"The southern states benefited greatly from the Electoral College." - RAMTIN ARABLOUEI, The Electoral College, Throughline #Throughline #TheElectoralCollege #RamtinArablouei
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"The southern states benefited greatly from the Electoral College." - RAMTIN ARABLOUEI, The Electoral College, Throughline #Throughline #TheElectoralCollege #RamtinArablouei
"The Catholic Church had basically created Halloween." - RAMTIN ARABLOUEI, The Dance of the Dead, Throughline #Throughline #DanceOfTheDead #RamtinArablouei
This week's Throughline:
Iran and the Jewish people: An alliance before war
(51m, audio) .
#Iran | #Israel | #religion | #NPR | #Throughline | #history
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How Bad Bunny took Puerto Rican independence mainstream.
#NPR #Throughline #BadBunny #PuertoRico #music
"More than a year into this bloody, costly, war, President Abraham Lincoln made a bold proclamation!" - RUND ABDELFATAH, How We Vote, Throughline #Throughline #HowWeVote #PresidentsDay #RundAbdelfatah
"President Ronald Reagan wasn't a fan of any science that called for more government regulation." - RAMTIN ARABLOUEI, Winter is Coming, Throughline #Throughline #PresidentsDay #RamtinArablouei
The best part of every week is when Throughline drops a new episode. 📚🎙️ Smart, humane, and always illuminating. Love this show. #RundAbdelfatah #RamtinArablouei @npr.org
#Throughline #NPR #HistoryPodcast #PodcastLove
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A standout episode you should check out 🎙️👇
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Eye‑opening, timely, and deeply thoughtful. #MustListen #Throughline
If you’re not listening to Throughline (NPR), you’re missing one of the best podcasts out there. History with context, nuance, and storytelling that actually helps explain now. 🎧✨ #Throughline #NPR #PodcastRecommendation @npr.org
This episode of Throughline is 🔥—smart, eye‑opening, and beautifully told. If you want history that actually explains how we got here, don’t miss this one. 🎧✨ Listen & share: www.npr.org/2026/01/29/n... #Throughline #PodcastRecommendation #ListenAndShare #NPR
AKA: What's right for the user and what's right for the business are often at odds with each other. The relationship between the product/service experience is an interactive feedback loop with unintended consequences.
(Yay capitalism!)
#Throughline
Erika Hall's three myths of good design.
Myth 1: A "good" experience doesn't necessarily mean good for the USER. Technology is often like junk food - these systems are designed to be as appealing and delightful as possible, but hides the messy entanglements under the surface.
#Throughline
"So the most immediate impact was the folks who lived right there, and they had to flee." - ALEXANDRA WITZE, A Year Of Wonders, Throughline #Throughline #AYearOfWonders #AlexandraWitze
#Throughline #Iran 🇮🇷🤺
1990s: Trump had no problem being involved a child trafficking ring.
2020s: Trump has no problem with ICE kidnapping children.
#ThroughLine
"So that's why we say, Tell Me More." - MARTIN, Who is NPR (For)?, Throughline #Throughline #WhoisNPRFor
"Michigan was always going to be a battleground state." - RAMTIN ARABLOUEI, The Swing State Power Brokers, Throughline #Throughline #NationalMichiganDay #RamtinArablouei
"Enter Richard Nixon!" - RAMTIN ARABLOUEI, The Evolution of Presidential Power, Throughline #Throughline #RichardNixon #RamtinArablouei
"Again, Jesse Walker." - RUND ABDELFATAH, Conspiracy Theories, Throughline #Throughline #ConspiracyTheories #RundAbdelfatah
"People often did not have cash!" - JOSH LAUER, What's Your Worth?, Throughline #Throughline #JoshLauer
"Yeah." - RAMTIN ARABLOUEI, Planned Obsolescence, Throughline #Throughline #PlannedObsolescence #RamtinArablouei
"And the U.S. was one of its biggest trade partners." - RUND ABDELFATAH, How Korean Culture Went Global, Throughline #Throughline #RundAbdelfatah
"He created Fibonacci's sequence, in which each number in the sequence is the sum of the two numbers before it." - RAMTIN ARABLOUEI, Chaos, Throughline #Throughline #Chaos #FibonacciDay #RamtinArablouei
"There's a group of plastic-makers sitting in a room, who are trying to get in on this, to break into the bottling industry." - RAMTIN ARABLOUEI, The Litter Myth, Throughline #Throughline #TheLitterMyth #RamtinArablouei
@npr.org Another great #ThroughLine ep focused on democracy in Chile brings to mind U.S. similar commonalities- “What we have today in the so-called free world is an oligarchy that keeps benefitting every year. Doesn't matter who wins the election, they are the ones who are increasing their wealth.”
This is an excellent listen and the parallels and rhymes with the current moment in American politics and governance are fascinating.
#Throughline
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"He was creating a narrative." - TALITHA ESPIRITU, Mythos and Melodrama in the Philippines, Throughline #Throughline #TalithaEspiritu
"They are trading just like we do today." - ERIC CLINE, What Happened After Civilization Collapsed, Throughline #Throughline #WhatHappenedAfterCivilizationCollapsed #EricCline
"I'm Ramtin Arablouei!" - RAMTIN ARABLOUEI, The Ghost in Your Phone, Throughline #Throughline #RamtinArablouei
"Why can't you diss Big Bird?" - RAMTIN ARABLOUEI, Getting to Sesame Street, Throughline #Throughline #sesamestreet #SesameStreetDay #RamtinArablouei