What temperature do you like your fruit? What is the correct way to peel a banana? This week on Endless Thread, Ben and Amory cherry pick a couple of the hottest fruit debates taking place on Reddit.
Show notes:
<ul>
 	<li><a href="https://www.reddit.com/r/mildlyinfuriating/comments/1nty5qx/my_husband_is_mildly_infuriated_that_i_open_a/">My husband is mildly infuriated that I open a banana from the antenna side!</a> (Reddit)</li>
 	<li><a href="https://www.reddit.com/r/changemyview/comments/lz6rs6/cmv_the_only_correct_way_to_peel_and_eat_a_banana/">CMV: The only correct way to peel and eat a banana is from the bottom.</a> (Reddit)</li>
 	<li><a href="https://www.reddit.com/r/unpopularopinion/comments/1jksdzu/microwaving_fruit_is_the_way_to_go/">Microwaving fruit is the way to go</a> (Reddit)</li>
 	<li><a href="https://www.reddit.com/r/unpopularopinion/comments/101q9to/i_believe_that_fruit_is_better_microwaved/">I believe that fruit is better microwaved.</a> (Reddit)</li>
</ul>
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<description>&lt;p&gt;&lt;p class="p1"&gt;What temperature do you like your fruit? What is the correct way to peel a banana? This week on Endless Thread, Ben and Amory cherry pick a couple of the hottest fruit debates taking place on Reddit.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;strong&gt;Show notes:&lt;/strong&gt;
&lt;ul&gt;
 	&lt;li&gt;&lt;a href="https://www.reddit.com/r/mildlyinfuriating/comments/1nty5qx/my_husband_is_mildly_infuriated_that_i_open_a/"&gt;My husband is mildly infuriated that I open a banana from the antenna side!&lt;/a&gt; (Reddit)&lt;/li&gt;
 	&lt;li&gt;&lt;a href="https://www.reddit.com/r/changemyview/comments/lz6rs6/cmv_the_only_correct_way_to_peel_and_eat_a_banana/"&gt;CMV: The only correct way to peel and eat a banana is from the bottom.&lt;/a&gt; (Reddit)&lt;/li&gt;
 	&lt;li&gt;&lt;a href="https://www.reddit.com/r/unpopularopinion/comments/1jksdzu/microwaving_fruit_is_the_way_to_go/"&gt;Microwaving fruit is the way to go&lt;/a&gt; (Reddit)&lt;/li&gt;
 	&lt;li&gt;&lt;a href="https://www.reddit.com/r/unpopularopinion/comments/101q9to/i_believe_that_fruit_is_better_microwaved/"&gt;I believe that fruit is better microwaved.&lt;/a&gt; (Reddit)&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;/ul&gt;
&lt;em&gt;This content was originally created for audio. An auto-generated transcript is available on Apple Podcasts and Spotify. Heads up that some elements (i.e. music, sound effects, tone) are harder to translate to text.&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/p&gt;</description>

Ben and Amory cherry pick a couple of the hottest fruit debates taking place on Reddit.

What temperature do you like your fruit? What is the correct way to peel a banana? This week on Endless Thread, Ben and Amory cherry pick a couple of the hottest fruit debates taking place on Reddit.
Show notes:
<ul>
 	<li><a href="https://www.reddit.com/r/mildlyinfuriating/comments/1nty5qx/my_husband_is_mildly_infuriated_that_i_open_a/">My husband is mildly infuriated that I open a banana from the antenna side!</a> (Reddit)</li>
 	<li><a href="https://www.reddit.com/r/changemyview/comments/lz6rs6/cmv_the_only_correct_way_to_peel_and_eat_a_banana/">CMV: The only correct way to peel and eat a banana is from the bottom.</a> (Reddit)</li>
 	<li><a href="https://www.reddit.com/r/unpopularopinion/comments/1jksdzu/microwaving_fruit_is_the_way_to_go/">Microwaving fruit is the way to go</a> (Reddit)</li>
 	<li><a href="https://www.reddit.com/r/unpopularopinion/comments/101q9to/i_believe_that_fruit_is_better_microwaved/">I believe that fruit is better microwaved.</a> (Reddit)</li>
</ul>
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Hot (and not) fruit takes

