Endless Thread

War and Pizza


Listen Later

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:

  • Pentagon Pizza Report (X)
  • Happening Right Now: Dominos Nearest the Pentagon is "Busier than usual"(Reddit)
  • Pentagon Pizza Monitor Appeared To Predict Israel Attack (Newsweek)
  • What is the Pentagon Pizza theory eating away at the internet? (Euro News)
  • Pentagon Pizza Index: The theory that surging pizza orders signal global crises (Fast Company)
  • ...more
    View all episodesView all episodes
    Download on the App Store

    Endless ThreadBy WBUR

    • 4.1
    • 4.1
    • 4.1
    • 4.1
    • 4.1

    4.1

    2,600 ratings


    More shows like Endless Thread

    View all
    On Point | Podcast by WBUR

    On Point | Podcast

    3,918 Listeners

    Radiolab by WNYC Studios

    Radiolab

    44,057 Listeners

    This American Life by This American Life

    This American Life

    90,382 Listeners

    the memory palace by Nate DiMeo

    the memory palace

    6,876 Listeners

    99% Invisible by Roman Mars

    99% Invisible

    26,247 Listeners

    Criminal by Vox Media Podcast Network

    Criminal

    37,409 Listeners

    Reply All by Gimlet

    Reply All

    27,389 Listeners

    Dear Sugars by WBUR

    Dear Sugars

    5,642 Listeners

    Invisibilia by NPR

    Invisibilia

    21,634 Listeners

    Heavyweight by Pushkin Industries

    Heavyweight

    16,846 Listeners

    Twenty Thousand Hertz by Dallas Taylor

    Twenty Thousand Hertz

    3,956 Listeners

    Circle Round by WBUR

    Circle Round

    15,578 Listeners

    Decoder Ring by Slate Podcasts

    Decoder Ring

    2,104 Listeners

    You're Wrong About by Sarah Marshall

    You're Wrong About

    21,871 Listeners

    Last Seen by WBUR

    Last Seen

    3,539 Listeners

    Articles of Interest by Avery Trufelman

    Articles of Interest

    3,393 Listeners

    Anything For Selena by WBUR & Futuro Studios

    Anything For Selena

    1,405 Listeners

    Search Engine by PJ Vogt

    Search Engine

    4,372 Listeners

    Jaws Island by WBUR

    Jaws Island

    216 Listeners

    The Common by WBUR

    The Common

    80 Listeners

    Beyond All Repair by WBUR

    Beyond All Repair

    3,133 Listeners

    Hyperfixed by Hyperfixed & Radiotopia

    Hyperfixed

    640 Listeners

    NO SUCH THING by iHeartPodcasts and Kaleidoscope

    NO SUCH THING

    440 Listeners