Technology

Endless Thread

by WBUR

Untold histories, unsolved mysteries, and other jaw-dropping stories online and IRL. Hosted by Ben Brock Johnson & Amory Sivertson.

100 episodes

EN-US language

All Episodes

1

Beautiful, Terrible Internet

29:00 Mar 27, 2026

2

Sexy spines or literary red flags?

24:53 Mar 20, 2026

3

Digging Up Lily's Garden

31:21 Mar 13, 2026

4

What it's like to be undressed by Grok without your consent

30:33 Mar 6, 2026

5

Obscure music is good and nice!

24:59 Feb 27, 2026

6

Fresh, stale, or politics? The Melania doc's Rotten Tomatoes score, explained

24:41 Feb 20, 2026

7

Rewind: Love In Transition

33:28 Feb 13, 2026

8

You're Wrong About the Satanic Panic

23:41 Feb 6, 2026

9

Hot (and not) fruit takes

20:45 Jan 30, 2026

10

The Alpha Male Myth

26:09 Jan 23, 2026

11

28:18 Jan 16, 2026

12

Algospeak

25:37 Jan 9, 2026

13

Rewind: Today You, Tomorrow Me: Why A Decade-Old Reddit Comment Still Resonates Today

23:48 Jan 2, 2026

14

Encore: Never Gonna Give You Up

43:55 Dec 26, 2025

15

Lost Without You

33:15 Dec 19, 2025

16

Ukraine's expanding drone web

38:31 Dec 12, 2025

17

Ruby Tandoh, the World's Best Lasagna,and how the internet is collectively changing what we all want to eat

28:38 Dec 5, 2025

18

Episodes we love: Sandwiches of History

35:42 Nov 28, 2025

19

Chiveman and a mountain of margarine

26:37 Nov 21, 2025

20

Fryders and Alligator Alcatraz tours: When trolls get inventive

31:27 Nov 14, 2025

21

Episodes we love: Lofi Girl

38:06 Nov 11, 2025

22

So Cute!

27:17 Nov 7, 2025

23

Episodes we love: Welcome to the Jam

33:46 Nov 4, 2025

24

Endless Dread: Haunted Hayride

38:04 Oct 31, 2025

25

Episodes we love: Artist Known

46:10 Oct 28, 2025

26

Hidden Levels Ep. 6: Segagaga

40:38 Oct 24, 2025

27

Hidden Levels Ep. 5: Press B to Touch Grass

41:47 Oct 22, 2025

28

Hidden Levels: Surgical Precision (Side Quest)

24:34 Oct 21, 2025

29

Hidden Levels Ep. 4: Machinima

45:08 Oct 18, 2025

30

Hidden Levels: Choose Your Player (Side Quest)

31:25 Oct 17, 2025

31

Hidden Levels Ep. 3: This Game Wants YOU

44:10 Oct 14, 2025

32

Hidden Levels Ep. 2: Stick It to 'Em

41:36 Oct 10, 2025

33

Hidden Levels Ep. 1: Mr. Boomshakalaka

37:16 Oct 7, 2025

34

Announcing 'Hidden Levels': how the videogame world has changed the world beyond videogames

5:08 Oct 6, 2025

35

A fork (still) in the road

30:42 Oct 3, 2025

36

Bridezillas and Quiz Traps

27:49 Sep 26, 2025

37

Losing Our Marbles

37:00 Sep 19, 2025

38

Message In A Laptop

24:24 Sep 12, 2025

39

Encore: The Internet's Most Hated Bird

39:47 Sep 5, 2025

40

Introducing "Jaws Island"

31:46 Aug 29, 2025

41

AI and Relationships, Part 2: AI Therapists and Bot Boyfriends

30:12 Aug 22, 2025

42

AI and Relationships, Part 1: Into the Woods

28:12 Aug 15, 2025

43

Bootcamp for Men: from betas to alphas

27:28 Aug 8, 2025

44

Kisscams, ratcams, Barbra Streisand

24:45 Aug 1, 2025

45

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

29:34 Jul 25, 2025

46

There's a new emoji for sadness :(

24:11 Jul 18, 2025

47

Why it feels like it rains every weekend

21:37 Jul 11, 2025

48

Episodes We Love: How to Fight a Shark

37:08 Jul 4, 2025

49

Raiding the fridge with Condiment Claire

28:02 Jun 27, 2025

50

30:11 Jun 26, 2025

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