This is like men writing and editing a history of women. State your bias and limited knowledge upfront. Fine, you are trying to substantiate an opinion, but don’t pretend it is expansive and true. This should either be called: our preferred history of Zionism, or what WE know about Zionism. A hollow, empty piece.

Fantastic reporting. Accurate. Well researched and helps us understand the world better

This is by far my favorite podcast to listen to now. It is so difficult to find media about history that tell the whole truth in an unbiased way. I love that this show starts from the beginning of a subject and the main points from history through today. I found the Israel/Palestine history to be very informative. I love history but must admit that I lacked understanding on the history of Palestine and Israel as an American. I felt the podcast did a great job of telling that history while still being engaging and truely felt unbiased. Great job!

This podcast dives deeply into history to give a better perspective on how we, the citizens of the 21st century got to where we are today. Each show is well researched and leaves me better informed but also sparks new questions in me about how I can be a better world citizen. I share more Throughline stories than any other podcast. Often during a show i can’t stop thinking “Everyone needs to hear this!!”

This show picks and chooses pieces of history to tell unfair and completely biased stories around the world. Incredibly obvious anti Israel bias. Extremely reductive explanation of global history ignoring complex relationships between actors in politics and government.

this is by far one of my absolute favorite podcasts. I have learned so much and looking forward to continue learning. It has changed how I look at the world and our system. Thank you for all the hard work you guys put into this podcast!

I really appreciate that your work is always centered on history and facts. I know this might be difficult to do however your authenticity is palpable which is why your history podcast is so successful.

Hello, just a concern regarding the listener comments that promote Throughline. As a long time, public high school, social studies, teacher, devoted, NPR listener and Throughline subscriber, I resent the listener comment that you broadcast regarding the supposed continual failures of public education. In this case, the commentator states that this is the story or stories that public education does not or cannot or is not allowed to promote. This is wildly inaccurate, and I think it is a thoughtlessly accepted and unquestioned trope about the failures of public education. I think the uneducated perception of many uninformed or misled Americans is that public school social studies teachers do not have latitude to discuss controversial or unusual stories and histories. This is simply not true. I would invite any skeptic about the quality of public education and how we are supposedly muffled or restricted in the thoughts or ideas that we can promote to our students to come to my classroom and see the truth. I’m tired of having the value of the topics and views I teach, and the quality of the teaching taking place in my public high school thoughtlessly demeaned to promote the supposed superiority of private school education or some other misguided ideal.

Sometimes when I see the topic, I think I’m not all that interested. Turns out, I always am! I look forward to learning something new with each and every episode.

The podcast is good but tries to hide wildly left leaning biases especially in their selection of sources. Recommend avoiding.

Clearly very left leaning but if you know that it’s still interesting

“Throughline” is hands down the best of NPR’s podcasts taking on a variety of subjects and presenting them from an objective view. There are some subjects that present a clear view but you won’t hear the buzzwords or an opinion those who watch cable news coming from both sides of the aisle want to hear. This podcast has made me dive further into certain subjects with books and magazine articles. Any podcast that leaves me interested in finding out more is worth my time.

I am a regular listener to Throughline and I would like to think of myself as well informed and well read. I listen because my understanding is often corrected and assumptions exploded by well researched facts provided by this podcast. I just finished listening to the 14th Amendment podcast. Wow! Well done! Thank you.

Because I want to know why others don’t like it. 1) This is a 40 minute single topic podcast. It isn’t designed to be comprehensive. I mean how could it be. Books and series of books are written about these topics. These episodes are designed to spur thought and a desire to learn more about the topics. This is a morsel, if you like what you hear go and learn more on your own. 2) Bias? Everyone has biases. Everyone has a slant. Again the point is to get you to look at the issue from a slant that you are probably NOT used to looking. Recognize potential bias and think for yourself as you are presented with information you probably haven’t consider before. 3) Pro-Hezbollah? Seriously? The phrase “some people see Hezbollah as freedom fighters” is not the same as “we see Hezbollah as freedom fighters”. One man’s freedom fighter is another man’s “rebel scum” (Star Wars reference). “Some people” in the US see Timothy McVeigh as a freedom fighter. This does not mean that “most people” agree with that opinion, yet it also does not change the fact that “some people” do hold that opinion.

