Benjamin Johnson

Amherst Center

Executive Producer at WBUR-FM (Boston, MA)

he/him. EP @wbur podcasts. Copilot, @endless_thread. Past: @MarketplaceTech, @YouTube, @Slate. Forever and ever amen: https://t.co/T6cIarparK 📻🎧🕶️

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Get inked! Or... not: Stories from the Internet about tattoos

1 week ago | wbur.org | Amory Sivertson |Benjamin Johnson |Emily Jankowski

Amory Sivertson Host and Senior Producer, PodcastsAmory Sivertson is a senior producer for podcasts and the co-host of Endless Thread. More…Ben Brock Johnson Director, Digital AudioBen Brock Johnson is the executive producer of podcasts at WBUR and co-host of the podcast Endless Thread. More…Emily Jankowski Sound DesignerEmily Jankowski is a sound designer for WBUR’s podcast department. More…Get inked! Or...
PPD arrests man who allegedly stabbed Pensacola Village woman in chest

1 week ago | yahoo.com | Benjamin Johnson

Pensacola police arrested a 35-year-old man in connection to a stabbing at Pensacola Village on May 23. Officers arrested Nicholas Mack for aggravated battery after he allegedly stabbed a woman in the chest before fleeing the scene. Mack is currently held in Escambia County jail on $100,000 bond. Along with the stabbing, Pensacola Village saw another person injured – this time it was a shooting. Officers responded May 28 where they found a man with a gunshot wound to the leg.
Pensacola man shot five days after woman stabbed in chest at Pensacola Village

1 week ago | yahoo.com | Benjamin Johnson

Pensacola police are investigating a shooting at Pensacola Village May 28. Department spokesperson Mike Wood told the News Journal that officers discovered a man with a gunshot wound to the leg at Pensacola Village around 1 a.m. The injury is non-life-threatening, Wood said. The circumstances around the shooting are unknown, and further information was not released. The shooting comes just five days after an unknown assailant stabbed a woman in the chest at Pensacola Village.
ECSO: Deputy shoots armed man while investigating gunshots near 850 Fusion Bar

1 week ago | yahoo.com | Benjamin Johnson

The Florida Department of Law Enforcement is investigating an officer-involved that occurred as an Escambia County Sheriff's deputy was responding to a disturbance report May 25.. The deputy was responding to a trespassing call in the 7200 block of Plantation Road when they were notified of a disturbance and heard multiple gunshots at the nearby 850 Fusion Bar.
Blue Angels cancel practice outside National Naval Aviation Museum in Pensacola

1 week ago | yahoo.com | Benjamin Johnson

If you were prepping to see the Blue Angels practice May 27, you'll have to wait at least another day after the base announced the team's practice is canceled. Naval Air Station Pensacola released an update Tuesday morning from the National Naval Aviation Museum (NNAM), saying the scheduled practice has been canceled, but the team expects to practice May 28.
When the lamp looks strange

1 week ago | wbur.org | Benjamin Johnson |Dean Russell |Amory Sivertson |Emily Jankowski

"Have you ever felt a deep personal connection to a person you met in a dream only to wake up feeling terrible because you realize they never existed?"More than a decade ago, someone posted this question to Reddit. It was a popular post with many responses. But one response would go beyond the realm of popularity into something else. Internet canon, perhaps? The Redditor gave a detailed account of their life. It was a good life, they said. But one day, it came to a crashing halt — because of a lamp.
Dox Glasses: Two Harvard students created an app turning smart glasses into on-the-go facial recognition

1 week ago | wbur.org | Grace Tatter |Paul Vaitkus |Amory Sivertson |Benjamin Johnson

Credits:Episode producer: Grace TatterCo-hosts: Ben Brock Johnson, Amory Sivertson, and Grace TatterShow producers: Samata Joshi, Dean Russell, Emily JankowskiMixer and sound designer: Paul VaitkusKashif Hoda was getting onto a Southbound train at Harvard Square when a young man approached him, saying he recognized Kashif. The young man seemed to prove it by referencing Kashif's work. But the doors closed before Kashif got a chance to ask the young man how, or who he was.
Toyota Hilux trucks from the 80s and 90s are famous online. Why?

1 week ago | wbur.org | Benjamin Johnson |Dean Russell |Paul Vaitkus |Amory Sivertson

Ben Brock Johnson Director, Digital AudioBen Brock Johnson is the executive producer of podcasts at WBUR and co-host of the podcast Endless Thread. More…Dean Russell Senior Producer, WBUR PodcastsDean Russell is a senior producer for WBUR Podcasts. More…Paul Vaitkus Manager of Podcast ProductionPaul Vaitkus is the manager of podcast production for WBUR. More…Amory Sivertson Host and Senior Producer, PodcastsAmory Sivertson is a senior producer for podcasts and the co-host of Endless Thread.
Episodes we love: The Scream

1 week ago | wbur.org | Amory Sivertson |Benjamin Johnson |Paul Vaitkus

This episode was originally released on November 12, 2021. If you typed “inauguration” into your web browser anytime between 2017 and 2020, you likely saw an image of a person in a neon green jacket, black winter hat and glasses screaming “Nooooooooooo!” That person was Jess, who was in Washington D.C. on January 20, 2017 to protest the inauguration of President Donald Trump.
Group chats are the 'dark matter of American politics'

2 weeks ago | wbur.org | Dean Russell |Amory Sivertson |Benjamin Johnson |Emily Jankowski

Credits:Episode producer: Dean RussellCo-hosts: Ben Brock Johnson, Amory Sivertson,Show producers: Samata Joshi, Grace Tatter, Frannie Monahan, Paul VaitkusMixer and sound designer: Emily JankowskiThe thing about social media when it was created was that it was public. Ideas shared were debated for all to see. Today, much of that is happening behind closed doors—in group chats.