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The podcast aims to contextualize current events by exploring the historical events that contributed to them. Its episodes have outlined the history of modern political debates, civil rights issues, and domestic and international policy. The show is NPR's first history podcast.<sup id="cite_ref-current-broadcast_1-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-current-broadcast-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <meta property="mw:PageProp/toc" /> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Hosts_and_program">Hosts and program</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Throughline&action=edit&section=1" title="Edit section: Hosts and program"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p><i>Throughline</i> is hosted by Ramtin Arablouei and Rund Abdelfatah, radio producers who previously worked on NPR programs such as <i><a href="/wiki/TED_Radio_Hour" title="TED Radio Hour">TED Radio Hour</a></i> and <i><a href="/wiki/How_I_Built_This" title="How I Built This">How I Built This</a></i>. Arablouei is Iranian-American and Abdelfatah is Palestinian-American; both have spoken about the importance of Middle Eastern representation in American media.<sup id="cite_ref-BBC-feature_2-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-BBC-feature-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>The podcast focuses on the relationship between the latest news and historical events - "go[ing] back in time to understand the present." Its sound design incorporates discussion between the two hosts, as well as interviews with historians and audio clips from historical newscasts and recordings.<sup id="cite_ref-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The show also aims to tell the histories of underrepresented and forgotten people in the United States, often airing stories about racial and religious minorities.<sup id="cite_ref-BBC-feature_2-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-BBC-feature-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="History">History</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Throughline&action=edit&section=2" title="Edit section: History"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p><i>Throughline</i> launched on February 7, 2019.<sup id="cite_ref-npr-press-release_4-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-npr-press-release-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> It gained notability in 2020 and 2021 with episodes that addressed the history of policing in America, the development of the N-95 mask, the establishment of the electoral college, and the rise of the modern white power movement. </p><p>Starting on January 15, 2021, NPR has made <i>Throughline</i> episodes available to local public radio stations as a radio show.<sup id="cite_ref-current-broadcast_1-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-current-broadcast-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Awards_and_reception">Awards and reception</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Throughline&action=edit&section=3" title="Edit section: Awards and 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class="cite-bracket">[</span>9<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p><i>Throughline</i> was nominated for Best History Podcast in the 2021 iHeartRadio Podcast Awards,<sup id="cite_ref-10" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-10"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>10<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> and won the award in 2022.<sup id="cite_ref-11" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-11"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>11<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p><i>Throughline</i> won a <a href="/wiki/Peabody_Award" class="mw-redirect" title="Peabody Award">Peabody Award</a> for a 2021 episode about the history and culture of <a href="/wiki/Afghanistan" title="Afghanistan">Afghanistan</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-12" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-12"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>12<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p><i>Throughline</i> won the Ambie Award for Best Production and Sound Design in 2024.<sup id="cite_ref-13" 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title="Jon Hamilton">Jon Hamilton</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Maria_Hinojosa" title="Maria Hinojosa">Maria Hinojosa</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Linda_Holmes_(writer)" title="Linda Holmes (writer)">Linda Holmes</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Steve_Inskeep" title="Steve Inskeep">Steve Inskeep</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Mary_Louise_Kelly" title="Mary Louise Kelly">Mary Louise Kelly</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Anthony_Kuhn" title="Anthony Kuhn">Anthony Kuhn</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Bill_Kurtis" title="Bill Kurtis">Bill Kurtis</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Mara_Liasson" title="Mara Liasson">Mara Liasson</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Michel_Martin" title="Michel Martin">Michel Martin</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/A_Mart%C3%ADnez" title="A Martínez">A Martínez</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Kelly_McEvers" title="Kelly McEvers">Kelly McEvers</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Bob_Mondello" title="Bob Mondello">Bob Mondello</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ren%C3%A9e_Montagne" title="Renée Montagne">Renée Montagne</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Michele_Norris" title="Michele Norris">Michele Norris</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ofeibea_Quist-Arcton" title="Ofeibea Quist-Arcton">Ofeibea Quist-Arcton</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ayesha_Rascoe" title="Ayesha Rascoe">Ayesha Rascoe</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Arun_Rath" title="Arun Rath">Arun Rath</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Guy_Raz" title="Guy Raz">Guy Raz</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Fiona_Ritchie" title="Fiona Ritchie">Fiona Ritchie</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Peter_Sagal" title="Peter Sagal">Peter Sagal</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ari_Shapiro" title="Ari