Right? You remember graduating from college. So he really feels this lack of connection in this crucial moment. And he’s graduating in the midst of the pandemic in 2021.
I’m not a chaos person, but I respect it.īen: This story really starts, Dean, when Daniel is a senior at a small liberal arts school called Luther College. I adore chaos.ĭean: Wow, Daniel and I, we might not get along. But it’s definitely chaotic.ĭaniel: Oh, yeah. This is, to me, full-on chaotic or, maybe, chaotic neutral. So you can be different kinds of chaotic, and Daniel Opdahl was definitely coming from a chaotic alignment.īen: You play Dungeons & Dragons. Or if you follow the rules, but you’re good.īen: And also, there’s chaotic as in alignment. Or it’s like: Are you lawful good? Are you lawful evil? So if you follow the rules, but you’re bad. He’s also a Dungeons & Dragons player.īen: So Dean, in Dungeons & Dragons, you have a character alignment, which is sort of like how your character acts.īen: Kind of personality. And immediately, I had a question for him.īen: Do people say, “What’s Opdahl?” to you?ĭaniel Opdahl: It’s funny that you should say that because that’s actually my older brother’s - if you go to - that’s his personal webpage.īen: Dean, you should know that Daniel is participating in Teach for America, which, good for him. Dean, thanks for jumping in to make an Endless Thread episode today.īen: And do you know the theme of our stories today?ĭean: So as I remember it, the theme was: a thing that you’re not supposed to do, but you do, and then things work out in the end and end up actually kind of better.īen: That’s right.
And by that, I mean a day that you would get frozen yogurt, maybe.ĭean: Or a day that you would read about Frodo.īen: Or a day - no, I’m going to stop there. music, sound effects, tone) are harder to translate to text.īen Brock Johnson: (Singing.) Dean is the guy that I’m talking to right now.ĭean Russell: That is my official ringtone now. The transcript has been edited from our original script for clarity. This content was originally created for audio. Everyone who makes a monthly donation will get access to exclusive bonus content. If you want that too, we would deeply appreciate your contribution to our work in any amount. We love making Endless Thread, and we want to be able to keep making it far into the future. “ The history, taxonomy, and geographic origins of an introduced African monkey in the southeastern United States” ( Primates).Show producers: Amory Sivertson, Megan Cattel, Dean Russell, Nora Saks, Grace Tatter, Kristin Torres, and Quincy Walters Credits:Įpisode producer: Ben Brock Johnson, Dean Russell, and Kristin TorresĬo-hosts: Ben Brock Johnson and Dean Russell Then, biologist Missy Williams did some sleuthing. North America has no native monkey populations, so no one knew how they got there. Next, producer Dean Russell recounts how a wild troop of Reddit-famous monkeys took residence at a parking lot near the Fort Lauderdale Airport in Florida. His email account was blocked, and he was called into an administrator’s office. This week, Endless Thread brings you two such stories of rule breakers.įirst, co-host Ben Brock Johnson tells the story of Daniel Opdahl, a college senior who decided to spam his entire school at Luther College in Iowa last year. Yet sometimes you have to do things the wrong way to make things right. Rules exist for a reason - not always, but often, a good one.
The story appears in podcast feeds under the title, “ Don’t Do That.” One of the Dania Beach vervet monkeys hangs out in the parking-lot mangroves near the Fort Lauderdale Airport.
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