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

Episodes

Total: 360

The Monster of We (2021)

2023/1/5

Are most modern problems caused by selfishness or a lack of it? Ayn Rand, a Russian American philoso

The New Gilded Age (2022)

2022/12/29

Philanthropic foundations are a fundamental part of our society: they support media, the arts, educa

In the New Testament, Jesus says it is easier for a camel to go through the eye of a needle than for

Road to Partition

2022/12/15

What happens when a nation splits apart? It's a question many of us are asking ourselves today. It h

400 Years of Sweetness

2022/12/8

In the 1970s, a savvy CEO named Dwayne Andreas hit on an idea: take surplus corn from America's hear

The Nostalgia Bone (2021)

2022/12/1

The global pandemic spawned a different type of epidemic, one of an entirely different nature: a nos

Ésta semana te presentamos un episodio muy especial de nuestros amigos en NPR y Futuro Media — su pr

This week we're bringing you something special from our friends at NPR and Futuro Media: the first e

Qatar's World Cup

2022/11/17

Football, aka soccer, is life. At least, it is for many people across the globe. There are few thing

We are in the season of chaos. It can feel like everything is happening at once: You might be sprint

The Most Sacred Right (2020)

2022/11/3

Born into slavery in the early 1800s, Frederick Douglass would live to see the Civil War, Emancipati

The State of Disunion

2022/10/27

Is the U.S. on the brink of civil war? It's a question that has been in the air for a while now, as

The Woman Question

2022/10/20

What's happening in Iran right now is unprecedented. But the Iranian people's struggle for gender eq

Halloween — the night of ghost stories and trick-or-treating — has religious origins that span over

Silicon Island

2022/10/6

In a world where computer chips run everything from laptops to cars to the Nintendo Switch, Taiwan i

Editing Reality

2022/9/29

We live in divided times, when the answer to the question 'what is reality?' depends on who you ask.

Over one million Uyghur people have been detained in camps in China, according to estimates, subject

Getting to Sesame Street

2022/9/15

In American history, schools have not just been places to learn the ABCs – they're places where soci

From BTS to Squid Game to high-end beauty standards, South Korea reigns as a global exporter of pop

American Socialist (2020)

2022/9/1

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