The 10 Best Throughline Podcast Episodes
1) The Litter Myth
How one organization changed the American public's relationship with waste and who is ultimately responsible for it.
2) Conspiracy
How conspiracy theories helped to create the U.S. and became the currency of political opportunists.
3) Our Own People
"Build bridges, not walls." Solidarity was at the heart of Yuri Kochiyama's work. A Japanese-American activist whose early political awakenings came while incarcerated in the concentration camps of Wo...Show More
4) The Nostalgia Bone
The global pandemic has spawned a different type of epidemic, one of an entirely different nature: a nostalgia outbreak. Longing for 'simpler times' and 'better days', many of us have been turning to ...Show More
5) Strange Fruit
How singing "Strange Fruit" turned Billie Holiday into one of the first victims of the War on Drugs.
6) Mass Incarceration
From the creation of the first penitentiaries in the 1800s, to the "tough-on-crime" prosecutors of the 1990s, how America created a culture of mass incarceration.
7) Rules Of Engagement
For the last 40 years, the U.S. and Iran have been in almost continual conflict. We look at three different moments in this conflict to better understand where it might go next.
8) N95
From bird beaks to wrapping paper to bras, we follow the curious history of one of the most important defenses in our fight against COVID-19.
9) Opioids In America
Three stories of opioids that have plagued Americans for more than 150 years.
10) The Way We Dream
Our dreams can haunt us: literally. Recurring dreams about failing tests or running late are a common occurrence, but what are we to make of them? And are there hidden meanings in our dreams? Paleolit...Show More