diff --git a/frontend/src/components/CorpusExplorer.tsx b/frontend/src/components/CorpusExplorer.tsx
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..e382b51
--- /dev/null
+++ b/frontend/src/components/CorpusExplorer.tsx
@@ -0,0 +1,175 @@
+import { Dialog, DialogPanel, DialogTitle } from "@headlessui/react";
+
+import StatsStyling from "../styles/stats_styling";
+import type { DatasetRecord } from "../utils/corpusExplorer";
+
+const styles = StatsStyling;
+
+const cleanText = (value: unknown) => {
+  if (typeof value !== "string") {
+    return "";
+  }
+
+  const trimmed = value.trim();
+  if (!trimmed) {
+    return "";
+  }
+
+  const lowered = trimmed.toLowerCase();
+  if (lowered === "nan" || lowered === "null" || lowered === "undefined") {
+    return "";
+  }
+
+  return trimmed;
+};
+
+const displayText = (value: unknown, fallback: string) => {
+  const cleaned = cleanText(value);
+  return cleaned || fallback;
+};
+
+type CorpusExplorerProps = {
+  open: boolean;
+  onClose: () => void;
+  title: string;
+  description: string;
+  records: DatasetRecord[];
+  loading: boolean;
+  error: string;
+  emptyMessage: string;
+};
+
+const formatRecordDate = (record: DatasetRecord) => {
+  if (typeof record.dt === "string" && record.dt) {
+    const date = new Date(record.dt);
+    if (!Number.isNaN(date.getTime())) {
+      return date.toLocaleString();
+    }
+  }
+
+  if (typeof record.date === "string" && record.date) {
+    return record.date;
+  }
+
+  if (typeof record.timestamp === "number") {
+    return new Date(record.timestamp * 1000).toLocaleString();
+  }
+
+  return "Unknown time";
+};
+
+const getRecordKey = (record: DatasetRecord, index: number) =>
+  String(record.id ?? record.post_id ?? `${record.author ?? "record"}-${index}`);
+
+const getRecordTitle = (record: DatasetRecord) => {
+  if (record.type === "comment") {
+    return "";
+  }
+
+  const title = cleanText(record.title);
+  if (title) {
+    return title;
+  }
+
+  const content = cleanText(record.content);
+  if (!content) {
+    return "Untitled record";
+  }
+
+  return content.length > 120 ? `${content.slice(0, 117)}...` : content;
+};
+
+const getRecordExcerpt = (record: DatasetRecord) => {
+  const content = cleanText(record.content);
+  if (!content) {
+    return "No content available.";
+  }
+
+  return content.length > 320 ? `${content.slice(0, 317)}...` : content;
+};
+
+const CorpusExplorer = ({
+  open,
+  onClose,
+  title,
+  description,
+  records,
+  loading,
+  error,
+  emptyMessage,
+}: CorpusExplorerProps) => (
+  <Dialog open={open} onClose={onClose} style={styles.modalRoot}>
+    <div style={styles.modalBackdrop} />
+
+    <div style={styles.modalContainer}>
+      <DialogPanel
+        style={{
+          ...styles.card,
+          ...styles.modalPanel,
+          width: "min(960px, 96vw)",
+          maxHeight: "88vh",
+          display: "flex",
+          flexDirection: "column",
+          gap: 12,
+        }}
+      >
+        <div style={styles.headerBar}>
+          <div>
+            <DialogTitle style={styles.sectionTitle}>{title}</DialogTitle>
+            <p style={styles.sectionSubtitle}>
+              {description} {loading ? "Loading records..." : `${records.length.toLocaleString()} records.`}
+            </p>
+          </div>
+
+          <button onClick={onClose} style={styles.buttonSecondary}>
+            Close
+          </button>
+        </div>
+
+        {error ? <p style={styles.sectionSubtitle}>{error}</p> : null}
+
+        {!loading && !error && !records.length ? (
+          <p style={styles.sectionSubtitle}>{emptyMessage}</p>
+        ) : null}
+
+        {loading ? (
+          <div style={styles.topUserMeta}>Preparing corpus slice...</div>
+        ) : null}
+
+        {!loading && !error && records.length ? (
+          <div
+            style={{
+              ...styles.topUsersList,
+              overflowY: "auto",
+              paddingRight: 4,
+            }}
+          >
+            {records.map((record, index) => (
+              <div key={getRecordKey(record, index)} style={styles.topUserItem}>
+                <div style={{ ...styles.headerBar, alignItems: "flex-start" }}>
+                  <div>
+                    {getRecordTitle(record) ? (
+                      <div style={styles.topUserName}>{getRecordTitle(record)}</div>
+                    ) : null}
+                    <div style={styles.topUserMeta}>
+                      {displayText(record.author, "Unknown author")} • {displayText(record.source, "Unknown source")} • {displayText(record.type, "record")} • {formatRecordDate(record)}
+                    </div>
+                  </div>
+                  <div style={styles.topUserMeta}>
+                    {cleanText(record.topic) ? `Topic: ${cleanText(record.topic)}` : ""}
+                  </div>
+                </div>
+
+                <div style={{ ...styles.topUserMeta, marginTop: 8, whiteSpace: "pre-wrap" }}>
+                  {getRecordExcerpt(record)}
+                </div>
+              </div>
+            ))}
+          </div>
+        ) : null}
+      </DialogPanel>
+    </div>
+  </Dialog>
+);
+
+export default CorpusExplorer;
diff --git a/frontend/src/components/CulturalStats.tsx b/frontend/src/components/CulturalStats.tsx
index e62b956..81e059d 100644
--- a/frontend/src/components/CulturalStats.tsx
+++ b/frontend/src/components/CulturalStats.tsx
@@ -1,14 +1,34 @@
 import Card from "./Card";
 import StatsStyling from "../styles/stats_styling";
 import type { CulturalAnalysisResponse } from "../types/ApiTypes";
+import {
+  buildCertaintySpec,
+  buildDeonticSpec,
+  buildEntitySpec,
+  buildHedgeSpec,
+  buildIdentityBucketSpec,
+  buildPermissionSpec,
+  getExplorerButtonStyle,
+  type CorpusExplorerSpec,
+} from "../utils/corpusExplorer";
 
 const styles = StatsStyling;
 
 type CulturalStatsProps = {
   data: CulturalAnalysisResponse;
+  onExplore: (spec: CorpusExplorerSpec) => void;
 };
 
-const CulturalStats = ({ data }: CulturalStatsProps) => {
+const renderExploreButton = (onClick: () => void) => (
+  <button
+    onClick={onClick}
+    style={{ ...styles.buttonSecondary, ...getExplorerButtonStyle() }}
+  >
+    Explore
+  </button>
+);
+
+const CulturalStats = ({ data, onExplore }: CulturalStatsProps) => {
   const identity = data.identity_markers;
   const stance = data.stance_markers;
   const inGroupWords = identity?.in_group_usage ?? 0;
@@ -30,7 +50,7 @@ const CulturalStats = ({ data }: CulturalStatsProps) => {
   const topEmotion = (emotionAvg: Record<string, number> | undefined) => {
     const entries = Object.entries(emotionAvg ?? {});
     if (!entries.length) {
-      return "—";
+      return "-";
     }
 
     entries.sort((a, b) => b[1] - a[1]);
@@ -64,21 +84,30 @@ const CulturalStats = ({ data }: CulturalStatsProps) => {
         />
         <Card
           label="In-Group Posts"
-          value={identity?.in_group_posts?.toLocaleString() ?? "—"}
+          value={identity?.in_group_posts?.toLocaleString() ?? "-"}
           sublabel='Posts leaning toward "us" language'
+          rightSlot={renderExploreButton(() =>
+            onExplore(buildIdentityBucketSpec("in")),
+          )}
           style={{ gridColumn: "span 3" }}
         />
         <Card
           label="Out-Group Posts"
-          value={identity?.out_group_posts?.toLocaleString() ?? "—"}
+          value={identity?.out_group_posts?.toLocaleString() ?? "-"}
           sublabel='Posts leaning toward "them" language'
+          rightSlot={renderExploreButton(() =>
+            onExplore(buildIdentityBucketSpec("out")),
+          )}
           style={{ gridColumn: "span 3" }}
         />
 
