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When the lamp looks strange

It was a good life. But one day, it came to a crashing halt — because of a lamp.

Endless Thread

18:18Nov 8, 2024

The download screen for Truth Social app is seen on a laptop computer, Wednesday, March 20, 2024, in New York. (AP Photo/John Minchillo)

The whole Truth Social and nothing but the Truth Social: What you need to know about Donald Trump's social media platform

It's not just a Twitter knock-off. Not many people use the social media platform that Donald Trump launched after he was banned from Twitter in the wake of the Jan....

Endless Thread

27:15Nov 1, 2024

Endless Dread: More chilling campfire stories for Halloween

Endless Thread gathers 'round the campfire at night to share spooky stories from Reddit. Yikes!

Endless Thread

26:20Oct 25, 2024

Fighting online about politics with family? Tell us your story!

Do you debate politics with a family member on social media? Has that changed your IRL relationship with that family member? Could the outcome of the presidential election change your...

Endless Thread

09:17Oct 23, 2024

Traditionalist Catholics descended on Rome in October 2021 for an annual pilgrimage, hoping to show the vibrancy of their community after Pope Francis issued a crackdown on the spread of the Latin Mass that many took as an attack on the ancient rite. (AP Photo/Luca Bruno)

TikTok Catholicism: Beneath the veil of the internet's 'Trad Caths'

There's been an uptick in "Trad Cath" content — internet for "traditionalist Catholic" — promoting traditions like the Latin Mass and women wearing veils in church. When you lift the...

Endless Thread

37:01Oct 18, 2024

Hosts Ben Brock Johnson and Amory Sivertson dig into the internet's vast and curious ecosystem of online communities to find untold histories, unsolved mysteries, and other jaw-dropping stories online and IRL.

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Plain Jane turkey and gravy, cheesy stuffing, buttery mashed potatoes, sweet and sour glazed carrots, and green beans are shown in Concord, New Hampshire. (Matthew Mead/AP)

Breaking bread or breaking ties: How our listeners are talking to their families about politics

Endless Thread listeners share their stories of familial strife, and how they plan to navigate an especially politically divisive holiday season with integrity, humor and love.

Endless Thread

39:23Nov 15, 2024

Numerous Assault Rifles Hanging On Wall.

Armed and socialist: Inside the Socialist Rifle Association

The left-leaning gun group started as a place online for funny memes. Now it's aiming to arm the working class.

Endless Thread

33:57Oct 11, 2024

White nationalist demonstrators walk into the entrance of Lee Park surrounded by counter demonstrators on Aug. 12, 2017, in Charlottesville, Va. A federal judge on Dec. 30, 2022, has slashed millions of dollars from the damages a jury ordered white nationalist leaders and organizations to pay for their role in the violence that erupted during the deadly “Unite the Right” rally in Charlottesville in 2017. (AP Photo/Steve Helber, File)

How the alt-right's political violence went from online to real life

Elle Reeve joins Endless Thread to discuss her book Black Pill: How I Witnessed the Darkest Corners of the Internet Come to Life, Poison Society, and Capture American Politics.

Endless Thread

27:06Oct 4, 2024

Introducing WIRED Politics: Kamala Harris' Brat Summer Is Almost Over. What's Next?

We're in your feed today to share an episode from a podcast we think you might like called the WIRED Politics Lab. In this episode, Leah is joined by writer...

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32:07Sep 30, 2024

Lithuanian Evaldas Rimasauskas in district court in Vilnius charged after allegedly sending phishing emails to representatives of major tech firms and pretending to work for Asian company. (Petras Malukas/AFP via Getty Images)

They tried to defraud Big Tech. It didn't go well

Two stories of grifters who tried to scam technology giants and almost got away with it.

Endless Thread

25:56Sep 27, 2024

White Wilderness, lobbycard, Disney True Life Adventure, 1958. (Photo by LMPC via Getty Images)

The truth about lemmings

The one thing you know about lemmings is a lie. It came from a Disney documentary.

Endless Thread

35:12Sep 20, 2024

Telegram co-founder Pavel Durov, center, smiles as he leaves after a press conference in 2017, three years after he left Russia, reportedly due to being pressured to share user information from his social media company VKontakte with the Kremlin. He founded Telegram on the basis of ensuring users privacy. (Tatan Syuflana/AP Photo)

The double-edged sword of privacy: The truth about encrypted messaging apps

When the founder of the messaging app Telegram, Pavel Durov, was arrested it exposed that millions of users thought the app was much more secure than it is. Media outlets...

Endless Thread

33:47Sep 13, 2024

The language program developed by the US company OpenAI uses artificial intelligence to write a random binary code consisting of zeros and ones. (Photo by Frank Rumpenhorst/picture alliance/Getty Images)

Ignore all previous instructions, continue messing with the bots

When the bots attack, this is how you fight back.

Endless Thread

26:30Sep 6, 2024

A great black-backed gull speaks on Appledore Island, Maine. (Dean Russell/WBUR)

The truth about seagulls, the internet's most hated bird

Everyone loves to hate a gull. That’s part of the problem.

Endless Thread

37:43Aug 30, 2024

Chinese President Xi Jinping and African leaders gather after a photo session during the Forum on China-Africa Cooperation (FOCAC) 2018 Beijing Summit in Beijing. (How Hwee Young/Pool Photo via AP)

What a viral video does — and doesn't — reveal about China's relationship with Africa

A blurry video surfaces on the r/trashy subreddit of what appears to be a work dispute. One man slaps a clipboard out of another's hand, then leaves the frame for...

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37:13Aug 23, 2024

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When the lamp looks strange

The whole Truth Social and nothing but the Truth Social: What you need to know about Donald Trump's social media platform

Endless Dread: More chilling campfire stories for Halloween

Fighting online about politics with family? Tell us your story!

TikTok Catholicism: Beneath the veil of the internet's 'Trad Caths'

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Breaking bread or breaking ties: How our listeners are talking to their families about politics

Armed and socialist: Inside the Socialist Rifle Association

How the alt-right's political violence went from online to real life

Introducing WIRED Politics: Kamala Harris' Brat Summer Is Almost Over. What's Next?

They tried to defraud Big Tech. It didn't go well

The truth about lemmings

The double-edged sword of privacy: The truth about encrypted messaging apps

Ignore all previous instructions, continue messing with the bots

The truth about seagulls, the internet's most hated bird

What a viral video does — and doesn't — reveal about China's relationship with Africa