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The Kingdom Behind Glass
Episode 327
Who owns stolen art? Today on the show, the bloody journey of a Benin Bronze from West Africa to the halls of one of England's most elite universitie…
1 year, 4 months ago
We The People: Cruel and Unusual Punishment
The Eighth Amendment. What is cruel and unusual punishment? Who gets to define and decide its boundaries? And how did the Constitution's authors imag…
1 year, 4 months ago
Ralph Nader, Consumer Crusader (Throwback)
Whether it's pesticides in your cereal or the door plug flying off your airplane, consumers today have plenty of reasons to feel like corporations mi…
1 year, 4 months ago
History of the Self: Dreams
Episode 324
Our dreams can haunt us. But what are we to make of them? From omens and art to modern science, we tell the story of dreams and the surprising role t…
1 year, 4 months ago
History of the Self: Aging
Defeating old age? In 1899, Elie Metchnikoff woke up in Paris to learn he had done just that. At least, that's what the newspaper headlines said. Bef…
1 year, 5 months ago
History of the Self: Love
Episode 322
How did love – this thing that's supposed to be beautiful, magical, transformative – turn into a neverending slog? We went searching for answers, and…
1 year, 5 months ago
Embedded: The Black Gate
In the Xinjiang region of western China, the government has rounded up and detained hundreds of thousands of Uyghurs and other Muslim ethnic groups. …
1 year, 5 months ago
History of the Self: Smell and Memory
Episode 322
"History" can seem big and imposing. But it's always intensely personal – it's all of our individual experiences that add up to historical events. Ov…
1 year, 5 months ago
Going to the Source of L.A.'s Water
Throughline associate producer Anya Steinberg talks to supervising senior editor Julie Caine about her reporting trip to Owens Valley in northeastern…
1 year, 5 months ago
When Christmas Went Viral
Episode 321
Christmas wasn't always a national shopping spree — or even a day off work. But in 19th-century London, it went viral. When Charles Dickens published…
1 year, 5 months ago