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Throughline

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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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472 episodes

  1. Shadows, war, and finding Moomin joy 51:46
  2. The dramatic race to discover Insulin 37:08
  3. Can the polygraph test really spot a lie? 19:34
  4. Is the death penalty cruel and unusual? 47:51
  5. Why does everything get a standing ovation now? 16:22
  6. Four Seasons of Ceasefire in Gaza 43:17
  7. How To Avoid The End of the World 52:07
  8. Forty years of what if 21:18
  9. Democratic Socialism. Hope or Hopeless? 50:18
  10. How two swing states changed American voting 50:11
  11. How baseball got its beat 32:03
  12. Is it time for a Luddite Renaissance? 16:46
  13. The school report that changed public education 36:49
  14. The SAT's 100-year grip on higher ed 18:56
  15. The pillage that fueled America's tech booms 52:18
  16. How Korean culture went global 48:08
  17. The blatant betrayal that erased the Tupperware queen from history 49:11
  18. Lies, theft, and cover-up: the history of Monopoly you've never heard 49:49
  19. The song that fueled protests and a legacy of hope 19:26
  20. The lightbulb conspiracy is both real and everywhere 31:49
  21. The license to be funny in America 20:01
  22. The architect of modern China 37:41
  23. The Chinafication of Walmart 17:19
  24. Listen to "We Keep Us Safe" on NPR's Embedded podcast 3:02
  25. Route 66 and the quest to connect America 50:15
  26. How wheelchairs, a river, and a spaceship challenged the status quo 19:59
  27. The ongoing battle over asylum in America 53:40
  28. American history through song 22:18
  29. The story of July 4th is messier than you remember 34:19
  30. The genius and murkiness of the Constitution 21:19
  31. From Hormuz to Suez: the chokepoints of global power 50:31
  32. Prosperity gospel and the American dream 15:25
  33. How the Supreme Court claimed supreme power 53:58
  34. Captain America and the nation's conscience 13:01
  35. The shifting line between free speech and a criminal threat 36:09
  36. The uncensored war 17:50
  37. The World Cup was supposed to bring world peace 52:16
  38. Bayard Rustin and the March on Washington 22:33
  39. History's playbook for taming the beast of inflation 47:20
  40. Yuri Kochiyamas’s lifetime of activism 20:52
  41. Prediction markets are making a 150-year comeback 51:34
  42. Frances Perkins Goes To Washington 16:08
  43. War by remote control, how drones changed modern warfare 50:41
  44. Four voices from the Great Depression 18:33
  45. How our memory of war can shape the future 48:55
  46. The origins of the Socialist Party of America 17:11
  47. Gladiators, real housewives and the pull of reality TV 51:55
  48. The fight that shook America 15:03
  49. The billionaires' utopia blueprint 48:34
  50. Why the wall was built 13:13