In 1970, a young biologist named David Mech published what could be the most consequential book on wolves ever written. At the time, The Wolf: The Ecology and Behavior of an Endangered Species, was the most complete collection of scientific knowledge on wolves money could buy, and it became best seller for Dave's publishers. But outside of the world of wolf biology, the book is also credited with unleashing a certain idea into our popular lexicon: The Alpha.
The thing is, Dave made a mistake – and the alpha wolf, doesn't exist.
This week on Endless Thread, Ben and Amory track down the origins of "the alpha," and whether this idea – which has been recanted by the very scientist who popularized it – has any legitimacy when talking about people.
Show notes:
<ul>
 	<li><a href="https://www.newyorker.com/science/elements/the-myth-of-the-alpha-wolf">The Myth of the Alpha Wolf</a> (The New Yorker)*</li>
 	<li><a href="https://www.theguardian.com/science/brain-flapping/2016/oct/10/do-alpha-males-even-exist-donald-trump">Do alpha males even exist?</a> (The Guardian)</li>
 	<li><a href="https://www.newsweek.com/elon-musk-shares-controversial-theory-democracy-1947873">Elon Musk Shares Theory That Only ‘Alpha Males’ Should Vote</a> (Newsweek)</li>
</ul>
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<description>&lt;p&gt;&lt;p class="p1"&gt;In 1970, a young biologist named David Mech published what could be the most consequential book on wolves ever written. At the time, &lt;i&gt;The Wolf: The Ecology and Behavior of an Endangered Species, &lt;/i&gt;was the most complete collection of scientific knowledge on wolves money could buy, and it became best seller for Dave's publishers. But outside of the world of wolf biology, the book is also credited with unleashing a certain idea into our popular lexicon: The Alpha.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p class="p1"&gt;The thing is, Dave made a mistake – and the alpha wolf, doesn't exist.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p class="p1"&gt;This week on Endless Thread, Ben and Amory track down the origins of "the alpha," and whether this idea – which has been recanted by the very scientist who popularized it – has any legitimacy when talking about people.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;strong&gt;Show notes:&lt;/strong&gt;
&lt;ul&gt;
 	&lt;li&gt;&lt;a href="https://www.newyorker.com/science/elements/the-myth-of-the-alpha-wolf"&gt;The Myth of the Alpha Wolf&lt;/a&gt; (The New Yorker)*&lt;/li&gt;
 	&lt;li&gt;&lt;a href="https://www.theguardian.com/science/brain-flapping/2016/oct/10/do-alpha-males-even-exist-donald-trump"&gt;Do alpha males even exist?&lt;/a&gt; (The Guardian)&lt;/li&gt;
 	&lt;li&gt;&lt;a href="https://www.newsweek.com/elon-musk-shares-controversial-theory-democracy-1947873"&gt;Elon Musk Shares Theory That Only ‘Alpha Males’ Should Vote&lt;/a&gt; (Newsweek)&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;/ul&gt;
&lt;em&gt;This content was originally created for audio. An auto-generated transcript is available on Apple Podcasts and Spotify. Heads up that some elements (i.e. music, sound effects, tone) are harder to translate to text.&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/p&gt;</description>

Ben and Amory track down the origins of "the alpha," and whether this idea – which has been recanted by the very scientist who popularized it – has any legitimacy when talking about people.

In 1970, a young biologist named David Mech published what could be the most consequential book on wolves ever written. At the time, The Wolf: The Ecology and Behavior of an Endangered Species, was the most complete collection of scientific knowledge on wolves money could buy, and it became best seller for Dave's publishers. But outside of the world of wolf biology, the book is also credited with unleashing a certain idea into our popular lexicon: The Alpha.
The thing is, Dave made a mistake – and the alpha wolf, doesn't exist.
This week on Endless Thread, Ben and Amory track down the origins of "the alpha," and whether this idea – which has been recanted by the very scientist who popularized it – has any legitimacy when talking about people.
Show notes:
<ul>
 	<li><a href="https://www.newyorker.com/science/elements/the-myth-of-the-alpha-wolf">The Myth of the Alpha Wolf</a> (The New Yorker)*</li>
 	<li><a href="https://www.theguardian.com/science/brain-flapping/2016/oct/10/do-alpha-males-even-exist-donald-trump">Do alpha males even exist?</a> (The Guardian)</li>
 	<li><a href="https://www.newsweek.com/elon-musk-shares-controversial-theory-democracy-1947873">Elon Musk Shares Theory That Only ‘Alpha Males’ Should Vote</a> (Newsweek)</li>
</ul>
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The Alpha Male Myth

