Throughline is a time machine. Each episode, we travel beyond the headlines to answer the question,
The alleged link between vaccines and autism was first published in 1998, in a since-retracted study
Wong Kim Ark was born in the U.S. and lived his whole life here. But when he returned from a trip to
Who owns stolen art? Today on the show, the bloody journey of a Benin Bronze from West Africa to the
The Eighth Amendment. What is cruel and unusual punishment? Who gets to define and decide its bounda
Whether it's pesticides in your cereal or the door plug flying off your airplane, consumers today ha
Our dreams can haunt us. But what are we to make of them? From omens and art to modern science, we t
Defeating old age? In 1899, Elie Metchnikoff woke up in Paris to learn he had done just that. At lea
How did love – this thing that's supposed to be beautiful, magical, transformative – turn into a nev
In the Xinjiang region of western China, the government has rounded up and detained hundreds of thou
"History" can seem big and imposing. But it's always intensely personal – it's all of our individual
Throughline associate producer Anya Steinberg talks to supervising senior editor Julie Caine about h
Christmas wasn't always a national shopping spree — or even a day off work. But in 19th-century Lond
The U.S. has long professed to be a country where people can seek refuge. That's the promise etched
By the time his book went to press in London, on November 18, 1633, Thomas Morton had been exiled fr
The Thanksgiving story most of us hear is about friendship and unity. And that's what Sarah Josepha
Today on the show, we're taking you behind the scenes. We'll tell you how Throughline was born, some
What is it, why do we have it, and why hasn't it changed? Born from a rushed, fraught, imperfect pro
The question of settlements has loomed over the Israeli-Palestinian conflict for decades, and has on
Today on the show, two stories of building power in swing states: from the top down, and the bottom
Drunken brawls, coercion, and lace curtains: believe it or not, how regular people vote was not some
