Sign up to save your podcasts
Or
Share Can pizza orders around the Pentagon predict U.S. military action?
Share to email
Share to Facebook
Share to X
Share to email
Share to Facebook
Share to X
Or
Can pizza orders around the Pentagon predict U.S. military action?
In the hours leading up to Israel commencing its June missile strikes on Iran, X users were posting about pizza. Specifically, how pizza places around the United States Pentagon were experiencing an unusual spike in business.
The Pentagon Pizza Index refers to a theory that dates back to the Cold War, suggesting that increased pizza orders around the Pentagon could be a harbinger of imminent military action by the U.S. or its close allies.
In this special episode of Endless Thread, Ben and Amory dig into the Pizza Index, its history and make some calls to Pentagon-area pizza places for a hot slice of reality pie.
Show notes:
***
Survey alert: Tell us what you love about the show, what you want more of; what you could stand a little less of. And if you complete the survey, we'll send you an extra episode (what Ben's calling a "dashboard confessional") in January.
Take the survey here: wbur.org/endlessthreadsurvey
Thank you!
View all episodes
By WBUR
4.1
26162,616 ratings
In the hours leading up to Israel commencing its June missile strikes on Iran, X users were posting about pizza. Specifically, how pizza places around the United States Pentagon were experiencing an unusual spike in business.
The Pentagon Pizza Index refers to a theory that dates back to the Cold War, suggesting that increased pizza orders around the Pentagon could be a harbinger of imminent military action by the U.S. or its close allies.
In this special episode of Endless Thread, Ben and Amory dig into the Pizza Index, its history and make some calls to Pentagon-area pizza places for a hot slice of reality pie.
Show notes:
***
Survey alert: Tell us what you love about the show, what you want more of; what you could stand a little less of. And if you complete the survey, we'll send you an extra episode (what Ben's calling a "dashboard confessional") in January.
Take the survey here: wbur.org/endlessthreadsurvey
Thank you!
More shows like Endless Thread
View all
This American Life
90,903 Listeners
Radiolab
43,826 Listeners
99% Invisible
26,224 Listeners
Dear Sugars
5,642 Listeners
On Point with Meghna Chakrabarti
3,986 Listeners
Outside/In
1,479 Listeners
Gastropod
3,661 Listeners
WBUR News
47 Listeners
Science Vs
12,225 Listeners
Heavyweight
17,729 Listeners
Sidedoor
2,229 Listeners
Twenty Thousand Hertz
4,184 Listeners
Circle Round
16,022 Listeners
Decoder Ring
2,103 Listeners
Last Seen
3,538 Listeners
Articles of Interest
3,572 Listeners
Anything For Selena
1,417 Listeners
Unexplainable
2,307 Listeners
Search Engine
4,574 Listeners
Beyond All Repair
3,130 Listeners
Jaws Island
223 Listeners
Panic World
305 Listeners
Hyperfixed
703 Listeners