podcast

Endless Thread

by WBUR

How Afroman turned lemons into lemon pound cake

10.04.2026 • 00:20:52

When you think of rapper Afroman, chances are his early 2000s hit song "Because I Got High" is already playing in your mind. More than two decades lat...

Rewind: Digging Deep with TikTok's "tunnel girl"

03.04.2026 • 00:28:39

In this throwback from the Endless Thread archives, hosts Ben Brock Johnson and Amory Sivertson revisit an episode from 2024. In 2022, a TikTok creato...

Beautiful, Terrible Internet

27.03.2026 • 00:29:00

Warning: This episode contains multitudes! Hosts Ben and Amory explore how viral clips of DOGE staffers' video depositions found a new life online aft...

Sexy spines or literary red flags?

20.03.2026 • 00:24:53

Maybe you can't judge books by their covers. But can you judge people by their books? Reddit's bookshelf detectives say yes. Producer Kalyani Saxena g...

Digging Up Lily's Garden

13.03.2026 • 00:31:21

A woman sitting blissfully on a vibrating laundromat dryer. A faked pregnancy test to dump a bad boyfriend. In 2019, the internet was abuzz about biza...

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

06.03.2026 • 00:30:33

Note: This episode describes sexual situations that are non-consensual. Sharing a photo of yourself online has always carried some risk. But things g...

Obscure music is good and nice!

27.02.2026 • 00:24:59

Some rare folks are born with the perfect music taste. But most of us have to look elsewhere for a tune that sparks a shoulder shimmy or two. Hosts Be...

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

20.02.2026 • 00:24:41

Melania, a documentary about the first lady, has a 10 percent score on Rotten Tomatoes from critics, but a 90 percent score from audience members, an ...

Rewind: Love In Transition

13.02.2026 • 00:33:28

In this OG throwback from the Endless Thread archives, hosts Ben Brock Johnson and Amory Sivertson revisit a classic episode from their first year of ...

You're Wrong About the Satanic Panic

06.02.2026 • 00:23:41

In the 1980s, a moral panic swept across America. Parents, prosecutors, and talk show hosts became convinced that devil worshippers were hiding in pla...