         <Card
           label="Balanced Posts"
-          value={identity?.tie_posts?.toLocaleString() ?? "—"}
+          value={identity?.tie_posts?.toLocaleString() ?? "-"}
           sublabel="Posts with equal us/them signals"
+          rightSlot={renderExploreButton(() =>
+            onExplore(buildIdentityBucketSpec("tie")),
+          )}
           style={{ gridColumn: "span 3" }}
         />
         <Card
@@ -90,7 +119,7 @@ const CulturalStats = ({ data }: CulturalStatsProps) => {
         <Card
           label="In-Group Share"
           value={
-            inGroupWordRate === null ? "—" : `${inGroupWordRate.toFixed(2)}%`
+            inGroupWordRate === null ? "-" : `${inGroupWordRate.toFixed(2)}%`
           }
           sublabel="Share of all words"
           style={{ gridColumn: "span 3" }}
@@ -98,7 +127,7 @@ const CulturalStats = ({ data }: CulturalStatsProps) => {
         <Card
           label="Out-Group Share"
           value={
-            outGroupWordRate === null ? "—" : `${outGroupWordRate.toFixed(2)}%`
+            outGroupWordRate === null ? "-" : `${outGroupWordRate.toFixed(2)}%`
           }
           sublabel="Share of all words"
           style={{ gridColumn: "span 3" }}
@@ -106,42 +135,46 @@ const CulturalStats = ({ data }: CulturalStatsProps) => {
 
         <Card
           label="Hedging Words"
-          value={stance?.hedge_total?.toLocaleString() ?? "—"}
+          value={stance?.hedge_total?.toLocaleString() ?? "-"}
           sublabel={
             typeof stance?.hedge_per_1k_tokens === "number"
               ? `${stance.hedge_per_1k_tokens.toFixed(1)} per 1k words`
               : "Word frequency"
           }
+          rightSlot={renderExploreButton(() => onExplore(buildHedgeSpec()))}
           style={{ gridColumn: "span 3" }}
         />
         <Card
           label="Certainty Words"
-          value={stance?.certainty_total?.toLocaleString() ?? "—"}
+          value={stance?.certainty_total?.toLocaleString() ?? "-"}
           sublabel={
             typeof stance?.certainty_per_1k_tokens === "number"
               ? `${stance.certainty_per_1k_tokens.toFixed(1)} per 1k words`
               : "Word frequency"
           }
+          rightSlot={renderExploreButton(() => onExplore(buildCertaintySpec()))}
           style={{ gridColumn: "span 3" }}
         />
         <Card
           label="Need/Should Words"
-          value={stance?.deontic_total?.toLocaleString() ?? "—"}
+          value={stance?.deontic_total?.toLocaleString() ?? "-"}
           sublabel={
             typeof stance?.deontic_per_1k_tokens === "number"
               ? `${stance.deontic_per_1k_tokens.toFixed(1)} per 1k words`
               : "Word frequency"
           }
+          rightSlot={renderExploreButton(() => onExplore(buildDeonticSpec()))}
           style={{ gridColumn: "span 3" }}
         />
         <Card
           label="Permission Words"
-          value={stance?.permission_total?.toLocaleString() ?? "—"}
+          value={stance?.permission_total?.toLocaleString() ?? "-"}
           sublabel={
             typeof stance?.permission_per_1k_tokens === "number"
               ? `${stance.permission_per_1k_tokens.toFixed(1)} per 1k words`
               : "Word frequency"
           }
+          rightSlot={renderExploreButton(() => onExplore(buildPermissionSpec()))}
           style={{ gridColumn: "span 3" }}
         />
 
@@ -150,8 +183,14 @@ const CulturalStats = ({ data }: CulturalStatsProps) => {
           <p style={styles.sectionSubtitle}>
             Most likely emotion when in-group wording is stronger.
           </p>
-          <div style={styles.topUserName}>
-            {topEmotion(identity?.in_group_emotion_avg)}
+          <div style={styles.topUserName}>{topEmotion(identity?.in_group_emotion_avg)}</div>
+          <div style={{ marginTop: 12 }}>
+            <button
+              onClick={() => onExplore(buildIdentityBucketSpec("in"))}
+              style={styles.buttonSecondary}
+            >
+              Explore records
+            </button>
           </div>
         </div>
 
@@ -160,8 +199,14 @@ const CulturalStats = ({ data }: CulturalStatsProps) => {
           <p style={styles.sectionSubtitle}>
             Most likely emotion when out-group wording is stronger.
           </p>
-          <div style={styles.topUserName}>
-            {topEmotion(identity?.out_group_emotion_avg)}
+          <div style={styles.topUserName}>{topEmotion(identity?.out_group_emotion_avg)}</div>
+          <div style={{ marginTop: 12 }}>
+            <button
+              onClick={() => onExplore(buildIdentityBucketSpec("out"))}
+              style={styles.buttonSecondary}
+            >
+              Explore records
+            </button>
           </div>
         </div>
 
@@ -171,9 +216,7 @@ const CulturalStats = ({ data }: CulturalStatsProps) => {
             Most mentioned entities and the mood that appears most with each.
           </p>
           {!entities.length ? (
-            <div style={styles.topUserMeta}>
-              No entity-level cultural data available.
-            </div>
+            <div style={styles.topUserMeta}>No entity-level cultural data available.</div>
           ) : (
             <div
               style={{
@@ -183,7 +226,11 @@ const CulturalStats = ({ data }: CulturalStatsProps) => {
               }}
             >
               {entities.map(([entity, aggregate]) => (
-                <div key={entity} style={styles.topUserItem}>
+                <div
+                  key={entity}
+                  style={{ ...styles.topUserItem, cursor: "pointer" }}
+                  onClick={() => onExplore(buildEntitySpec(entity))}
+                >
                   <div style={styles.topUserName}>{entity}</div>
                   <div style={styles.topUserMeta}>
                     {aggregate.post_count.toLocaleString()} posts • Likely mood:{" "}
diff --git a/frontend/src/components/EmotionalStats.tsx b/frontend/src/components/EmotionalStats.tsx
index 6350e0c..0e22b3f 100644
--- a/frontend/src/components/EmotionalStats.tsx
+++ b/frontend/src/components/EmotionalStats.tsx
@@ -1,13 +1,20 @@
 import type { EmotionalAnalysisResponse } from "../types/ApiTypes";
 import StatsStyling from "../styles/stats_styling";
+import {
+  buildDominantEmotionSpec,
+  buildSourceSpec,
+  buildTopicSpec,
+  type CorpusExplorerSpec,
+} from "../utils/corpusExplorer";
 
 const styles = StatsStyling;
 
 type EmotionalStatsProps = {
   emotionalData: EmotionalAnalysisResponse;
+  onExplore: (spec: CorpusExplorerSpec) => void;
 };
 
-const EmotionalStats = ({ emotionalData }: EmotionalStatsProps) => {
+const EmotionalStats = ({ emotionalData, onExplore }: EmotionalStatsProps) => {
   const rows = emotionalData.average_emotion_by_topic ?? [];
   const overallEmotionAverage = emotionalData.overall_emotion_average ?? [];
   const dominantEmotionDistribution =
@@ -126,7 +133,11 @@ const EmotionalStats = ({ emotionalData }: EmotionalStatsProps) => {
               {[...overallEmotionAverage]
                 .sort((a, b) => b.score - a.score)
                 .map((row) => (
-                  <div key={row.emotion} style={styles.topUserItem}>
+                  <div
+                    key={row.emotion}
+                    style={{ ...styles.topUserItem, cursor: "pointer" }}
+                    onClick={() => onExplore(buildDominantEmotionSpec(row.emotion))}
+                  >
                     <div style={styles.topUserName}>
                       {formatEmotion(row.emotion)}
                     </div>
@@ -157,7 +168,11 @@ const EmotionalStats = ({ emotionalData }: EmotionalStatsProps) => {
               {[...dominantEmotionDistribution]
                 .sort((a, b) => b.ratio - a.ratio)
                 .map((row) => (
-                  <div key={row.emotion} style={styles.topUserItem}>
+                  <div
+                    key={row.emotion}
+                    style={{ ...styles.topUserItem, cursor: "pointer" }}
+                    onClick={() => onExplore(buildDominantEmotionSpec(row.emotion))}
+                  >
                     <div style={styles.topUserName}>
                       {formatEmotion(row.emotion)}
                     </div>
@@ -189,7 +204,11 @@ const EmotionalStats = ({ emotionalData }: EmotionalStatsProps) => {
               {[...emotionBySource]
                 .sort((a, b) => b.event_count - a.event_count)
                 .map((row) => (
-                  <div key={row.source} style={styles.topUserItem}>
+                  <div
+                    key={row.source}
+                    style={{ ...styles.topUserItem, cursor: "pointer" }}
+                    onClick={() => onExplore(buildSourceSpec(row.source))}
+                  >
                     <div style={styles.topUserName}>{row.source}</div>
                     <div style={styles.topUserMeta}>
                       {formatEmotion(row.dominant_emotion)} •{" "}
@@ -211,7 +230,8 @@ const EmotionalStats = ({ emotionalData }: EmotionalStatsProps) => {
             {strongestPerTopic.map((topic) => (
               <div
                 key={topic.topic}
-                style={{ ...styles.cardBase, gridColumn: "span 4" }}
+                style={{ ...styles.cardBase, gridColumn: "span 4", cursor: "pointer" }}
+                onClick={() => onExplore(buildTopicSpec(topic.topic))}
               >
                 <h3 style={{ ...styles.sectionTitle, marginBottom: 6 }}>
                   {topic.topic}
diff --git a/frontend/src/components/LinguisticStats.tsx b/frontend/src/components/LinguisticStats.tsx
index 794d118..aaee748 100644
--- a/frontend/src/components/LinguisticStats.tsx
+++ b/frontend/src/components/LinguisticStats.tsx
@@ -1,14 +1,20 @@
 import Card from "./Card";
 import StatsStyling from "../styles/stats_styling";
 import type { LinguisticAnalysisResponse } from "../types/ApiTypes";
+import {
+  buildNgramSpec,
+  buildWordSpec,
+  type CorpusExplorerSpec,
+} from "../utils/corpusExplorer";
 
 const styles = StatsStyling;
 
 type LinguisticStatsProps = {
   data: LinguisticAnalysisResponse;
+  onExplore: (spec: CorpusExplorerSpec) => void;
 };
 
