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Endless Thread

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

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She was a ChatGPT skeptic. Then her parents died.

06 Nov 2026
31m
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AI chatbots increasingly function as emotional crutches, filling voids created by isolation and the complexities of human caregiving. Bridget Todd, author of Love at First Prompt, details her experience turning to ChatGPT during a personal crisis, finding that the technology nudged her toward vulnerable exchanges that ...

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Gather 'round the campfire: Endless Dread 2026

30 Oct 2026
33m
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Endless Dread: The Mysterious Lagoon

23 Oct 2026
35m
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ChatGPT's human editors

16 Oct 2026
25m
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Remembering Brooke Eby

09 Oct 2026
32m
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Mixed signals: Nextdoor villains and the holiday you've never heard of

02 Oct 2026
25m
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The internet functions as an unpredictable, often uncontrollable landscape where digital personas frequently collide with physical reality. Amy Brown’s experience in El Cerrito, California, illustrates this friction, as her aggressive online commentary regarding a local library tax sparked real-world backlash from neig...

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The Haruhi problem

25 Sep 2026
16m
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Keeping the Lights on at a Video Game Cafe in Southern Yemen

18 Sep 2026
33m
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Ear rumblers assemble!

11 Sep 2026
28m
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Encore: Owl pursuits

04 Sep 2026
24m
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Emily Kwong takes us to science camp

28 Aug 2026
25m
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The Artemis II mission and the discovery of the Akiri civilization in the Amazon reveal how modern technology and human imagination intersect to reshape historical and contemporary narratives. Public fascination with the Artemis II crew has manifested in extensive fan fiction, reflecting a desire to humanize astronauts...

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'Turn Bluetooth off, or we're turning around.'

21 Aug 2026
28m
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A United Airlines flight from Newark to Palma was forced to return to its origin after a passenger’s Bluetooth device, ironically named "BOMB," triggered a security alert. As the flight crew struggled to identify the source of the signal, passengers turned to Reddit to share information and speculate on the cause, effe...

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Fruit of the Loom: Horn of Lies

14 Aug 2026
44m
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The internet is a perpetual stew

07 Aug 2026
29m
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Teach us how to Dougie

31 Jul 2026
24m
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The Lost Loophole

24 Jul 2026
34m
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How to Dim the Sun, from Marketplace's How We Survive

17 Jul 2026
37m
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Socials for Sale

10 Jul 2026
31m
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Encore: Adrián and the Whale

03 Jul 2026
24m
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Comfort maxing on the interwebs

26 Jun 2026
25m
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