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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 journalists Rund Abdelfatah and Ramtin Arablouei.Subscribe to Throughline+. You'll be supporting the history-reframing, perspective-shifting, time-warping stories you can't get enough of - and you'll unlock access bonus episodes and sponsor-free listening. Learn more at plus.npr.org/throughline
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A Symphony of Resistance
Episode Date: May 20, 2021The Arab Spring erupted ten years ago when a wave of "pro-democracy" protests spread throughout the Middle East and North Africa. The effects of the u...
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Five Fingers Crush The Land
Episode Date: May 13, 2021Over one million Uyghur people have been detained in camps in China, according to estimates, subjected to torture, forced labor, religious restriction...
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Operation Nemesis
Episode Date: May 6, 2021An estimated 1.5 million Armenian Christians were killed by the Ottoman government during World War I, in what came to be known as the Armenian Genoci...
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James Baldwin's Shadow
Episode Date: April 29, 2021James Baldwin believed that America has been lying to itself since its founding. He wrote, spoke, and thought incessantly about the societal issues th...
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Force of Nature
Episode Date: April 22, 2021Rivers on fire, acid rain falling from the sky, species going extinct, oil spills, polluted air, and undrinkable water. For so long, we didn't think o...
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The Real Black Panthers
Episode Date: April 15, 2021The Black Panther Party's battles for social justice and economic equality are the centerpiece of the Oscar-nominated film 'Judas and The Black Messia...
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Policing in America
Episode Date: April 8, 2021Black Americans being victimized and killed by the police is an epidemic. As the trial of Derek Chauvin plays out, it's a truth and a trauma many peop...
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Our Own People
Episode Date: April 1, 2021"Build bridges, not walls." Solidarity was at the heart of Yuri Kochiyama's work. A Japanese-American activist whose early political awakenings came w...
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The Land of the Fee
Episode Date: March 25, 2021Tipping is a norm in the U.S. But it hasn't always been this way. A legacy of slavery and racism, tipping took off in the post-Civil War era. The case...
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Levittown: Where the Good Life Begins
Episode Date: March 4, 2021In this episode from WNYC's La Brega, Alana Casanova-Burgess traces back the story of the boom and bust of the Puerto Rican Levittown. For many Americ...
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Bayard Rustin: The Man Behind the March on Washington
Episode Date: February 25, 2021Bayard Rustin, the man behind the March on Washington, was one of the most consequential architects of the civil rights movement you may never have he...
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Octavia Butler: Visionary Fiction
Episode Date: February 18, 2021Octavia Butler's alternate realities and 'speculative fiction' reveal striking, and often devastating parallels to the world we live in today. She was...
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Marcus Garvey: Pan-Africanist
Episode Date: February 11, 2021Decades before Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. and Malcolm X, Marcus Garvey attracted millions with a simple, uncompromising message: Black people deserved...
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The Lasting Power Of Whitney Houston's National Anthem
Episode Date: February 7, 2021Why does Whitney Houston's 1991 Super Bowl national anthem still resonate 30 years later? Listen to this episode from our friends at It's Been A Minut...
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What Happened After Civilization Collapsed
Episode Date: February 4, 2021What happens after everything falls apart? The end of the Bronze Age was a moment when an entire network of ancient civilizations collapsed, leaving b...
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The Anatomy Of Autocracy: Masha Gessen
Episode Date: January 28, 2021Russian-born journalist Masha Gessen talks to us about how the rule of the people becomes the rule of the one, the role of the media, and what we can...
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The Anatomy of Autocracy: Timothy Snyder
Episode Date: January 21, 2021When a mob of pro-Trump supporters violently stormed the U.S. Capitol on January 6, they also incited a defining moment in United States history. Now...