-const LinguisticStats = ({ data }: LinguisticStatsProps) => {
+const LinguisticStats = ({ data, onExplore }: LinguisticStatsProps) => {
   const lexical = data.lexical_diversity;
   const words = data.word_frequencies ?? [];
   const bigrams = data.common_two_phrases ?? [];
@@ -60,7 +66,11 @@ const LinguisticStats = ({ data }: LinguisticStatsProps) => {
             }}
           >
             {topWords.map((item) => (
-              <div key={item.word} style={styles.topUserItem}>
+              <div
+                key={item.word}
+                style={{ ...styles.topUserItem, cursor: "pointer" }}
+                onClick={() => onExplore(buildWordSpec(item.word))}
+              >
                 <div style={styles.topUserName}>{item.word}</div>
                 <div style={styles.topUserMeta}>
                   {item.count.toLocaleString()} uses
@@ -81,7 +91,11 @@ const LinguisticStats = ({ data }: LinguisticStatsProps) => {
             }}
           >
             {topBigrams.map((item) => (
-              <div key={item.ngram} style={styles.topUserItem}>
+              <div
+                key={item.ngram}
+                style={{ ...styles.topUserItem, cursor: "pointer" }}
+                onClick={() => onExplore(buildNgramSpec(item.ngram))}
+              >
                 <div style={styles.topUserName}>{item.ngram}</div>
                 <div style={styles.topUserMeta}>
                   {item.count.toLocaleString()} uses
@@ -102,7 +116,11 @@ const LinguisticStats = ({ data }: LinguisticStatsProps) => {
             }}
           >
             {topTrigrams.map((item) => (
-              <div key={item.ngram} style={styles.topUserItem}>
+              <div
+                key={item.ngram}
+                style={{ ...styles.topUserItem, cursor: "pointer" }}
+                onClick={() => onExplore(buildNgramSpec(item.ngram))}
+              >
                 <div style={styles.topUserName}>{item.ngram}</div>
                 <div style={styles.topUserMeta}>
                   {item.count.toLocaleString()} uses
diff --git a/frontend/src/components/SummaryStats.tsx b/frontend/src/components/SummaryStats.tsx
index 01cedb3..d53d6da 100644
--- a/frontend/src/components/SummaryStats.tsx
+++ b/frontend/src/components/SummaryStats.tsx
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-import { memo, useMemo, useState } from "react";
+import { memo, useMemo } from "react";
 import {
   LineChart,
   Line,
@@ -13,7 +13,6 @@ import ActivityHeatmap from "../stats/ActivityHeatmap";
 import { ReactWordcloud } from "@cp949/react-wordcloud";
 import StatsStyling from "../styles/stats_styling";
 import Card from "../components/Card";
-import UserModal from "../components/UserModal";
 
 import {
   type SummaryResponse,
@@ -21,8 +20,15 @@ import {
   type UserEndpointResponse,
   type TimeAnalysisResponse,
   type LinguisticAnalysisResponse,
-  type User,
 } from "../types/ApiTypes";
+import {
+  buildAllRecordsSpec,
+  buildDateBucketSpec,
+  buildOneTimeUsersSpec,
+  buildUserSpec,
+  getExplorerButtonStyle,
+  type CorpusExplorerSpec,
+} from "../utils/corpusExplorer";
 
 const styles = StatsStyling;
 const MAX_WORDCLOUD_WORDS = 250;
@@ -39,6 +45,7 @@ type SummaryStatsProps = {
   timeData: TimeAnalysisResponse | null;
   linguisticData: LinguisticAnalysisResponse | null;
   summary: SummaryResponse | null;
+  onExplore: (spec: CorpusExplorerSpec) => void;
 };
 
 type WordCloudPanelProps = {
@@ -60,7 +67,7 @@ function formatDateRange(startUnix: number, endUnix: number) {
       day: "2-digit",
     });
 
-  return `${fmt(start)} → ${fmt(end)}`;
+  return `${fmt(start)} -> ${fmt(end)}`;
 }
 
 function convertFrequencyData(data: FrequencyWord[]) {
@@ -70,25 +77,22 @@ function convertFrequencyData(data: FrequencyWord[]) {
   }));
 }
 
+const renderExploreButton = (onClick: () => void) => (
+  <button
+    onClick={onClick}
+    style={{ ...styles.buttonSecondary, ...getExplorerButtonStyle() }}
+  >
+    Explore
+  </button>
+);
+
 const SummaryStats = ({
   userData,
   timeData,
   linguisticData,
   summary,
+  onExplore,
 }: SummaryStatsProps) => {
-  const [selectedUser, setSelectedUser] = useState<string | null>(null);
-  const usersByAuthor = useMemo(() => {
-    const nextMap = new Map<string, User>();
-    for (const user of userData?.users ?? []) {
-      nextMap.set(user.author, user);
-    }
-    return nextMap;
-  }, [userData?.users]);
-
-  const selectedUserData: User | null = selectedUser
-    ? usersByAuthor.get(selectedUser) ?? null
-    : null;
-
   const wordCloudWords = useMemo(
     () =>
       convertFrequencyData(
@@ -104,49 +108,41 @@ const SummaryStats = ({
 
   return (
     <div style={styles.page}>
-      {/* main grid*/}
       <div style={{ ...styles.container, ...styles.grid }}>
         <Card
           label="Total Activity"
-          value={summary?.total_events ?? "—"}
+          value={summary?.total_events ?? "-"}
           sublabel="Posts + comments"
-          style={{
-            gridColumn: "span 4",
-          }}
+          rightSlot={renderExploreButton(() => onExplore(buildAllRecordsSpec()))}
+          style={{ gridColumn: "span 4" }}
         />
         <Card
           label="Active People"
-          value={summary?.unique_users ?? "—"}
+          value={summary?.unique_users ?? "-"}
           sublabel="Distinct users"
-          style={{
-            gridColumn: "span 4",
-          }}
+          rightSlot={renderExploreButton(() => onExplore(buildAllRecordsSpec()))}
+          style={{ gridColumn: "span 4" }}
         />
         <Card
           label="Posts vs Comments"
           value={
-            summary ? `${summary.total_posts} / ${summary.total_comments}` : "—"
+            summary ? `${summary.total_posts} / ${summary.total_comments}` : "-"
           }
-          sublabel={`Comments per post: ${summary?.comments_per_post ?? "—"}`}
-          style={{
-            gridColumn: "span 4",
-          }}
+          sublabel={`Comments per post: ${summary?.comments_per_post ?? "-"}`}
+          rightSlot={renderExploreButton(() => onExplore(buildAllRecordsSpec()))}
+          style={{ gridColumn: "span 4" }}
         />
 
         <Card
           label="Time Range"
           value={
             summary?.time_range
-              ? formatDateRange(
-                  summary.time_range.start,
-                  summary.time_range.end,
-                )
-              : "—"
+              ? formatDateRange(summary.time_range.start, summary.time_range.end)
+              : "-"
           }
           sublabel="Based on dataset timestamps"
-          style={{
-            gridColumn: "span 4",
-          }}
+          rightSlot={renderExploreButton(() => onExplore(buildAllRecordsSpec()))}
+          style={{ gridColumn: "span 4" }}
         />
 
         <Card
@@ -154,38 +150,44 @@ const SummaryStats = ({
           value={
             typeof summary?.lurker_ratio === "number"
               ? `${Math.round(summary.lurker_ratio * 100)}%`
-              : "—"
+              : "-"
           }
           sublabel="Users with only one event"
-          style={{
-            gridColumn: "span 4",
-          }}
+          rightSlot={renderExploreButton(() => onExplore(buildOneTimeUsersSpec()))}
+          style={{ gridColumn: "span 4" }}
         />
 
