Introducing "Jaws Island"

Endless Thread

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🗓️ 29 August 2025

⏱️ 33 minutes

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Summary

Dun dun... This week, on Endless Thread... dun dun... something new is here... dun dun dun dun... a podcast mini-series about the 50th anniversary of the cinematic classic... DUN dun dun dun DUN dun dun dun..."Jaws!"

Part 1 of this mini-series, Jaws Island, is right here, right now, and it's all about the "finatics" (yes, that's what they call themselves). WBUR arts and culture correspondent Andrea Shea takes us to Martha's Vineyard — AKA "Amity Island," where Jaws was filmed — for the 50th anniversary celebration of the film.

Through conversations with "finatics," collectors, and cast members, Andrea learns how Steven Spielberg's enduring monster movie sank its teeth into us.

Parts 2 and 3 are right around the corner, so follow Jaws Island in your podcast app! ("You're gonna need a bigger podcast library!")

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0:00.0	Amo.
0:01.6	Benjo.
0:02.4	It's a special Friday, baby.
0:04.4	Special Friday.
0:06.1	It is special.
0:07.1	Not just because it's a holiday weekend,
0:08.9	during which I will likely toast the nearing end of summer with a veggie dog, a smore.
0:14.2	I love a s'm.
0:15.2	Yeah.
0:15.6	But also because instead of our usual holiday rerun action,
0:18.7	we're doing a special drop from another WBUR project that's coming out right now.
0:25.6	It's about a movie, one of my favorites, to be honest, which I watch every summer.
0:30.2	Do you? Do you watch it every summer?
0:31.5	At least, at least every summer, yeah.
0:33.5	And today we're giving you the first episode, which isn't expressly about the internet,
0:39.0	but it is about the internet-fueled fandom for this great movie that 50 years later keeps chomping at us.
0:47.6	Hooper drives the boat, chief.
0:49.6	Hooper drives the boat, chief.
0:51.4	Take a listen, and if you like it, you should search a specific phrase
0:54.9	that maybe gives this away
0:56.2	more than we already have.
0:57.7	Jaws Island.
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