Niche Wikipedia
The Brian Lehrer Show
WNYC
4.6 • 1.5K Ratings
🗓️ 24 February 2025
⏱️ 12 minutes
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| 0:00.0 | Listener supported WNYC Studios. |
| 0:07.0 | It's the Brian Laira Show on WNYC. |
| 0:22.8 | Good morning, everyone. |
| 0:24.4 | And to end the show today, you might say we're going to go from the sublime to the ridiculous |
| 0:29.0 | because we're going to end with a little trip into the deepest, darkest depths of Wikipedia. |
| 0:35.0 | Have you heard of that Instagram account, account depths of Wikipedia? It's essentially a |
| 0:38.7 | collection of screenshots from some of the website's most random niche pages. And it's full of |
| 0:44.8 | interesting facts that you would likely not come across otherwise. It's run by Annie Rawerda, |
| 0:50.6 | a comedian and journalist who's also known for starting up the perpetual stew in Brooklyn back in |
| 0:56.8 | 2003, if you know that. |
| 0:59.2 | But before we share some of our findings from the depths of Wikipedia, this is one of those |
| 1:04.9 | end of the show, call in segments. |
| 1:06.6 | So listeners, we're inviting you to call in and shout out your favorite, maybe little-known, |
| 1:12.9 | Wikipedia page, 212, 433, WNYC. |
| 1:17.4 | It doesn't have to be little known, doesn't have to be niche, but niche is good, or even a highly |
| 1:22.0 | trafficked Wikipedia page. |
| 1:24.1 | Do you have a favorite Wikipedia page? |
| 1:26.7 | 212, 433-9692. And even if it's not niche one, |
| 1:33.4 | did you learn something? Did you get a little known nugget of knowledge or humorous edit, |
| 1:40.6 | since anybody can edit Wikipedia or anything else. |
| 1:51.9 | 212-433 WNYC, 212, 433-9-6-92. |
| 1:54.6 | We're casting our line here. |
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