Singing About the Rain

Endless Thread

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4.2 • 2.7K Ratings

🗓️ 16 August 2024

⏱️ 19 minutes

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Summary

What is it about weather reporters that makes them so goofy? Whatever it is, today, meteorologists have appeal far beyond the airwaves. Several have gained celebrity on TikTok and YouTube.

One such weatherman is WeatherAdam, a.k.a. Adam Kruger. Chief meteorologist for CW39 in Houston, Kruger has garnered millions of followers on TikTok by slipping the lyrics of pop songs into his weather reports. As Endless Thread co-hosts Ben Brock Johnson and Amory Sivertson learn, that is not as easy as it sounds.

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Credits: This episode was written and produced by Dean Russell. Mix and sound design by Emily Jankowski. It was edited and hosted by Ben Brock Johnson and Amory Sivertson.

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0:11.0	com.
0:12.0	W-B-U-R- Podcast. Work's
0:15.0	Boston. W-B-U-R Podcasts, Boston. Amory, Shady with a chance of tornado Severtson.
0:27.0	Ben, uh, Spiesy with a chance of Meatballs Johnson.
0:37.0	How's the weather?
0:40.0	How's the weather over there?
0:43.0	You know, I'm in a windowless room at the moment,
0:46.8	but last I checked, it was looking promising.
0:50.5	How do you get your weather information? Do you are you like lick your finger and put it up in the wind kind of person or are you using an app?
0:59.3	I read the almanac typically no I Farmers almanac. Let's see caterpillars are shorter this year which means...
1:08.0	I do use an app I also listen to the radio every morning and so that between the two
1:16.3	I'm like well so-and-so says this but my phone says that who to believe?
1:20.6	Say more about this radio that you speak of. What is that?
1:24.0	You know, you turn the dial.
1:27.0	Okay.
1:28.0	Why? What do you do for the weather?
1:30.0	Well, I live... Oh, you know what I should say?
1:32.7	There is a guy, I don't know anything about him.
1:35.7	His name is Dave Hayes, the Weathernut,
1:39.3	and he is massive in central mass. He's the guy that everyone goes to. His name is Dave Hayes
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