Stick Nation

Endless Thread

WBUR

Reddit, Technology

4.2 • 2.7K Ratings

🗓️ 6 December 2024

⏱️ 26 minutes

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Summary

Anyone who has been a kid before knows that there are few joys in life like finding a really cool stick.

That is the basis of Official Stick Reviews, a viral account on Instagram that has amassed 2.5 million followers in just a year and a half.

But what is it about sticks that inspires this universal enthusiasm? In this episode, Amory and Ben join producer Frannie Monahan for a walk in the woods to look for answers, and some sticks of their own.

Show notes:

Official Stick Reviews (@officialstickreviews)

Sticks. And the People Who Love Them. (NYT)

Earliest Evidence of Wooden Construction Uncovered (Scientific American)

Credits: This episode was produced by Frannie Monahan. Mix and sound design by Paul Vaitkus. It was hosted by Frannie Monahan, Ben Brock Johnson and Amory Sivertson.

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0:00.0	Hey, want to hear a PC Game Pass advert?
0:04.7	I'll take your silence as a yes.
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0:22.6	available November 20th, 20th, 24. Game catalog varies by region and overtime. And yeah,
0:27.7	that's the end of the script. Support for endless thread comes from Mathworks,
0:33.4	creator of Matlab and Simulink Software for technical computing and model-based design.
0:39.2	MathWorks, accelerating the pace of discovery in engineering and science.
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0:47.5	WBUR Podcasts, Boston.
0:55.2	How are you?
0:57.0	What's your dog's name?
1:01.9	The other day, Ben and I took a trip to Franklin Park in Boston.
1:08.4	We were there so that a human golden retriever, named Ben, could connect with other dogs.
1:12.6	We're from WBUR in Boston. Oh wow, this is Marty. Marty?
1:13.6	We're doing a segment about Stick Nation.
1:16.6	Do you know what that is?
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