Extraordinary vs. Extra Ordinary
Endless Thread
WBUR
4.1 • 2.7K Ratings
🗓️ 1 May 2026
⏱️ 31 minutes
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Summary
Ben and Amory take a hike with producer Grace, following the digital trail of "Ridiculoubs" — a mysterious climber who traverses the world's peaks in striking footwear. Then, Amory celebrates the beauty of daily life with the Dull Women's Club, a Facebook group with nearly 1.6 million members.
Show notes:
- "Ridiculoubs" Reviews (Google Maps)
- Ridiculoubs (Instagram)
- Dull Women’s Club (Facebook)
- Dull Women’s Club celebrating the ordinary
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| 0:00.0 | WBUR Podcasts, Boston. |
| 0:12.3 | Producer Grace Tatter, how you doing? |
| 0:15.8 | Grace. |
| 0:17.2 | Host Amarie Sievertson and Ben Brock Johnson. |
| 0:20.7 | I'm doing great because I got to follow a tip that one of our listeners gave us. |
| 0:26.8 | So you might remember this email. |
| 0:29.3 | It's from a while ago, but it was from a listener named Jordan Sewell. |
| 0:34.0 | And Jordan had written to tell us about how he and his wife were traveling around Iceland a couple of years ago. |
| 0:41.3 | Best place. |
| 0:42.7 | I know. |
| 0:43.3 | I'm jealous. |
| 0:43.8 | Have you been? |
| 0:44.7 | I have. |
| 0:45.2 | You must go. |
| 0:46.1 | You will go. |
| 0:47.3 | Someday. |
| 0:48.0 | Someday. |
| 0:48.9 | For now, though, I'm living vicariously through Jordan and his wife, who were doing lots of hiking too during their |
| 0:56.1 | trip a couple of years ago. So every evening, they check Google Maps to plan the next part of |
| 1:01.9 | their road trip. And almost always, a person going by the name of Ridiculubes had reviewed |
| 1:08.5 | the next few hikes on their route. |
| 1:11.4 | Huh. |
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