Kisscams, ratcams, Barbra Streisand
Endless Thread
WBUR
4.2 • 2.7K Ratings
🗓️ 1 August 2025
⏱️ 26 minutes
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Summary
On this week's Endless Thread, host Ben Brock Johnson and producer Grace Tatter bring us two stories about the power of livestreams – one from the Coldplay concert box seats, and another from a notorious rat corridor in Brooklyn, NYC.
Show notes:
- What's the deal with "Astronomer" CEO and CPO affair? (Reddit)
- A Crown Heights Building's Rat Infestation Gets a Livestream (Hell Gate)
- Rat cam (YouTube/Adam Schleser)
- I am a rat (a real live rotten-tailed rat) (YouTube/Adam Schleser)
Transcript
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