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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 journalist Rund Abdelfatah. Support public media by joining NPR+ at plus.npr.org . You’ll get perks for over 25 NPR podcasts, including sponsor-free listening for Throughline.

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NPR’s 50-year evolution centers on the tension between traditional institutional authority and the necessity of incorporating diverse "lived experiences" to reach a broader, more representative audience. Michel Martin, host of All Things Considered, highlights how her program Tell Me More challenged the status quo by e...

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Episodes

Bonus: We're Not Broken

The Supreme Court (2020)

Afghanistan: The Rise of the Taliban

Afghanistan: The Center of the World

The Aftermath of Collapse: Bronze Age Edition (2021)

Octavia Butler: Visionary Fiction (2021)

El Libertador and Venezuela's Rise and Fall (2019)

Lives of the Great Depression (2020)

Stories of How We Cope With Chaos (2021)

Grenada: Nobody's Backyard

Olympics: Behind The Five Rings

Home/Front: Marla's War

The Most Sacred Right (2020)

Bonus: Do The Golden Arches Bend Toward Justice?

Capitalism: God Wants You To Be Rich

Capitalism: What Makes Us Free?

Bonus: The Vanishing of Harry Pace

Capitalism: What Is It?

Before Stonewall (2019)

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