Fast-and-cheap shipping is now foundational to the American way of life, thanks in large part to Amazon Prime. Still, when producer Grace Tatter sees a video of a man claiming that he's continuously ordering and returning an 110-pound anvil from Amazon with no repercussions from the tech giant, she has questions. Is this legit, or is it a Wile E. Coyote-level scheme? Unlike an anvil, the answer can't be found online.

Show notes:
<ul>
 	<li>"this guy has been buying and returning 110lb anvils on Amazon for 8 months now"
(<a href="https://www.reddit.com/r/amazonemployees/comments/1m9cg00/this_guy_has_been_buying_and_returning_110lb/">Reddit</a>)</li>
 	<li>This man keeps buying and returning 110- anvils on Amazon (<a href="https://www.fastcompany.com/91392404/this-man-keeps-buying-and-returning-110-pound-anvils-on-amazon">Fast Company</a>)</li>
 	<li>Johnbo's <a href="https://www.tiktok.com/@stocklett">TikTok</a></li>
</ul>
This episode was produced by Grace Tatter, and co-hosted by Grace Tatter, Ben Brock Johnson, and Amory Sivertson. It was edited by Meg Cramer. Mix and sound design by Emily Jankowski.

<description>&lt;p&gt;Fast-and-cheap shipping is now foundational to the American way of life, thanks in large part to Amazon Prime. Still, when producer Grace Tatter sees a video of a man claiming that he's continuously ordering and returning an 110-pound anvil from Amazon with no repercussions from the tech giant, she has questions. Is this legit, or is it a Wile E. Coyote-level scheme? Unlike an anvil, the answer can't be found online.&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Show notes:&lt;/strong&gt;
&lt;ul&gt;
 	&lt;li&gt;"this guy has been buying and returning 110lb anvils on Amazon for 8 months now"
(&lt;a href="https://www.reddit.com/r/amazonemployees/comments/1m9cg00/this_guy_has_been_buying_and_returning_110lb/"&gt;Reddit&lt;/a&gt;)&lt;/li&gt;
 	&lt;li&gt;This man keeps buying and returning 110- anvils on Amazon (&lt;a href="https://www.fastcompany.com/91392404/this-man-keeps-buying-and-returning-110-pound-anvils-on-amazon"&gt;Fast Company&lt;/a&gt;)&lt;/li&gt;
 	&lt;li&gt;Johnbo's &lt;a href="https://www.tiktok.com/@stocklett"&gt;TikTok&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;/ul&gt;
&lt;em&gt;This episode was produced by Grace Tatter, and co-hosted by Grace Tatter, Ben Brock Johnson, and Amory Sivertson. It was edited by Meg Cramer. Mix and sound design by Emily Jankowski.&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt; &lt;/p&gt;</description>

When producer Grace Tatter sees a video of a man claiming that he's continuously ordering and returning an 110-pound anvil from Amazon with no repercussions, she has questions. Is this legit, or is it a Wile E. Coyote-level scheme? Unlike an anvil, the answer can't be found online.

Fast-and-cheap shipping is now foundational to the American way of life, thanks in large part to Amazon Prime. Still, when producer Grace Tatter sees a video of a man claiming that he's continuously ordering and returning an 110-pound anvil from Amazon with no repercussions from the tech giant, she has questions. Is this legit, or is it a Wile E. Coyote-level scheme? Unlike an anvil, the answer can't be found online.

