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Join journalist and documentary filmmaker David Farrier as he explores various rabbit holes, trying to make sense of the increasingly mad world around him. www.webworm.co
Last week I got to meet Joe Berlinger, a documentary hero of mine. As we chatted, I had a realisation about a failed documentary idea of min...
Getting tear gassed by the National Guard fucking sucks. Everything stings, you can’t breathe, and you can’t see. You can hear just fine — t...
Hi, Tear gas in the air, a lot of coughing. A lot of guns. And anger. But so far, peace. I’ll be going live throughout the day here on Webwo...
I wanted to share the short audio documentary I created for Flightless Bird about the execution of a quite possibly innocent man, Marcellus...
Today’s Webworm story comes in the form of a short podcast episode. It’s the sort of story I tend to be attracted to — a tale that’s weird,...
In this Webworm podcast, a story I've been working on for some time. Just over a year ago — in March of 2024 — I got an email from Jake. He...
Something is killing the birds in a sleepy Auckland suburb. The locals are on a witch hunt. Alexandria Edwards was playing Pokemon Go in her...
Today's guest essay is from Kath: It’s a tough time for librarians at the moment. Here in Aotearoa we’ve just recently seen an Auckland libr...
Joshua Drummond visits one of the last video stores in New Zealand, United Video found in Morrinsville. It's a snapshot into another time, a...
Today on Webworm I wanted you to share a conversation between two New Zealanders raised by parents who embraced Focus on the Family. Because...
An essay from Hayden Donnell arguing that according to the Bible, Donald Trump is definitely the antichrist. Hayden urges us to engage in so...
I was still working for TV3 news and living in New Zealand, but had found myself in LA, working on the final stages of Tickled . I knew Corn...
Webworm can report that a man has been charged with “sexual assault by compelling sexual touching” and “public nuisance” in Melbourne, Austr...
A short film from documentary maker Giorgio Angelini . It’s about Luigi Mangione — but it’s also, really, about everything in America right...
I thought it was important we all have a place to chat today — a place that’s safe and sane. So — see you in the comments as things unfold....
My friend loaded about a year’s worth of our text history into Google’s AI ( privacy, what privacy? ) — and instructed the AI to create a po...
A conversation with someone I find endlessly fascinating to talk to — one of my favourite authors, Jason Pargin. He’s perhaps most well know...
When I was 14 I was obsessed with a band called Creed. I’d come home from school, and the first thing I’d do is go to my room, shut my door,...
Today’s Webworm is a podcast episode which tells the story of Barry. More specifically, it’s a story about Barry as told by my neighbor and...
I’ve been trying to have this conversation for about seven years now, but it was impossible due to ongoing litigation in various United Stat...
The audio in today’s newsletter is a conversation I had last year with journalist Elizabeth Williamson, author of an incredibly moving book...
In this edition of Webworm, we look at rage bait and how it's used against us. From making dinner in a toilet bowl to raw chicken - some thi...
I’ve been thinking a lot about Corey Harris, the 44-year old man who went viral after Zooming into his court appearance while driving. The h...
I wanted to check in and ask how you’re doing. This is perhaps a selfish act, of attempting to find others feeling a similar way to me — tha...
Calvin is seven, and is the son of my producer over on Flightless Bird , Rob — aka “Wobby Wob”. In today's podcast, Calvin watches and then...
This week I started each day how I usually do: with a strong coffee as I read through your thoughtful comments. The stuff you shared around...
For pictures and more: https://www.webworm.co/p/pureunadulteratedcharge Over the weekend I revisited a podcast I really adore, Dead Eyes . I...
Joshua Drummond has a theory about why so many of the loud voices we meet online are so fundamentally… offensive. You may remember Josh’s ea...
The internet isn’t just full of bad ideas: It’s dying . The idea of a dead internet isn’t new, and full disclosure — it started life as its...
America is a big like a deranged child, celebrating nearly every day of the week: There’s Pie Day on January 23, Burger Day on May 28, and I...
True Crime is a genre I’ve certainly watched a lot of, and have dabbled in it myself with things like Tickled (true crime where nobody dies)...
In this episode I took at "Fatca" - the Foreign Account Tax Compliance Act. This particular act was passed in 2010, and means that if you li...
This is a conversation between Webworm's David Farrier, and his friend Liv Tennet, talking about her time as a child actor in Lord of the Ri...
Webworm regular Hayden Donnell with an essay about the incompetent executive class. Much has been written about the structural factors accel...
Note: A lot of you seemed to appreciate that I recorded last week’s story, “Gary”, as a mini-podcast . So I’ve done that again today. I can’...
Hi, I wanted to tell you about the time my friend’s flatmate killed the neighbour. It’s a story I’ve wanted to tell for ages, in a variety o...
Episode 15: In this episode, David Farrier chats to Webworm writer Hayden Donnell, before reading his latest piece about the megarich refusi...
Episode 14: In this episode, David Farrier reads some feedback from Webworm readers, before Hayden Donnell witnesses the "comeback" of Arise...
Episode 13: "I talk to the guy behind Paul T Goldman, 2023's best documentary". David chats with Jason Woliner, creator and director of Peac...
Episode 12: "Bad News: ChatGPT Isn't Going to Take Our Jobs". Hayden Donnell looks at what AI like ChatGPT means for the future of human wor...
Episode 11: "The Life and Death of P22". A mountain lion walked the streets outside my house, and now it's dead. I'm curious what this fact...
Episode 10: "I was shot with two arrows — first in my stomach, second in my chest — by a man in the depths of the jungle." In this episode I...
Episode 9: In this episode, I answer questions submitted by Webworm readers over on the Webworm app. From "how do you make a documentary?" t...
Webworm ’s first ever live event, Webworm, Arise! Earlier this month around 400 Webworm readers packed into Auckland’s St Matthew-in-the-Cit...
Episode 8: Arise & Me: Not a Love Story. It’s been a while since we talked about Arise megachurch. I figured it was time for an update. I al...
Hi, Hope the weekend went well. I had a blast reading your stories under my secret societies newsletter. Especially loved this from Steff: “...
Hi, I had my first surfing lesson this month. I wasn’t very good. It started off okay: I was pretty good at paddling, and smashing through s...
Hi, I’ve decided to launch a Webworm podcast, and I wanted you to be the first to know about it. God, how many times that phrase been uttere...
These are the words of Joseph Uscinski , Associate Professor of Political Science at the University of Miami. I spoke to Joe for Webworm , a...
In this Webworm episode, I talk to science fiction writer Sonny Whitelaw — who after writing some Stargate books, discovered some fans thoug...