Throughline
Throughline is a time machine. Each episode, we travel beyond the headlines to answer the question, "How did we get here?" We use sound and stories to bring history to life and put you into the middle of it. From ancient civilizations to forgotten figures, we take you directly to the moments that shaped our world. Throughline is hosted by Peabody Award-winning journalists Rund Abdelfatah and Ramtin Arablouei.Subscribe to Throughline+. You'll be supporting the history-reframing, perspective-shift...
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Episodes (462)
How U.S. Unions Took Flight (Throwback)
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Water in the West
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We The People: Canary in the Coal Mine
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We The People: Equal Protection
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We The People: Legal Representation
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Tested: Questions of a Physical Nature
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We the People: Gun Rights
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We The People: Free Speech
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The Creeping Coup
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The Roots of Poverty in America
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Road to Rickwood: The Holy Grail of Baseball
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Pop Music's First Black Stars
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The Lavender Scare (Throwback)
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A History of Zionism
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The Whiteness Myth (Throwback)
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The Rules of War
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Mythos and Melodrama in the Philippines (Throwback)
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The Mandela Effect
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The Labor Of Love (Throwback)
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The 4th Amendment: Search and Seizure
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The Ghost in Your Phone (Throwback)
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Ralph Nader, Consumer Crusader
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The 14th Amendment
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The Land of the Fee (Throwback)
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A History of Hezbollah
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The Great Textbook War
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Radiolab: Worst. Year. Ever
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A Symphony of Resistance (Throwback)
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The Rise of the Right Wing in Israel
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The Right to An Attorney
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Dance Yourself Free (Throwback)
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Love, Throughline
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The Scent of History
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James Baldwin's Shadow (Throwback)
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Bonus: The Empty Grave of Comrade Bishop
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The Man Who Cured Aging
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The Right to Bear Arms
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When Things Fall Apart (Throwback)
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The Nostalgia Bone (2021)
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Editing Reality (2023)
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Apology: The Way Back (2023)
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Dare to Dissent
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The Lord Of Misrule
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A.D.A. Now! (2020)
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How U.S. Unions Took Flight
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A History of Hamas
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Grenada: Nobody's Backyard (2021)
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The Supreme Court's Shadow Docket
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The Three Faces of Ataturk
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The Dance of the Dead (2021)
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