One of my favorite shows! They cover each topic in such a comprehensive and holistic way, it’s really impressive. Thanks and keep them coming!

Certain episodes are great. But many are extremely, absurdly left-wing. Example: “some people see Hizbullah as freedom fighters.” Apparently the show’s writers and/or producers do see them as such. Please focus on history, not Marxist politics.

I was listening to the March episode on the history of hezbollah and less than 10 minutes in realized that they were only giving hezbollah side of the story. They mentioned the Christians attacking the bus of Palestinians but did not mention the heightened fear for security because of the Palestinian and PLO attacks. They spoke about Israel invading but did not mention that Israel invaded after an attack on Israeli soil near Tel Aviv. So biased and one sided history revision. Would not recommend

Thank you for exposing the truth with solid investigative reporting. I was flabbergasted to learn about King Leopold and rubber in the Congo in the past, with a throughline to cobalt mining in the DRC and electric cars in the present. Thank you, thank you for doing this work.

Love this show. The most recent episode (The Ghost In Your Phone) is incredible so if you want an episode to dip your toes in, just start there.

So fun listen to it and learn l'm ten

So deep and so cognizant of history and how it informs our present and future.

Well written and researched but bias is fairly clear.

I absolutely love your podcast!! Keep up the good work! Don’t stop .. Milorad, Grapevine, TX

Felt bad to unfollow as the premise of this show is classically great NPR. However it was not spared from the progressive takeover that has poisoned the intellectual well at NPR. Not to say the journalists are not intelligent, they most certainly are, but rather not courageous enough to be journalists to overcome the institutional capture of NPR.

I just listened to "land of the Fee" episode and found the historical perspective. Interesting. However, the peace really only looked at the negative sides of the tipping economy. It did not speak to the meritorious benefits of tipping and how and otherwise unskilled or poorly educated worker can make very good money, much more than they could an hourly rate. for example, I know servers who can make $200 or more in a four hour shift.

This is a great show, with the exception of a few recent episodes where it is clear your political opinions are taking over the story telling. Quit, please.

On Radiolab’s suggestion I went to check out this podcast and instantly fell in love with it. Narrative journalism takes a tremendous amount of resources to produce and I wish there were more of it—especially of this caliber. I’m also having fun reading the critical reviews by thick-browed, television addicts who are triggered by public radio. You’re obviously doing something right, Throughline! ❤️

I used to love this show because I thought it was so well researched, but then they started making episodes about a conflict that I know pretty well and realized that it’s very one-sided. I’m really sad to unsubscribe from Throughline because it used to be one of my very favorite podcasts.

This history show brings forward perspectives I’ve been unaware of when the topics are ones I’ve read a lot about, which means I am more interested to hear the various perspectives documented in episodes dealing with topics with which I have less familiarity.

An enthralling podcast that masterfully weaves history into the fabric of our present. With captivating storytelling and meticulous research, it sheds light on pivotal moments, leaving listeners both informed and inspired. A must-listen for curious minds!

Team is clearly biased on so many issues and only presents partial stories most of the times. Can’t wait till the cover the American Civil War and blame it on Lincoln’s aggression without even noting that maybe slavery had something to do with it.

Excellent!

Consistently thorough and nuanced research. Truly unmatched in the arena of NPR podcasts. Also one of the few podcasts at NPR not casually spouting pro-Zionist messaging parading as facts. I love your work and thank you for continuing!