         <Card
           label="Sources"
-          value={summary?.sources?.length ?? "—"}
+          value={summary?.sources?.length ?? "-"}
           sublabel={
             summary?.sources?.length
               ? summary.sources.slice(0, 3).join(", ") +
-                (summary.sources.length > 3 ? "…" : "")
-              : "—"
+                (summary.sources.length > 3 ? "..." : "")
+              : "-"
           }
-          style={{
-            gridColumn: "span 4",
-          }}
+          rightSlot={renderExploreButton(() => onExplore(buildAllRecordsSpec()))}
+          style={{ gridColumn: "span 4" }}
         />
 
-        {/* events per day */}
         <div style={{ ...styles.card, gridColumn: "span 5" }}>
           <h2 style={styles.sectionTitle}>Activity Over Time</h2>
-          <p style={styles.sectionSubtitle}>
-            How much posting happened each day.
-          </p>
+          <p style={styles.sectionSubtitle}>How much posting happened each day.</p>
 
           <div style={styles.chartWrapper}>
             <ResponsiveContainer width="100%" height="100%">
-              <LineChart data={timeData?.events_per_day ?? []}>
+              <LineChart
+                data={timeData?.events_per_day ?? []}
+                onClick={(state: unknown) => {
+                  const payload = (state as { activePayload?: Array<{ payload?: { date?: string } }> })
+                    ?.activePayload?.[0]?.payload as
+                    | { date?: string }
+                    | undefined;
+                  if (payload?.date) {
+                    onExplore(buildDateBucketSpec(String(payload.date)));
+                  }
+                }}
+              >
                 <CartesianGrid strokeDasharray="3 3" />
                 <XAxis dataKey="date" />
                 <YAxis />
@@ -201,7 +203,6 @@ const SummaryStats = ({
           </div>
         </div>
 
-        {/* Word Cloud */}
         <div style={{ ...styles.card, gridColumn: "span 4" }}>
           <h2 style={styles.sectionTitle}>Common Words</h2>
           <p style={styles.sectionSubtitle}>
@@ -213,7 +214,6 @@ const SummaryStats = ({
           </div>
         </div>
 
-        {/* Top Users */}
         <div
           style={{ ...styles.card, ...styles.scrollArea, gridColumn: "span 3" }}
         >
@@ -225,7 +225,7 @@ const SummaryStats = ({
               <div
                 key={`${item.author}-${item.source}`}
                 style={{ ...styles.topUserItem, cursor: "pointer" }}
-                onClick={() => setSelectedUser(item.author)}
+                onClick={() => onExplore(buildUserSpec(item.author))}
               >
                 <div style={styles.topUserName}>{item.author}</div>
                 <div style={styles.topUserMeta}>
@@ -236,7 +236,6 @@ const SummaryStats = ({
           </div>
         </div>
 
-        {/* Heatmap */}
         <div style={{ ...styles.card, gridColumn: "span 12" }}>
           <h2 style={styles.sectionTitle}>Weekly Activity Pattern</h2>
           <p style={styles.sectionSubtitle}>
@@ -248,13 +247,6 @@ const SummaryStats = ({
           </div>
         </div>
       </div>
-
-      <UserModal
-        open={!!selectedUser}
-        onClose={() => setSelectedUser(null)}
-        username={selectedUser ?? ""}
-        userData={selectedUserData}
-      />
     </div>
   );
 };
diff --git a/frontend/src/components/UserStats.tsx b/frontend/src/components/UserStats.tsx
index fd38f77..50d96f3 100644
--- a/frontend/src/components/UserStats.tsx
+++ b/frontend/src/components/UserStats.tsx
@@ -5,6 +5,12 @@ import { type TopUser, type InteractionGraph } from "../types/ApiTypes";
 
 import StatsStyling from "../styles/stats_styling";
 import Card from "./Card";
+import {
+  buildReplyPairSpec,
+  toText,
+  buildUserSpec,
+  type CorpusExplorerSpec,
+} from "../utils/corpusExplorer";
 
 const styles = StatsStyling;
 
@@ -39,6 +45,7 @@ type UserStatsProps = {
   interactionGraph: InteractionGraph;
   totalUsers: number;
   mostCommentHeavyUser: { author: string; commentShare: number } | null;
+  onExplore: (spec: CorpusExplorerSpec) => void;
 };
 
 const UserStats = ({
@@ -46,6 +53,7 @@ const UserStats = ({
   interactionGraph,
   totalUsers,
   mostCommentHeavyUser,
+  onExplore,
 }: UserStatsProps) => {
   const graphData = useMemo(
     () => ApiToGraphData(interactionGraph),
@@ -87,9 +95,9 @@ const UserStats = ({
     null,
   );
 
-  const mostActiveUser = topUsers.find(
-    (u) => u.author !== "[deleted]",
-  );
+  const mostActiveUser = topUsers.find((u) => u.author !== "[deleted]");
+  const strongestLinkSource = strongestLink ? toText(strongestLink.source) : "";
+  const strongestLinkTarget = strongestLink ? toText(strongestLink.target) : "";
 
   return (
     <div style={styles.page}>
@@ -114,37 +122,69 @@ const UserStats = ({
         />
         <Card
           label="Most Active User"
-          value={mostActiveUser?.author ?? "—"}
+          value={mostActiveUser?.author ?? "-"}
           sublabel={
             mostActiveUser
               ? `${mostActiveUser.count.toLocaleString()} events`
               : "No user activity found"
           }
+          rightSlot={
+            mostActiveUser ? (
+              <button
+                onClick={() => onExplore(buildUserSpec(mostActiveUser.author))}
+                style={styles.buttonSecondary}
+              >
+                Explore
+              </button>
+            ) : null
+          }
           style={{ gridColumn: "span 3" }}
         />
 
         <Card
           label="Strongest User Link"
           value={
-            strongestLink
-              ? `${strongestLink.source} -> ${strongestLink.target}`
-              : "—"
+            strongestLinkSource && strongestLinkTarget
+              ? `${strongestLinkSource} -> ${strongestLinkTarget}`
+              : "-"
           }
           sublabel={
             strongestLink
               ? `${strongestLink.value.toLocaleString()} replies`
               : "No graph links after filtering"
           }
+          rightSlot={
+            strongestLinkSource && strongestLinkTarget ? (
+              <button
+                onClick={() =>
+                  onExplore(buildReplyPairSpec(strongestLinkSource, strongestLinkTarget))
+                }
+                style={styles.buttonSecondary}
+              >
+                Explore
+              </button>
+            ) : null
+          }
           style={{ gridColumn: "span 6" }}
         />
         <Card
           label="Most Comment-Heavy User"
-          value={mostCommentHeavyUser?.author ?? "—"}
+          value={mostCommentHeavyUser?.author ?? "-"}
           sublabel={
             mostCommentHeavyUser
               ? `${Math.round(mostCommentHeavyUser.commentShare * 100)}% comments`
               : "No user distribution available"
           }
+          rightSlot={
+            mostCommentHeavyUser ? (
+              <button
+                onClick={() => onExplore(buildUserSpec(mostCommentHeavyUser.author))}
+                style={styles.buttonSecondary}
+              >
+                Explore
+              </button>
+            ) : null
+          }
           style={{ gridColumn: "span 6" }}
         />
 
@@ -166,6 +206,19 @@ const UserStats = ({
               linkDirectionalParticleSpeed={0.004}
               linkWidth={(link) => Math.sqrt(Number(link.value))}
               nodeLabel={(node) => `${node.id}`}
+              onNodeClick={(node) => {
+                const userId = toText(node.id);
+                if (userId) {
+                  onExplore(buildUserSpec(userId));
+                }
+              }}
+              onLinkClick={(link) => {
+                const source = toText(link.source);
+                const target = toText(link.target);
+                if (source && target) {
+                  onExplore(buildReplyPairSpec(source, target));
+                }
+              }}
             />
           </div>
         </div>
diff --git a/frontend/src/pages/DatasetEdit.tsx b/frontend/src/pages/DatasetEdit.tsx
index 798ec35..34c556d 100644
--- a/frontend/src/pages/DatasetEdit.tsx
+++ b/frontend/src/pages/DatasetEdit.tsx
@@ -22,12 +22,10 @@ const DatasetEditPage = () => {
   const [isSaving, setIsSaving] = useState(false);
   const [isDeleting, setIsDeleting] = useState(false);
   const [isDeleteModalOpen, setIsDeleteModalOpen] = useState(false);
-  const [hasError, setHasError] = useState(false);
 
   const [datasetName, setDatasetName] = useState("");
   useEffect(() => {
     if (!Number.isInteger(parsedDatasetId) || parsedDatasetId <= 0) {
-      setHasError(true);
       setStatusMessage("Invalid dataset id.");
       setLoading(false);
       return;
@@ -35,7 +33,6 @@ const DatasetEditPage = () => {
 
