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Throughline is a time machine. Each episode, we travel beyond the headlines to answer the question,

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Total: 322

1918 Flu

2020/3/26

In the midst of the coronavirus pandemic it's tempting to draw comparisons to the most severe pandem

American Socialist

2020/3/19

It's been over a century since a self-described socialist was a viable candidate for President of th

Savarkar And India

2020/3/12

In the past few weeks Delhi has become the latest place in India convulsed with religious violence a

Public Universal Friend

2020/3/5

America in the run-up to the Revolutionary War wasn't just a period of dramatic political change, it

The Invisible Border

2020/2/27

Today, the border that divides Northern Ireland and the Republic of Ireland is "soft", in most place

The Stars

2020/2/20

Astrology has existed for thousands of years and has roots that span the globe. But is it a science

Becoming America

2020/2/13

When the United States of America was founded, it was only a union of a small number of states. By t

She Got Next

2020/2/6

There are more female candidates in this presidential campaign cycle than at any other time in Ameri

Vaccination

2020/1/30

It's a longstanding fight in the U.S., whether people can opt out of vaccination if that means jeopa

Soleimani's Iran

2020/1/23

When Qassem Soleimani was assassinated by the United States on January 3rd, the Iranian Revolutionar

Everybody Knows Somebody

2020/1/16

In the mid-1980's a woman who didn't consider herself a feminist was asked to solve perhaps the bigg

There Will Be Bananas

2020/1/9

The banana is a staple of the American diet and has been for generations. But how did this exotic tr

Fear of Technology

2020/1/2

Artificial intelligence, gene modification, and self-driving cars are causing fear and uncertainty a

Russia's Vladimir Putin

2019/12/26

Vladimir Putin has been running Russia since 2000 when he was first elected as President. How did a

Planned Obsolescence

2019/12/19

Have you ever wondered why your smartphone or toaster oven doesn't seem to last very long, even thou

America's Opioid Epidemic

2019/12/12

A record number of Americans have died from opioid overdoses in recent years. But how did we get her

The Electrical Grid

2019/12/5

Today, electricity in the U.S. is a utility we notice only when it's suddenly unavailable. But over

Conspiracy Theories

2019/11/28

This week we're revisiting one of our favorite episodes about one of our favorite topics: Conspiracy

A Year Of Wonders

2019/11/21

As extreme weather wreaks havoc around the globe we look at a natural disaster more than 200 hundred

The Siege of Mecca

2019/11/14

On November 20th, 1979, a group of Islamic militants seized Islam's holiest site — the Masjid al-Har