Show notes:
<ul>
 	<li>"this guy has been buying and returning 110lb anvils on Amazon for 8 months now"
(<a href="https://www.reddit.com/r/amazonemployees/comments/1m9cg00/this_guy_has_been_buying_and_returning_110lb/">Reddit</a>)</li>
 	<li>This man keeps buying and returning 110- anvils on Amazon (<a href="https://www.fastcompany.com/91392404/this-man-keeps-buying-and-returning-110-pound-anvils-on-amazon">Fast Company</a>)</li>
 	<li>Johnbo's <a href="https://www.tiktok.com/@stocklett">TikTok</a></li>
</ul>
This episode was produced by Grace Tatter, and co-hosted by Grace Tatter, Ben Brock Johnson, and Amory Sivertson. It was edited by Meg Cramer. Mix and sound design by Emily Jankowski.

The Anvillain

Adam Aleksic's Roman Empire is language, particularly how algorithms are changing the way we all use words. This week, Endless Thread gets algospeak-pilled and learns how "unalive" spread from a kids' Spider-Man cartoon to TikTok mental health communities trying to avoid censorship; what we're really saying when we say we're "goblin-core," and whether this all means we're "cooked."

Show notes:

<a href="https://www.penguinrandomhouse.com/books/776856/algospeak-by-adam-aleksic/">Algospeak: How Social Media Is Transforming the Future of Language </a>

This episode was produced by Grace Tatter, edited by Meg Cramer, and co-hosted by Ben Brock Johnson and Amory Sivertson. Mix and sound design by Paul Vaitkus.

<description>&lt;p&gt;Adam Aleksic's Roman Empire is language, particularly how algorithms are changing the way we all use words. This week, Endless Thread gets algospeak-pilled and learns how "unalive" spread from a kids' Spider-Man cartoon to TikTok mental health communities trying to avoid censorship; what we're really saying when we say we're "goblin-core," and whether this all means we're "cooked."&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Show notes:&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href="https://www.penguinrandomhouse.com/books/776856/algospeak-by-adam-aleksic/"&gt;Algospeak: How Social Media Is Transforming the Future of Language &lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;&lt;em&gt;This episode was produced by Grace Tatter, edited by Meg Cramer, and co-hosted by Ben Brock Johnson and Amory Sivertson. Mix and sound design by Paul Vaitkus.&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/p&gt;</description>

Adam Aleksic's Roman Empire is how algorithms are changing the way we all use words. This week Endless Thread gets algospeak-pilled and learns how "unalive" evolved from a kids' Spider-Man cartoon to TikTok mental health communities trying to avoid censorship; what we're really saying when we identify with a "goblin-core" aesthetic, and whether this all means we're "cooked."

Adam Aleksic's Roman Empire is language, particularly how algorithms are changing the way we all use words. This week, Endless Thread gets algospeak-pilled and learns how "unalive" spread from a kids' Spider-Man cartoon to TikTok mental health communities trying to avoid censorship; what we're really saying when we say we're "goblin-core," and whether this all means we're "cooked."

Show notes:

<a href="https://www.penguinrandomhouse.com/books/776856/algospeak-by-adam-aleksic/">Algospeak: How Social Media Is Transforming the Future of Language </a>

This episode was produced by Grace Tatter, edited by Meg Cramer, and co-hosted by Ben Brock Johnson and Amory Sivertson. Mix and sound design by Paul Vaitkus.

Algospeak

10 years ago, Justin found himself on the side of the road with a blown out tire. Hours went by and no one stopped to help. But just as he was about to give up, something happened that changed Justin forever.

This episode was originally published on Nov. 13, 2020.

<description>&lt;p&gt;10 years ago, Justin found himself on the side of the road with a blown out tire. Hours went by and no one stopped to help. But just as he was about to give up, something happened that changed Justin forever.&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;&lt;em&gt;This episode was originally published on Nov. 13, 2020.&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/p&gt;</description>

10 years ago, Justin found himself on the side of the road with a blown out tire. Hours went by and no one stopped to help. But just as he was about to give up, something happened that changed Justin forever.

10 years ago, Justin found himself on the side of the road with a blown out tire. Hours went by and no one stopped to help. But just as he was about to give up, something happened that changed Justin forever.

This episode was originally published on Nov. 13, 2020.

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