     const token = localStorage.getItem("access_token");
     if (!token) {
-      setHasError(true);
       setStatusMessage("You must be signed in to edit datasets.");
       setLoading(false);
       return;
@@ -49,7 +46,6 @@ const DatasetEditPage = () => {
         setDatasetName(response.data.name || "");
       })
       .catch((error: unknown) => {
-        setHasError(true);
         if (axios.isAxiosError(error)) {
           setStatusMessage(
             String(error.response?.data?.error || error.message),
@@ -68,21 +64,18 @@ const DatasetEditPage = () => {
 
     const trimmedName = datasetName.trim();
     if (!trimmedName) {
-      setHasError(true);
       setStatusMessage("Please enter a valid dataset name.");
       return;
     }
 
     const token = localStorage.getItem("access_token");
     if (!token) {
-      setHasError(true);
       setStatusMessage("You must be signed in to save changes.");
       return;
     }
 
     try {
       setIsSaving(true);
-      setHasError(false);
       setStatusMessage("");
 
       await axios.patch(
@@ -93,7 +86,6 @@ const DatasetEditPage = () => {
 
       navigate("/datasets", { replace: true });
     } catch (error: unknown) {
-      setHasError(true);
       if (axios.isAxiosError(error)) {
         setStatusMessage(
           String(
@@ -111,7 +103,6 @@ const DatasetEditPage = () => {
   const deleteDataset = async () => {
     const deleteToken = localStorage.getItem("access_token");
     if (!deleteToken) {
-      setHasError(true);
       setStatusMessage("You must be signed in to delete datasets.");
       setIsDeleteModalOpen(false);
       return;
@@ -119,7 +110,6 @@ const DatasetEditPage = () => {
 
     try {
       setIsDeleting(true);
-      setHasError(false);
       setStatusMessage("");
 
       await axios.delete(`${API_BASE_URL}/dataset/${parsedDatasetId}`, {
@@ -129,7 +119,6 @@ const DatasetEditPage = () => {
       setIsDeleteModalOpen(false);
       navigate("/datasets", { replace: true });
     } catch (error: unknown) {
-      setHasError(true);
       if (axios.isAxiosError(error)) {
         setStatusMessage(
           String(
diff --git a/frontend/src/pages/Stats.tsx b/frontend/src/pages/Stats.tsx
index 4327dcf..d520ca4 100644
--- a/frontend/src/pages/Stats.tsx
+++ b/frontend/src/pages/Stats.tsx
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-import { useEffect, useState, useRef } from "react";
+import { useEffect, useRef, useState } from "react";
 import axios from "axios";
 import { useParams } from "react-router-dom";
 import StatsStyling from "../styles/stats_styling";
@@ -8,6 +8,7 @@ import UserStats from "../components/UserStats";
 import LinguisticStats from "../components/LinguisticStats";
 import InteractionalStats from "../components/InteractionalStats";
 import CulturalStats from "../components/CulturalStats";
+import CorpusExplorer from "../components/CorpusExplorer";
 
 import {
   type SummaryResponse,
@@ -19,10 +20,15 @@ import {
   type InteractionAnalysisResponse,
   type CulturalAnalysisResponse,
 } from "../types/ApiTypes";
+import {
+  buildExplorerContext,
+  type CorpusExplorerSpec,
+  type DatasetRecord,
+} from "../utils/corpusExplorer";
 
 const API_BASE_URL = import.meta.env.VITE_BACKEND_URL;
 const styles = StatsStyling;
-const DELETED_USERS = ["[deleted]"];
+const DELETED_USERS = ["[deleted]", "automoderator"];
 
 const isDeletedUser = (value: string | null | undefined) =>
   DELETED_USERS.includes((value ?? "").trim().toLowerCase());
@@ -40,6 +46,97 @@ type UserStatsMeta = {
   mostCommentHeavyUser: { author: string; commentShare: number } | null;
 };
 
+type ExplorerState = {
+  open: boolean;
+  title: string;
+  description: string;
+  emptyMessage: string;
+  records: DatasetRecord[];
+  loading: boolean;
+  error: string;
+};
+
+const EMPTY_EXPLORER_STATE: ExplorerState = {
+  open: false,
+  title: "Corpus Explorer",
+  description: "",
+  emptyMessage: "No records found.",
+  records: [],
+  loading: false,
+  error: "",
+};
+
+const normalizeRecordPayload = (payload: unknown): DatasetRecord[] => {
+  if (typeof payload === "string") {
+    try {
+      return normalizeRecordPayload(JSON.parse(payload));
+    } catch {
+      throw new Error("Corpus endpoint returned a non-JSON string payload.");
+    }
+  }
+
+  if (
+    payload &&
+    typeof payload === "object" &&
+    "error" in payload &&
+    typeof (payload as { error?: unknown }).error === "string"
+  ) {
+    throw new Error((payload as { error: string }).error);
+  }
+
+  if (Array.isArray(payload)) {
+    return payload as DatasetRecord[];
+  }
+
+  if (
+    payload &&
+    typeof payload === "object" &&
+    "data" in payload &&
+    Array.isArray((payload as { data?: unknown }).data)
+  ) {
+    return (payload as { data: DatasetRecord[] }).data;
+  }
+
+  if (
+    payload &&
+    typeof payload === "object" &&
+    "records" in payload &&
+    Array.isArray((payload as { records?: unknown }).records)
+  ) {
+    return (payload as { records: DatasetRecord[] }).records;
+  }
+
+  if (
+    payload &&
+    typeof payload === "object" &&
+    "rows" in payload &&
+    Array.isArray((payload as { rows?: unknown }).rows)
+  ) {
+    return (payload as { rows: DatasetRecord[] }).rows;
+  }
+
+  if (
+    payload &&
+    typeof payload === "object" &&
+    "result" in payload &&
+    Array.isArray((payload as { result?: unknown }).result)
+  ) {
+    return (payload as { result: DatasetRecord[] }).result;
+  }
+
+  if (payload && typeof payload === "object") {
+    const values = Object.values(payload);
+    if (values.length === 1 && Array.isArray(values[0])) {
+      return values[0] as DatasetRecord[];
+    }
+    if (values.every((value) => value && typeof value === "object")) {
+      return values as DatasetRecord[];
+    }
+  }
+
+  throw new Error("Corpus endpoint returned an unexpected payload.");
+};
+
 const StatPage = () => {
   const { datasetId: routeDatasetId } = useParams<{ datasetId: string }>();
   const [error, setError] = useState("");
@@ -61,6 +158,12 @@ const StatPage = () => {
     totalUsers: 0,
     mostCommentHeavyUser: null,
   });
+  const [appliedFilters, setAppliedFilters] = useState<Record<string, string>>({});
+  const [allRecords, setAllRecords] = useState<DatasetRecord[] | null>(null);
+  const [allRecordsKey, setAllRecordsKey] = useState("");
+  const [explorerState, setExplorerState] = useState<ExplorerState>(
+    EMPTY_EXPLORER_STATE,
+  );
 
   const searchInputRef = useRef<HTMLInputElement>(null);
   const beforeDateRef = useRef<HTMLInputElement>(null);
@@ -104,6 +207,82 @@ const StatPage = () => {
     };
   };
 
+  const getFilterKey = (params: Record<string, string>) =>
+    JSON.stringify(Object.entries(params).sort(([a], [b]) => a.localeCompare(b)));
+
+  const ensureFilteredRecords = async () => {
+    if (!datasetId) {
+      throw new Error("Missing dataset id.");
+    }
+
+    const authHeaders = getAuthHeaders();
+    if (!authHeaders) {
+      throw new Error("You must be signed in to load corpus records.");
+    }
+
+    const filterKey = getFilterKey(appliedFilters);
+    if (allRecords && allRecordsKey === filterKey) {
+      return allRecords;
+    }
+
+    const response = await axios.get<unknown>(
+      `${API_BASE_URL}/dataset/${datasetId}/all`,
+      {
+        params: appliedFilters,
+        headers: authHeaders,
+      },
+    );
+
+    const normalizedRecords = normalizeRecordPayload(response.data);
+
+    setAllRecords(normalizedRecords);
+    setAllRecordsKey(filterKey);
+    return normalizedRecords;
+  };
+
+  const openExplorer = async (spec: CorpusExplorerSpec) => {
+    setExplorerState({
+      open: true,
+      title: spec.title,
+      description: spec.description,
+      emptyMessage: spec.emptyMessage ?? "No matching records found.",
+      records: [],
+      loading: true,
+      error: "",
+    });
+
+    try {
+      const records = await ensureFilteredRecords();
+      const context = buildExplorerContext(records);
+      const matched = records.filter((record) => spec.matcher(record, context));
+      matched.sort((a, b) => {
+        const aValue = String(a.dt ?? a.date ?? a.timestamp ?? "");
+        const bValue = String(b.dt ?? b.date ?? b.timestamp ?? "");
+        return bValue.localeCompare(aValue);
+      });
+
+      setExplorerState({
+        open: true,
+        title: spec.title,
+        description: spec.description,
+        emptyMessage: spec.emptyMessage ?? "No matching records found.",
+        records: matched,
+        loading: false,
+        error: "",
+      });
+    } catch (e) {
+      setExplorerState({
+        open: true,
+        title: spec.title,
+        description: spec.description,
+        emptyMessage: spec.emptyMessage ?? "No matching records found.",
+        records: [],
+        loading: false,
+        error: `Failed to load corpus records: ${String(e)}`,
+      });
+    }
+  };
+
   const getStats = (params: Record<string, string> = {}) => {
     if (!datasetId) {
       setError("Missing dataset id. Open /dataset/<id>/stats.");
@@ -118,22 +297,20 @@ const StatPage = () => {
 
     setError("");
     setLoading(true);
+    setAppliedFilters(params);
+    setAllRecords(null);
+    setAllRecordsKey("");
+    setExplorerState((current) => ({ ...current, open: false }));
 
