Redditland | Ep 1 | Gamestop

02/01/22 • 45 min

In late 2020 a comment was posted on the social media website Reddit. It might have been inconsequential. Forgotten. But it wasn't, and soon the world's eyes were on the site. It tipped the first domino that, a few months later, would flip the stock market upside down and set Wall Street on fire. This is the story of David and Goliath, and the start of presenter Katie Puckrik's journey into the world of this lesser-known website - where communities flourish and irony reigns supreme.

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Redditland | Ep 2 | The Mask

Drama. With a capital 'D'. Reddit's full of it. Anti-vaxxers vs. science, Bible Belters vs. atheists, racists vs. the rest. It's teaming with trolls, discussions, shouting matches, protests. And, in this episode, Katie's snuffling it out. What she'll find? That this is the only website on the internet where people have taken their masks off and bare all. The fine, and the foul.

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