Throughline’s decision to feature professor Sara Yael Hirschhorn on your recent episode “A Look into the Rise of Right-Wing Israel” is seriously egregious and makes me question the integrity of your research. Have the producers of the show actually read her book City on a Hilltop (Harvard UP)? Just because something is published by a prestigious university press does not mean its ideas are sound or its ideologies are not violent and illiberal. Hirschhorn ahistorically launders the American Jewish settler movement as a “liberal” project and casts anyone to the left of Baruch Goldstein as misunderstood and “not that bad.” The book is decidedly pro-settlements while finger wagging at a few bad apples to save face. Hirschhorn is an obvious supporter of the settler movement (she can claim the opposite all she wants, “Wah, I do not self-report as racist”) and very recently railed against the Biden administration’s decision to sanction a handful of extremist settlers, because, you know… the political ramifications, certainly not her personal sympathies. Spend five minutes scrolling through her Twitter feed. Her views are barely distinguishable from any right wing Israeli minister championing endless slaughter in Gaza. Perhaps you should have interviewed her as an example of the rise of the right wing in Israel rather than as an objective expert on it? Really shoddy work and poor judgment, not that I expect more from an NPR outfit!

…I’m pretty sure Ramtin has Rund locked in the basement. She hasn’t made an actual appearance in a year at least. We only ever hear her voice from old snippets taped together like a ransom note.

Such a great show!

Found this from the Radiolab share. Bow a thankful. Binging is happening🥴

…I don’t know how I forgot about Throughline when I had shifted from my radio listening of NPR, to podcasting my favorite shows! Throughline is actually one of the NPR shows that makes you a more informed and intelligent human being! Now I can binge all the shows that I missed!! Thanks Radio Lab for the reminder!

Certainly one of the best podcasts. Important voices on important stories that stand a little outside the mainstream The opening of A Symphony of Resistance episode is everything this podcast is about

Your coverage of the rise of the right wing Israeli government is very screwed. Not once you mention the hundreds of rockets fired into Israel by hamas, Islamic jihad, and hezbollah. Not a word about Munich hostages, not a word about expulsion of Jews from Arab countries, nothing on the extend of suicide bombing. Tragic events are happening today. Loud voices are demanding ceasefire, but I’m not hearing any mention of the hostages. Also the anti Jewish sentiment, violence, and vandalism in Europe and the US seem very telling…

Update: News flash. Palestine doesn’t want a two state solution. I used to enjoy this podcast but now every topic is an agenda. Exhausting. Sadly it has hit rock bottom with the racist attack on Capitalism. Would these unbiased journalists prefer socialism/communism, perhaps a dictatorship, a completely irreligious nation with laws provided by the whims of those in power?

Timely episodes providing historical context for current events

3/7/24 episode The Rise of the Right Wing in Israel — I’ve been listening to Throughline since it came out and would NEVER have expected what I’m hearing right now. The doom music looming in the background of the entire episode, the transparent demonization of Zionism as a concept, the singular, depraved narrative of Israeli defensive / preemptive action without consideration of the precedent events that led to it… This is THE MOST biased, offensive story I’ve listened to in the last 5 months. YOU ALL SHOULD BE ASHAMED

It’s not war there is no army on one side. Unfollow journalism is dead

Loved the Things Fall Apart episode

really loved the public defenders episode

Throughline covers wide ranging subjects and always unique and thoughtful. It’s one of my favorites and I’m grateful to the talented people who make it.

Try dating in your 50s!! I have gotten off all dating sites. I say meet people in person through Meetup.com or some group. What is your hobby? Find a group of people who love what you love. That is what I plan to do as soon as my 17 year old son goes off to college. Right now I want to spend as much time as possible with him and going to his Waterpolo tournaments. FYI, I started a Meetup group 10 years ago to become comfortable swimming in the ocean, I met my goal and met some amazing people. I didn’t meet my LTR match, but I believe it was not and is not the right time yet. Be adventurous, go do what you love and hopefully we will all find someone we connect with and can say, ya he/she is my people, my special person that gets me! Much LOVE to you all!! and to the hosts of this amazing podcast, I always look forward to hearing another episode! Thank you!

Still the best at tying history to present

The deep dives into timely topics and their histories are necessary for good citizenship.