     Promise.all([
-      axios.get<TimeAnalysisResponse>(
-        `${API_BASE_URL}/dataset/${datasetId}/temporal`,
-        {
-          params,
-          headers: authHeaders,
-        },
-      ),
-      axios.get<UserEndpointResponse>(
-        `${API_BASE_URL}/dataset/${datasetId}/user`,
-        {
-          params,
-          headers: authHeaders,
-        },
-      ),
+      axios.get<TimeAnalysisResponse>(`${API_BASE_URL}/dataset/${datasetId}/temporal`, {
+        params,
+        headers: authHeaders,
+      }),
+      axios.get<UserEndpointResponse>(`${API_BASE_URL}/dataset/${datasetId}/user`, {
+        params,
+        headers: authHeaders,
+      }),
       axios.get<LinguisticAnalysisResponse>(
         `${API_BASE_URL}/dataset/${datasetId}/linguistic`,
         {
@@ -141,13 +318,10 @@ const StatPage = () => {
           headers: authHeaders,
         },
       ),
-      axios.get<EmotionalAnalysisResponse>(
-        `${API_BASE_URL}/dataset/${datasetId}/emotional`,
-        {
-          params,
-          headers: authHeaders,
-        },
-      ),
+      axios.get<EmotionalAnalysisResponse>(`${API_BASE_URL}/dataset/${datasetId}/emotional`, {
+        params,
+        headers: authHeaders,
+      }),
       axios.get<InteractionAnalysisResponse>(
         `${API_BASE_URL}/dataset/${datasetId}/interactional`,
         {
@@ -155,20 +329,14 @@ const StatPage = () => {
           headers: authHeaders,
         },
       ),
-      axios.get<SummaryResponse>(
-        `${API_BASE_URL}/dataset/${datasetId}/summary`,
-        {
-          params,
-          headers: authHeaders,
-        },
-      ),
-      axios.get<CulturalAnalysisResponse>(
-        `${API_BASE_URL}/dataset/${datasetId}/cultural`,
-        {
-          params,
-          headers: authHeaders,
-        },
-      ),
+      axios.get<SummaryResponse>(`${API_BASE_URL}/dataset/${datasetId}/summary`, {
+        params,
+        headers: authHeaders,
+      }),
+      axios.get<CulturalAnalysisResponse>(`${API_BASE_URL}/dataset/${datasetId}/cultural`, {
+        params,
+        headers: authHeaders,
+      }),
     ])
       .then(
         ([
@@ -182,8 +350,7 @@ const StatPage = () => {
         ]) => {
           const usersList = userRes.data.users ?? [];
           const topUsersList = userRes.data.top_users ?? [];
-          const interactionGraphRaw =
-            interactionRes.data?.interaction_graph ?? {};
+          const interactionGraphRaw = interactionRes.data?.interaction_graph ?? {};
           const topPairsRaw = interactionRes.data?.top_interaction_pairs ?? [];
 
           const filteredUsers: typeof usersList = [];
@@ -194,18 +361,14 @@ const StatPage = () => {
 
           const filteredTopUsers: typeof topUsersList = [];
           for (const user of topUsersList) {
-              if (isDeletedUser(user.author)) continue;
-              filteredTopUsers.push(user);
+            if (isDeletedUser(user.author)) continue;
+            filteredTopUsers.push(user);
           }
 
-          let mostCommentHeavyUser: UserStatsMeta["mostCommentHeavyUser"] =
-            null;
+          let mostCommentHeavyUser: UserStatsMeta["mostCommentHeavyUser"] = null;
           for (const user of filteredUsers) {
             const currentShare = user.comment_share ?? 0;
-            if (
-              !mostCommentHeavyUser ||
-              currentShare > mostCommentHeavyUser.commentShare
-            ) {
+            if (!mostCommentHeavyUser || currentShare > mostCommentHeavyUser.commentShare) {
               mostCommentHeavyUser = {
                 author: user.author,
                 commentShare: currentShare,
@@ -221,8 +384,7 @@ const StatPage = () => {
             }
           }
 
-          const filteredInteractionGraph: Record<string, Record<string, number>> =
-            {};
+          const filteredInteractionGraph: Record<string, Record<string, number>> = {};
           for (const [source, targets] of Object.entries(interactionGraphRaw)) {
             if (isDeletedUser(source)) {
               continue;
@@ -279,7 +441,7 @@ const StatPage = () => {
           setSummary(filteredSummary || null);
         },
       )
-      .catch((e) => setError("Failed to load statistics: " + String(e)))
+      .catch((e) => setError(`Failed to load statistics: ${String(e)}`))
       .finally(() => setLoading(false));
   };
 
@@ -302,6 +464,9 @@ const StatPage = () => {
 
   useEffect(() => {
     setError("");
+    setAllRecords(null);
+    setAllRecordsKey("");
+    setExplorerState(EMPTY_EXPLORER_STATE);
     if (!datasetId) {
       setError("Missing dataset id. Open /dataset/<id>/stats.");
       return;
@@ -398,9 +563,7 @@ const StatPage = () => {
         <button
           onClick={() => setActiveView("summary")}
           style={
-            activeView === "summary"
-              ? styles.buttonPrimary
-              : styles.buttonSecondary
+            activeView === "summary" ? styles.buttonPrimary : styles.buttonSecondary
           }
         >
           Summary
@@ -418,11 +581,7 @@ const StatPage = () => {
 
         <button
           onClick={() => setActiveView("user")}
-          style={
-            activeView === "user"
-              ? styles.buttonPrimary
-              : styles.buttonSecondary
-          }
+          style={activeView === "user" ? styles.buttonPrimary : styles.buttonSecondary}
         >
           Users
         </button>
@@ -449,9 +608,7 @@ const StatPage = () => {
         <button
           onClick={() => setActiveView("cultural")}
           style={
-            activeView === "cultural"
-              ? styles.buttonPrimary
-              : styles.buttonSecondary
+            activeView === "cultural" ? styles.buttonPrimary : styles.buttonSecondary
           }
         >
           Cultural
@@ -464,11 +621,12 @@ const StatPage = () => {
           timeData={timeData}
           linguisticData={linguisticData}
           summary={summary}
+          onExplore={openExplorer}
         />
       )}
 
       {activeView === "emotional" && emotionalData && (
-        <EmotionalStats emotionalData={emotionalData} />
+        <EmotionalStats emotionalData={emotionalData} onExplore={openExplorer} />
       )}
 
       {activeView === "emotional" && !emotionalData && (
@@ -483,6 +641,7 @@ const StatPage = () => {
           interactionGraph={interactionData.interaction_graph}
           totalUsers={userStatsMeta.totalUsers}
           mostCommentHeavyUser={userStatsMeta.mostCommentHeavyUser}
+          onExplore={openExplorer}
         />
       )}
 
@@ -493,7 +652,7 @@ const StatPage = () => {
       )}
 
       {activeView === "linguistic" && linguisticData && (
-        <LinguisticStats data={linguisticData} />
+        <LinguisticStats data={linguisticData} onExplore={openExplorer} />
       )}
 
       {activeView === "linguistic" && !linguisticData && (
@@ -503,7 +662,7 @@ const StatPage = () => {
       )}
 
       {activeView === "interactional" && interactionData && (
-        <InteractionalStats data={interactionData} />
+        <InteractionalStats data={interactionData} onExplore={openExplorer} />
       )}
 
       {activeView === "interactional" && !interactionData && (
@@ -513,7 +672,7 @@ const StatPage = () => {
       )}
 
       {activeView === "cultural" && culturalData && (
-        <CulturalStats data={culturalData} />
+        <CulturalStats data={culturalData} onExplore={openExplorer} />
       )}
 
