Endless Thread - Podcast Rankings and reviews

I love this show. I’ve heard so many smart, interesting stories about topics that are familiar and important to me, and about topics that I would never have even come across without the hosts! They feature so many fascinating, diverse voices, and tell stories with humor, empathy, and smarts. Some of my favorite episodes: Shipwrecked (on grief), Pile of Crockery (internet mystery on random pile of dishware in the middle of the woods), One Pixel at a Time (on collaborative pixel art), and MEMES Part 4: Woman Yelling at Cat (examining meme culture and taking a deep dive into the humanity behind these images).

Endless Thread is always thought provoking and entertaining. It’s the reason I finally joined Reddit last year. And one of the reasons I became a WBUR donor. I hope the show never ends!

These stories are weird, funny, and so human. This podcast is good for the world by reminding us there is kindness on the internet. I love Amory & Ben.

Surprised at some low reviews . Some may not be into what they research, find and discuss, but that shouldn’t skew the reviews. The way they present the topics and research them is fabulous and they include humor. I get that you may not be interested in some of the topics , but they do a great job and I love this podcast!

Recent episodes are very different from the show I originally subscribed to. Very political, a little condescending at times. I absolutely believe creators should be able to take their podcasts/work in whatever direction they wish, just don’t act surprised when some listeners decide it’s not for them. Reading the bad reviews for a laugh was the last straw for me- I would have loved to hear them actually address it and talk about the direction of the show. Oh well.

I used to love this show! I would look forward to every new episode to see what they were going to dig up on Reddit in a guaranteed fun and drama-less way. No controversy, just fun!

But over the last year or two things have become increasingly political. It’s almost like every other show they talk about has to do with politics and pushing their own liberally-minded agenda. It was a show that I used to get away from all the politics, news and division, but it feels as if they have taken up a self-righteous banner of “important” topics and slowly inoculating their listeners to think like them. “And for those reasons, I’m out.”