Shapiro">Ari Shapiro</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Scott_Simon" title="Scott Simon">Scott Simon</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Lakshmi_Singh" title="Lakshmi Singh">Lakshmi Singh</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Alix_Spiegel" title="Alix Spiegel">Alix Spiegel</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Susan_Stamberg" title="Susan Stamberg">Susan Stamberg</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Juana_Summers" title="Juana Summers">Juana Summers</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Nina_Totenberg" title="Nina Totenberg">Nina Totenberg</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Shankar_Vedantam" title="Shankar Vedantam">Shankar Vedantam</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Linda_Wertheimer" title="Linda Wertheimer">Linda Wertheimer</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Jenn_White" title="Jenn White">Jenn White</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Robin_Young" title="Robin Young">Robin Young</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Former<br />personalities</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Margot_Adler" title="Margot Adler">Margot Adler</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Tom_Ashbrook" title="Tom Ashbrook">Tom Ashbrook</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Nancy_Barnes" title="Nancy Barnes">Nancy Barnes</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Geoff_Bennett_(journalist)" title="Geoff Bennett (journalist)">Geoff Bennett</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Melissa_Block" title="Melissa Block">Melissa Block</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Bob_Boilen" title="Bob Boilen">Bob Boilen</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Madeleine_Brand" title="Madeleine Brand">Madeleine Brand</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Dee_Dee_Bridgewater" title="Dee Dee Bridgewater">Dee Dee Bridgewater</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Paul_Brown_(American_journalist)" title="Paul Brown (American journalist)">Paul Brown</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Alex_Chadwick" title="Alex Chadwick">Alex Chadwick</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Meghna_Chakrabarti" title="Meghna Chakrabarti">Meghna Chakrabarti</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Farai_Chideya" title="Farai Chideya">Farai Chideya</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Neal_Conan" title="Neal Conan">Neal Conan</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Audie_Cornish" title="Audie Cornish">Audie Cornish</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Adam_Davidson_(journalist)" title="Adam Davidson (journalist)">Adam Davidson</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Bob_Edwards" title="Bob Edwards">Bob Edwards</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ira_Flatow" title="Ira Flatow">Ira Flatow</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Corey_Flintoff" title="Corey Flintoff">Corey Flintoff</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Lulu_Garcia-Navarro" title="Lulu Garcia-Navarro">Lulu Garcia-Navarro</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Bob_Garfield" title="Bob Garfield">Bob Garfield</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Anne_Garrels" title="Anne Garrels">Anne Garrels</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Rob_Gifford" title="Rob Gifford">Rob Gifford</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Brooke_Gladstone" title="Brooke Gladstone">Brooke Gladstone</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Wade_Goodwyn" title="Wade Goodwyn">Wade Goodwyn</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/David_Greene_(journalist)" title="David Greene (journalist)">David Greene</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Liane_Hansen" title="Liane Hansen">Liane Hansen</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/John_Hockenberry" title="John Hockenberry">John Hockenberry</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Jeremy_Hobson" title="Jeremy Hobson">Jeremy Hobson</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Joshua_Johnson_(journalist)" title="Joshua Johnson (journalist)">Joshua Johnson</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Jacki_Lyden" title="Jacki Lyden">Jacki Lyden</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Carl_Kasell" title="Carl Kasell">Carl Kasell</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Noel_King_(broadcast_journalist)" title="Noel King (broadcast journalist)">Noel King</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ted_Koppel" title="Ted Koppel">Ted Koppel</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Robert_Krulwich" title="Robert Krulwich">Robert Krulwich</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ketzel_Levine" title="Ketzel Levine">Ketzel Levine</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Tom_and_Ray_Magliozzi" title="Tom and Ray Magliozzi">Tom and Ray Magliozzi</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Marian_McPartland" title="Marian McPartland">Marian McPartland</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Lulu_Miller" title="Lulu Miller">Lulu Miller</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Sylvia_Poggioli" title="Sylvia Poggioli">Sylvia Poggioli</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Diane_Rehm" title="Diane Rehm">Diane Rehm</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Cokie_Roberts" title="Cokie Roberts">Cokie Roberts</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ken_Rudin" title="Ken Rudin">Ken Rudin</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Daniel_Schorr" title="Daniel Schorr">Daniel Schorr</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Andrea_Seabrook" title="Andrea Seabrook">Andrea Seabrook</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Robert_Siegel" title="Robert Siegel">Robert Siegel</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Vertamae_Smart-Grosvenor" title="Vertamae Smart-Grosvenor">Vertamae Smart-Grosvenor</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Alison_Stewart" title="Alison Stewart">Alison Stewart</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ray_Suarez" title="Ray Suarez">Ray Suarez</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Sanford_J._Ungar" title="Sanford J. 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