       {activeView === "cultural" && !culturalData && (
@@ -521,6 +680,17 @@ const StatPage = () => {
           No cultural data available.
         </div>
       )}
+
+      <CorpusExplorer
+        open={explorerState.open}
+        onClose={() => setExplorerState((current) => ({ ...current, open: false }))}
+        title={explorerState.title}
+        description={explorerState.description}
+        records={explorerState.records}
+        loading={explorerState.loading}
+        error={explorerState.error}
+        emptyMessage={explorerState.emptyMessage}
+      />
     </div>
   );
 };
diff --git a/frontend/src/utils/corpusExplorer.ts b/frontend/src/utils/corpusExplorer.ts
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..e1ddb70
--- /dev/null
+++ b/frontend/src/utils/corpusExplorer.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,405 @@
+import type { CSSProperties } from "react";
+
+type EntityRecord = {
+  text?: string;
+  [key: string]: unknown;
+};
+
+type DatasetRecord = {
+  id?: string | number;
+  post_id?: string | number | null;
+  parent_id?: string | number | null;
+  author?: string | null;
+  title?: string | null;
+  content?: string | null;
+  timestamp?: string | number | null;
+  date?: string | null;
+  dt?: string | null;
+  hour?: number | null;
+  weekday?: string | null;
+  reply_to?: string | number | null;
+  source?: string | null;
+  topic?: string | null;
+  topic_confidence?: number | null;
+  type?: string | null;
+  ner_entities?: EntityRecord[] | null;
+  emotion_anger?: number | null;
+  emotion_disgust?: number | null;
+  emotion_fear?: number | null;
+  emotion_joy?: number | null;
+  emotion_sadness?: number | null;
+  [key: string]: unknown;
+};
+
+type CorpusExplorerContext = {
+  authorByPostId: Map<string, string>;
+  authorEventCounts: Map<string, number>;
+  authorCommentCounts: Map<string, number>;
+};
+
+type CorpusExplorerSpec = {
+  title: string;
+  description: string;
+  emptyMessage?: string;
+  matcher: (record: DatasetRecord, context: CorpusExplorerContext) => boolean;
+};
+
+const IN_GROUP_PATTERN = /\b(we|us|our|ourselves)\b/gi;
+const OUT_GROUP_PATTERN = /\b(they|them|their|themselves)\b/gi;
+const HEDGE_PATTERN = /\b(maybe|perhaps|possibly|probably|likely|seems|seem|i think|i feel|i guess|kind of|sort of|somewhat)\b/i;
+const CERTAINTY_PATTERN = /\b(definitely|certainly|clearly|obviously|undeniably|always|never)\b/i;
+const DEONTIC_PATTERN = /\b(must|should|need|needs|have to|has to|ought|required|require)\b/i;
+const PERMISSION_PATTERN = /\b(can|allowed|okay|ok|permitted)\b/i;
+const EMOTION_KEYS = [
+  "emotion_anger",
+  "emotion_disgust",
+  "emotion_fear",
+  "emotion_joy",
+  "emotion_sadness",
+] as const;
+
+const shrinkButtonStyle: CSSProperties = {
+  padding: "4px 8px",
+  fontSize: 12,
+};
+
+const toText = (value: unknown) => {
+  if (typeof value === "string") {
+    return value;
+  }
+
+  if (typeof value === "number" || typeof value === "boolean") {
+    return String(value);
+  }
+
+  if (value && typeof value === "object" && "id" in value) {
+    const id = (value as { id?: unknown }).id;
+    if (typeof id === "string" || typeof id === "number") {
+      return String(id);
+    }
+  }
+
+  return "";
+};
+
+const normalize = (value: unknown) => toText(value).trim().toLowerCase();
+
+const getRecordText = (record: DatasetRecord) =>
+  `${record.title ?? ""} ${record.content ?? ""}`.trim();
+
+const escapeRegExp = (value: string) =>
+  value.replace(/[.*+?^${}()|[\]\\]/g, "\\$&");
+
+const buildPhrasePattern = (phrase: string) => {
+  const tokens = phrase
+    .toLowerCase()
+    .trim()
+    .split(/\s+/)
+    .filter(Boolean)
+    .map(escapeRegExp);
+
+  if (!tokens.length) {
+    return null;
+  }
+
+  return new RegExp(`\\b${tokens.join("\\s+")}\\b`, "i");
+};
+
+const countMatches = (pattern: RegExp, text: string) =>
+  Array.from(text.matchAll(new RegExp(pattern.source, "gi"))).length;
+
+const getDateBucket = (record: DatasetRecord) => {
+  if (typeof record.date === "string" && record.date) {
+    return record.date.slice(0, 10);
+  }
+
+  if (typeof record.dt === "string" && record.dt) {
+    return record.dt.slice(0, 10);
+  }
+
+  if (typeof record.timestamp === "number") {
+    return new Date(record.timestamp * 1000).toISOString().slice(0, 10);
+  }
+
+  if (typeof record.timestamp === "string" && record.timestamp) {
+    const numeric = Number(record.timestamp);
+    if (Number.isFinite(numeric)) {
+      return new Date(numeric * 1000).toISOString().slice(0, 10);
+    }
+  }
+
+  return "";
+};
+
+const getDominantEmotion = (record: DatasetRecord) => {
+  let bestKey = "";
+  let bestValue = Number.NEGATIVE_INFINITY;
+
+  for (const key of EMOTION_KEYS) {
+    const value = Number(record[key] ?? Number.NEGATIVE_INFINITY);
+    if (value > bestValue) {
+      bestValue = value;
+      bestKey = key;
+    }
+  }
+
+  return bestKey.replace("emotion_", "");
+};
+
+const matchesPhrase = (record: DatasetRecord, phrase: string) => {
+  const pattern = buildPhrasePattern(phrase);
+  if (!pattern) {
+    return false;
+  }
+
+  return pattern.test(getRecordText(record).toLowerCase());
+};
+
+const recordIdentityBucket = (record: DatasetRecord) => {
+  const text = getRecordText(record).toLowerCase();
+  const inHits = countMatches(IN_GROUP_PATTERN, text);
+  const outHits = countMatches(OUT_GROUP_PATTERN, text);
+
+  if (inHits > outHits) {
+    return "in";
+  }
+
+  if (outHits > inHits) {
+    return "out";
+  }
+
+  return "tie";
+};
+
+const createAuthorEventCounts = (records: DatasetRecord[]) => {
+  const counts = new Map<string, number>();
+  for (const record of records) {
+    const author = toText(record.author).trim();
+    if (!author) {
+      continue;
+    }
+    counts.set(author, (counts.get(author) ?? 0) + 1);
+  }
+  return counts;
+};
+
+const createAuthorCommentCounts = (records: DatasetRecord[]) => {
+  const counts = new Map<string, number>();
+  for (const record of records) {
+    const author = toText(record.author).trim();
+    if (!author || record.type !== "comment") {
+      continue;
+    }
+    counts.set(author, (counts.get(author) ?? 0) + 1);
+  }
+  return counts;
+};
+
+const createAuthorByPostId = (records: DatasetRecord[]) => {
+  const map = new Map<string, string>();
+  for (const record of records) {
+    const postId = record.post_id;
+    const author = toText(record.author).trim();
+    if (postId === null || postId === undefined || !author) {
+      continue;
+    }
+    map.set(String(postId), author);
+  }
+  return map;
+};
+
+const buildExplorerContext = (records: DatasetRecord[]): CorpusExplorerContext => ({
+  authorByPostId: createAuthorByPostId(records),
+  authorEventCounts: createAuthorEventCounts(records),
+  authorCommentCounts: createAuthorCommentCounts(records),
+});
+
+const buildAllRecordsSpec = (): CorpusExplorerSpec => ({
+  title: "Corpus Explorer",
+  description: "All records in the current filtered dataset.",
+  emptyMessage: "No records match the current filters.",
+  matcher: () => true,
+});
+
+const buildUserSpec = (author: string): CorpusExplorerSpec => ({
+  title: `User: ${author}`,
+  description: `All records authored by ${author}.`,
+  emptyMessage: `No records found for ${author}.`,
+  matcher: (record) => normalize(record.author) === normalize(author),
+});
+
+const buildTopicSpec = (topic: string): CorpusExplorerSpec => ({
+  title: `Topic: ${topic}`,
+  description: `Records assigned to the ${topic} topic bucket.`,
+  emptyMessage: `No records found in the ${topic} topic bucket.`,
+  matcher: (record) => normalize(record.topic) === normalize(topic),
+});
+
+const buildDateBucketSpec = (date: string): CorpusExplorerSpec => ({
+  title: `Date Bucket: ${date}`,
+  description: `Records from the ${date} activity bucket.`,
+  emptyMessage: `No records found on ${date}.`,
+  matcher: (record) => getDateBucket(record) === date,
+});
+
+const buildWordSpec = (word: string): CorpusExplorerSpec => ({
+  title: `Word: ${word}`,
+  description: `Records containing the word ${word}.`,
+  emptyMessage: `No records mention ${word}.`,
+  matcher: (record) => matchesPhrase(record, word),
+});
+
+const buildNgramSpec = (ngram: string): CorpusExplorerSpec => ({
+  title: `N-gram: ${ngram}`,
+  description: `Records containing the phrase ${ngram}.`,
+  emptyMessage: `No records contain the phrase ${ngram}.`,
+  matcher: (record) => matchesPhrase(record, ngram),
+});
+
+const buildEntitySpec = (entity: string): CorpusExplorerSpec => ({
+  title: `Entity: ${entity}`,
+  description: `Records mentioning the ${entity} entity.`,
+  emptyMessage: `No records found for the ${entity} entity.`,
+  matcher: (record) => {
+    const target = normalize(entity);
+    const entities = Array.isArray(record.ner_entities) ? record.ner_entities : [];
+    return entities.some((item) => normalize(item?.text) === target) || matchesPhrase(record, entity);
+  },
+});
+
+const buildSourceSpec = (source: string): CorpusExplorerSpec => ({
+  title: `Source: ${source}`,
+  description: `Records from the ${source} source.`,
+  emptyMessage: `No records found for ${source}.`,
+  matcher: (record) => normalize(record.source) === normalize(source),
+});
+
+const buildDominantEmotionSpec = (emotion: string): CorpusExplorerSpec => ({
+  title: `Dominant Emotion: ${emotion}`,
+  description: `Records where ${emotion} is the strongest emotion score.`,
+  emptyMessage: `No records found with dominant emotion ${emotion}.`,
+  matcher: (record) => getDominantEmotion(record) === normalize(emotion),
+});
+
+const buildReplyPairSpec = (source: string, target: string): CorpusExplorerSpec => ({
+  title: `Reply Path: ${source} -> ${target}`,
+  description: `Reply records authored by ${source} in response to ${target}.`,
+  emptyMessage: `No reply records found for ${source} -> ${target}.`,
+  matcher: (record, context) => {
+    if (normalize(record.author) !== normalize(source)) {
+      return false;
+    }
+
+    const replyTo = record.reply_to;
+    if (replyTo === null || replyTo === undefined || replyTo === "") {
+      return false;
+    }
+
+    const replyTarget = context.authorByPostId.get(String(replyTo));
+    return normalize(replyTarget) === normalize(target);
+  },
+});
+
+const buildOneTimeUsersSpec = (): CorpusExplorerSpec => ({
+  title: "One-Time Users",
+  description: "Records written by authors who appear exactly once in the filtered corpus.",
+  emptyMessage: "No one-time-user records found.",
+  matcher: (record, context) => {
+    const author = toText(record.author).trim();
+    return !!author && context.authorEventCounts.get(author) === 1;
+  },
+});
+
+const buildTopCommentersSpec = (topAuthorCount: number): CorpusExplorerSpec => ({
+  title: "Top Commenters",
+  description: `Comment records from the top ${topAuthorCount} commenters in the filtered corpus.`,
+  emptyMessage: "No top-commenter records found.",
+  matcher: (record, context) => {
+    if (record.type !== "comment") {
+      return false;
+    }
+
+    const rankedAuthors = Array.from(context.authorCommentCounts.entries())
+      .sort((a, b) => b[1] - a[1])
+      .slice(0, topAuthorCount)
+      .map(([author]) => author);
+
+    return rankedAuthors.includes(toText(record.author).trim());
+  },
+});
+
+const buildSingleCommentAuthorsSpec = (): CorpusExplorerSpec => ({
+  title: "Single-Comment Authors",
+  description: "Comment records from authors who commented exactly once.",
+  emptyMessage: "No single-comment-author records found.",
+  matcher: (record, context) => {
+    const author = toText(record.author).trim();
+    return record.type === "comment" && !!author && context.authorCommentCounts.get(author) === 1;
+  },
+});
+
+const buildIdentityBucketSpec = (bucket: "in" | "out" | "tie"): CorpusExplorerSpec => {
+  const labels = {
+    in: "In-Group Posts",
+    out: "Out-Group Posts",
+    tie: "Balanced Posts",
+  } as const;
+
+  return {
+    title: labels[bucket],
+    description: `Records in the ${labels[bucket].toLowerCase()} cultural bucket.`,
+    emptyMessage: `No records found for ${labels[bucket].toLowerCase()}.`,
+    matcher: (record) => recordIdentityBucket(record) === bucket,
+  };
+};
+
+const buildPatternSpec = (
+  title: string,
+  description: string,
+  pattern: RegExp,
+): CorpusExplorerSpec => ({
+  title,
+  description,
+  emptyMessage: `No records found for ${title.toLowerCase()}.`,
+  matcher: (record) => pattern.test(getRecordText(record)),
+});
+
+const buildHedgeSpec = () =>
+  buildPatternSpec("Hedging Words", "Records containing hedging language.", HEDGE_PATTERN);
+
+const buildCertaintySpec = () =>
+  buildPatternSpec("Certainty Words", "Records containing certainty language.", CERTAINTY_PATTERN);
+
+const buildDeonticSpec = () =>
+  buildPatternSpec("Need/Should Words", "Records containing deontic language.", DEONTIC_PATTERN);
+
+const buildPermissionSpec = () =>
+  buildPatternSpec("Permission Words", "Records containing permission language.", PERMISSION_PATTERN);
+
+const getExplorerButtonStyle = () => shrinkButtonStyle;
+
+export type { DatasetRecord, CorpusExplorerContext, CorpusExplorerSpec };
+export {
+  buildAllRecordsSpec,
+  buildCertaintySpec,
+  buildDateBucketSpec,
+  buildDeonticSpec,
+  buildDominantEmotionSpec,
+  buildEntitySpec,
+  buildExplorerContext,
+  buildHedgeSpec,
+  buildIdentityBucketSpec,
+  buildNgramSpec,
+  buildOneTimeUsersSpec,
+  buildPermissionSpec,
+  buildReplyPairSpec,
+  buildSingleCommentAuthorsSpec,
+  buildSourceSpec,
+  buildTopicSpec,
+  buildTopCommentersSpec,
+  buildUserSpec,
+  buildWordSpec,
+  getDateBucket,
+  getExplorerButtonStyle,
+  toText,
+};
diff --git a/server/analysis/stat_gen.py b/server/analysis/stat_gen.py
index f60d809..d45ab1d 100644
--- a/server/analysis/stat_gen.py
+++ b/server/analysis/stat_gen.py
@@ -1,4 +1,5 @@
 import nltk
+import json
 import pandas as pd
 from nltk.corpus import stopwords
 
