The Great Glitter Mystery

Endless Thread

WBUR

Reddit, Technology

4.1 • 2.7K Ratings

🗓️ 7 November 2019

⏱️ 41 minutes

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Summary

Endless Thread solves one of the internet’s most compelling unresolved mysteries. Inspired by a New York Times feature about glitter last year, Redditors have obsessed over identifying the mysterious industry buying huge amounts of glitter – information which glitter-makers have now famously refused to divulge. No one has been able to find any answers…until now!

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0:00.0	Produced by the iLab at WBUR Boston.
0:07.0	Emory, you know why we're here, right?
0:10.0	Yes.
0:11.0	Okay, but can we let Frank Ocean sing it for us?
0:14.0	Glitter.
0:16.0	Did you catch it?
0:18.0	Did you catch the topic of today's episode?
0:20.0	Glitter.
0:21.0	Glitter.
0:22.0	Glitter.
0:23.0	Glitter.
0:25.0	You also noticed that comedian Dimitri Martin has something on this same topic?
0:29.0	I think about Glitter is, if you get it on you, be prepared to have it on you forever.
0:35.0	Because Glitter doesn't go away.
0:38.0	Glitter is the herpes of craft supplies.
0:41.0	The herpes of craft supplies is the topic of an insanely popular Reddit post
0:46.0	from almost a year ago, about a mystery that hasn't been solved.
0:51.0	I mean, it might get solved today.
0:54.0	Don't get ahead of yourself, Glitter boy.
0:56.0	I will accept this new moniker as a compliment for today's episode all only answered a Glitter boy.
1:02.0	Oh, boy.
1:03.0	Oh, Glitter boy.
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