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Throughline

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<em>Throughline</em> 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. <em>Throughline</em> is hosted by Peabody Award-winning journalist Rund Abdelfatah.<br><br><em>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 sponsor-free listening. Learn more at </em><a href="https://plus.npr.org/throughline"target="_blank" ><em>plus.npr.org/throughline</em></a>

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54 min · Jul 9, 2026
The ongoing battle over asylum in America
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22 min · Jul 7, 2026
American history through song
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34 min · Jul 2, 2026
The story of July 4th is messier than you remember
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21 min · Jun 30, 2026
The genius and murkiness of the Constitution
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51 min · Jun 25, 2026
From Hormuz to Suez: the chokepoints of global power
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15 min · Jun 23, 2026
Prosperity gospel and the American dream
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54 min · Jun 18, 2026
How the Supreme Court claimed supreme power
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13 min · Jun 16, 2026
Captain America and the nation's conscience
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36 min · Jun 11, 2026
The shifting line between free speech and a criminal threat
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18 min · Jun 9, 2026
The uncensored war
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52 min · Jun 4, 2026
The World Cup was supposed to bring world peace
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23 min · Jun 2, 2026
Bayard Rustin and the March on Washington
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47 min · May 28, 2026
History's playbook for taming the beast of inflation
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21 min · May 26, 2026
Yuri Kochiyamas’s lifetime of activism
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52 min · May 21, 2026
Prediction markets are making a 150-year comeback
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16 min · May 19, 2026
Frances Perkins Goes To Washington
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51 min · May 14, 2026
War by remote control, how drones changed modern warfare
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19 min · May 12, 2026
Four voices from the Great Depression
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49 min · May 7, 2026
How our memory of war can shape the future
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17 min · May 5, 2026
The origins of the Socialist Party of America
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52 min · Apr 30, 2026
Gladiators, real housewives and the pull of reality TV
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15 min · Apr 28, 2026
The fight that shook America
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49 min · Apr 23, 2026
The billionaires' utopia blueprint
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13 min · Apr 21, 2026
Why the wall was built
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48 min · Apr 16, 2026
The original clickbait king
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16 min · Apr 14, 2026
How the US became America
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51 min · Apr 9, 2026
Will AI destroy us... or save us?
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15 min · Apr 7, 2026
Who gets to be an American citizen?
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52 min · Apr 2, 2026
Al Capone and the transformation of the IRS
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15 min · Mar 31, 2026
What the banana tells us about US history
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