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Endless Thread

TikTok Tics

Endless Thread

WBUR

Reddit, Technology

4.22.7K Ratings

🗓️ 3 June 2022

⏱️ 40 minutes

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Summary

When Ben hears a rumor about kids "catching" tics from watching too many TikTok videos, we set out to investigate. We hear from neurologists and TikTok influencers to get to the bottom of this so-called "medical mystery".

****** Credits: This episode was written and produced by Nora Saks with mixing and sound design by Emily Jankowski. Ben Brock Johnson and Nora Saks (who is filling in for Amory Sivertson) are the co-hosts.

Transcript

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0:11.4

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0:13.7

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0:15.1

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0:16.1

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0:33.9

That's a very astute observation.

0:36.4

This is Nora.

0:37.4

I'm one of our producers.

0:39.4

And today Ben, I'm keeping the co-host chair warm for Amory, who is allegedly off a fjording

0:45.3

in Norway.

0:46.3

And you're also helping us understand a mystery that I've been spreading rumors about ever

0:51.0

since I heard about this mystery at a dinner party at a relative's house.

0:57.5

So a few months back, I was hanging with some of my best friends who also happened to be

1:02.0

members of my family, Will, and Emmy.

1:05.1

Do you know why we're technical?

1:06.1

It's a step situation, but we're siblings.

1:09.4

So Will is technically my step brother-in-law, and Emmy is Will's wife.

1:13.3

A wife?

1:16.3

Will and Emmy both do what I would describe with some bias is very important work.

1:22.2

Will is a physician's assistant who works in an emergency room at a big hospital.

1:26.9

We're keeping people alive on a daily basis.

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