT, OpenAI's chatbot. In under three years, artificial intelligence has been incor…
1 year, 1 month ago
Little Big RedNote
Sometimes, after a long day speaking English, former WBUR podcast fellow Cici Yu just wants to zone out and spend time on the internet where everyone…
1 year, 1 month ago
Does Steven Seagal really know karate?
There's a burning question that keeps coming up in internet communities, YouTube explainers, and interviews with stunt people from the film industry:…
1 year, 2 months ago
Butlerian Jihad
It's 2025. HBO's "Dune: Prophecy" is one of the most popular shows streaming, and the federal government just announced massive spending on artificia…
1 year, 2 months ago
Episodes we love: The Scream
If you typed “inauguration” into your web browser anytime between 2017 and 2020, you likely saw an image of a person in a neon green jacket, black wi…
1 year, 2 months ago
Dox Glasses
Kashif Hoda was getting onto a Southbound train at Harvard Square when a young man said he recognized him. The doors closed before he got a chance to…
1 year, 2 months ago
Sandwiches of History
Barry Enderwick got kicked out of college. Then, in the early aughts, he became the first graphic designer for a little start-up media company you ma…
1 year, 3 months ago
Episodes We Love: Swedengate
When a Redditor said that he was expected to stay in his Swedish friend's bedroom while the friend ate dinner with his family, the internet exploded …
1 year, 3 months ago