The Litter Myth

Military confrontations, early-morning attacks, and digital warfare: the story of Iran and the U.S. from the 1979 Iranian revolution to the fraught moment we're in today. This episode originally ran in 2019 as Rules of Engagement. You can find more of Throughline's coverage into ...  Show more

The story of Frederick Douglass’s fight for universal suffrage from the Civil War to the rise of Jim Crow.To access bonus episodes and listen to Throughline sponsor-free, subscribe to Throughline+ via Apple Podcasts or at plus.npr.org/throughline.To manage podcast ad preferences, ...  Show more

Who is responsible for structural injustice? The answer is “practically everybody” - but that can be just another way of saying “effectively nobody”. So what responsibility do individuals bear for structural injustice? And how can this responsibility be acted upon, without fallin ...  Show more

Who is responsible for structural injustice? The answer is “practically everybody” - but that can be just another way of saying “effectively nobody”. So what responsibility do individuals bear for structural injustice? And how can this responsibility be acted upon, without fallin ...  Show more

‏كثيرًا مايُطلب منّا أن نتحمّل مسؤولية حياتنا كاملة، أو أن نصبح أكثر تحمّلاً للمسؤولية، وقد تتساءل بينك وبين نفسك عن السبب الذي يجعل من هذا الأمر ذا أهمية كبرى في هذه الحلقة سوف تحدثنا خلود أمير كيف نتعامل مع مسؤوليتنا بوعي و كيف نهتم بذاتنا. 

Flushing the toilet: an act that most of us carelessly perform several times a day, but that for 4.2 billion people in the world is still a luxury. Kim Chakanetsa talks to two pioneering engineers about the crucial role wastewater management plays in society, including how sew ...