@@ -27,6 +28,8 @@ DOMAIN_STOPWORDS = {
     "one",
 }
 
+EXCLUDED_AUTHORS = {"[deleted]", "automoderator"}
+
 nltk.download("stopwords")
 EXCLUDE_WORDS = set(stopwords.words("english")) | DOMAIN_STOPWORDS
 
@@ -46,6 +49,12 @@ class StatGen:
         filters = filters or {}
         filtered_df = df.copy()
 
+        if "author" in filtered_df.columns:
+            normalized_authors = (
+                filtered_df["author"].fillna("").astype(str).str.strip().str.lower()
+            )
+            filtered_df = filtered_df[~normalized_authors.isin(EXCLUDED_AUTHORS)]
+
         search_query = filters.get("search_query", None)
         start_date_filter = filters.get("start_date", None)
         end_date_filter = filters.get("end_date", None)
@@ -75,9 +84,15 @@ class StatGen:
 
         return filtered_df
 
+    def _json_ready_records(self, df: pd.DataFrame) -> list[dict]:
+        return json.loads(
+            df.to_json(orient="records", date_format="iso", date_unit="s")
+        )
+
     ## Public Methods
     def filter_dataset(self, df: pd.DataFrame, filters: dict | None = None) -> list[dict]:
-        return self._prepare_filtered_df(df, filters).to_dict(orient="records")
+        filtered_df = self._prepare_filtered_df(df, filters)
+        return self._json_ready_records(filtered_df)
 
     def temporal(self, df: pd.DataFrame, filters: dict | None = None) -> dict:
         filtered_df = self._prepare_filtered_df(df, filters)
diff --git a/server/app.py b/server/app.py
index ea59579..aa22a25 100644
--- a/server/app.py
+++ b/server/app.py
@@ -591,7 +591,8 @@ def get_full_dataset(dataset_id: int):
             )
 
         dataset_content = dataset_manager.get_dataset_content(dataset_id)
-        return jsonify(dataset_content.to_dict(orient="records")), 200
+        filters = get_request_filters()
+        return jsonify(stat_gen.filter_dataset(dataset_content, filters)), 200
     except NotAuthorisedException:
         return jsonify({"error": "User is not authorised to access this content"}), 403
     except NonExistentDatasetException: