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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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American Socialist
Episode Date: March 19, 2020It's been over a century since a self-described socialist was a viable candidate for President of the United States. And that first socialist candidat...
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Savarkar And India
Episode Date: March 12, 2020In the past few weeks Delhi has become the latest place in India convulsed with religious violence as Hindu mobs burned Muslim neighborhoods, mosques...
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Public Universal Friend
Episode Date: March 5, 2020America in the run-up to the Revolutionary War wasn't just a period of dramatic political change, it was also a time of great religious and social ins...
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The Invisible Border
Episode Date: February 27, 2020Today, the border that divides Northern Ireland and the Republic of Ireland is "soft", in most places you could almost forget that it's there. But for...
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Becoming America
Episode Date: February 13, 2020When the United States of America was founded, it was only a union of a small number of states. By the beginning of the 20th century, the United State...
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She Got Next
Episode Date: February 6, 2020There are more female candidates in this presidential campaign cycle than at any other time in American history. But women were running for the highes...
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Vaccination
Episode Date: January 30, 2020It's a longstanding fight in the U.S., whether people can opt out of vaccination if that means jeopardizing the greater public's health. In this episo...
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Soleimani's Iran
Episode Date: January 23, 2020When Qassem Soleimani was assassinated by the United States on January 3rd, the Iranian Revolutionary Guard commander suddenly became a household name...
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Everybody Knows Somebody
Episode Date: January 16, 2020In the mid-1980's a woman who didn't consider herself a feminist was asked to solve perhaps the biggest problem women face. How she and a small group...
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There Will Be Bananas
Episode Date: January 9, 2020The banana is a staple of the American diet and has been for generations. But how did this exotic tropical fruit become so commonplace? How one Brookl...
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Fear of Technology
Episode Date: January 2, 2020Artificial intelligence, gene modification, and self-driving cars are causing fear and uncertainty about how technology is changing our lives. But hum...
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Russia's Vladimir Putin
Episode Date: December 26, 2019Vladimir Putin has been running Russia since 2000 when he was first elected as President. How did a former KGB officer make his way up to the top seat...
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Planned Obsolescence
Episode Date: December 19, 2019Have you ever wondered why your smartphone or toaster oven doesn't seem to last very long, even though technology is becoming better and better? In a...
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America's Opioid Epidemic
Episode Date: December 12, 2019A record number of Americans have died from opioid overdoses in recent years. But how did we get here? And is this the first time Americans have faced...
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The Electrical Grid
Episode Date: December 5, 2019Today, electricity in the U.S. is a utility we notice only when it's suddenly unavailable. But over a hundred years ago, electricity in the homes of e...
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Conspiracy Theories
Episode Date: November 28, 2019This week we're revisiting one of our favorite episodes about one of our favorite topics: Conspiracy theories. They're a feature of today's news and p...
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A Year Of Wonders
Episode Date: November 21, 2019As extreme weather wreaks havoc around the globe we look at a natural disaster more than 200 hundred years ago that had far-reaching effects. This wee...
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The Siege of Mecca
Episode Date: November 14, 2019On November 20th, 1979, a group of Islamic militants seized Islam's holiest site — the Masjid al-Haram in Mecca, Saudi Arabia. They took thousands of...