The Spider Web

Endless Thread

WBUR

Reddit, Technology

4.2 • 2.7K Ratings

🗓️ 13 October 2023

⏱️ 35 minutes

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Summary

With new and exotic species available at the click of a button, the digital age forever changed the multimillion-dollar arachnid industry. What has that meant for spiders?

Credits: This episode was written and produced by Dean Russell. Mixing, sound design, and original music by Matt Reed. Ben Brock Johnson and Dean Russell are the co-hosts.

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0:00.0	W.B.U.R. Podcasts, Boston.
0:10.0	Hello, Emery.
0:16.0	Hello, Ben.
0:18.0	That was creepy.
0:21.0	Thank you.
0:24.0	That's going to come for you in the night.
0:28.0	How do you feel about spiders?
0:30.0	Are you cool with them?
0:32.0	More cool with them than you are, certainly.
0:36.0	Yeah, that's true.
0:38.0	Although, when I first saw the movie Arachnophobia,
0:42.0	I don't know if my dad would even remember this,
0:44.0	but I remember saying to my dad,
0:46.0	like,
0:48.0	like,
0:50.0	Dad, are there spiders just everywhere?
0:54.0	And he was like, yes, honey, there are.
0:58.0	I just remember having this total meltdown, like, no!
1:02.0	There can't be spiders everywhere!
1:06.0	Well, we have some bad news for me and for childhood, Emery.
1:12.0	So, keep listening as we continue with our October series.
1:18.0	Endless trend.
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