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)
American Socialist (2020)
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The Monster of We
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History Is Over
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A Symphony of Resistance (2021)
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Fighting Fires and Family Secrets
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Nikole Hannah-Jones and the Country We Have
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Aftermath (2020)
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Bonus: The Deep History of Dune
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Drone Wars
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The Dance of the Dead
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The Stars (2020)
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The Nostalgia Bone
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Tenochtitlan: A Retelling of The Conquest
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Bonus: Soul Train
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The Shadows of the Constitution (2020)
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Bonus: We're Not Broken
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The Supreme Court (2020)
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Afghanistan: The Rise of the Taliban
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Afghanistan: The Center of the World
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The Aftermath of Collapse: Bronze Age Edition (2021)
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Octavia Butler: Visionary Fiction (2021)
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El Libertador and Venezuela's Rise and Fall (2019)
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Lives of the Great Depression (2020)
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Stories of How We Cope With Chaos (2021)
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Grenada: Nobody's Backyard
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Olympics: Behind The Five Rings
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Home/Front: Marla's War
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The Most Sacred Right (2020)
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Bonus: Do The Golden Arches Bend Toward Justice?
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Capitalism: God Wants You To Be Rich
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Capitalism: What Makes Us Free?
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Bonus: The Vanishing of Harry Pace
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Capitalism: What Is It?
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Before Stonewall (2019)
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Who is NPR (For)?
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The Supreme Court
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Palestine
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A Symphony of Resistance
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Five Fingers Crush The Land
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Operation Nemesis
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James Baldwin's Shadow
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Force of Nature
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The Real Black Panthers
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Policing in America
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Our Own People
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The Land of the Fee
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Chaos
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N95
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Levittown: Where the Good Life Begins
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Bayard Rustin: The Man Behind the March on Washington
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