In recent years I’ve become completely fed up with the casual dark view of human nature as fundamentally selfish and need governments to behave. When you look into it deeper you see this pessimistic attitude is born of imperialism, capitalism, and elite panic.

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We have an exciting episode coming up this week! Can you guess what it’ll be about through these emojis? 🏠🕺🏾🎵🪩🖤🌈🐝🐎💅🏾 Reply with your guess!

Throughline: Dance Yourself Free (Rund Abdelfatah Ramtin Arablouei @juliecaine1 @reedminer Devin M. Katayama (he/him) Cristina Kim Anya Steinberg Yolanda Sangweni 🌱 Lawrence Wu, Yordanos Tesfazion - NPR) redef.com/item/64003a704…

Thank you Vintage House WNUR | VintageHouseShow.com, @MeidaMcNeal, Vince Lawrence, DJ Lady D 🩷✨🎶, Frederick Dunson, Honey Dijon, SUBPOENA BURNAH, @matoswk75, Metro, and for everyone that talked to us, danced with us, and taught us that when life gets hard, you got to reach for the light! 🪩

We made an immersive history of House Music. We went to Chicago and met the originators. We danced. I got to write an electronic score/album for the episode. Listen! npr.org/2023/02/28/116…

Shoutout to house music icon Terry Hunter for creating the accompanying playlist for this week’s episode! Check it out here: bit.ly/3YiuYEy

For the people who were there when it was invented in small clubs and basement parties in Chicago in the 1980s, house music was a force of nature. Four decades later, its impact is bigger than ever. n.pr/3KULxU0

Throughline “The deeper you dig into the origins of house music, the more clear it becomes that the history of house, like the history of rock and roll, is a complicated tale of Black cultural resistance.” Definitely worth a listen.

Each week, we’re sharing #LouderThanARiot Liner Notes 📝 to give you the context, history and music that helped us create the show. Senior Producer 👋🏽 free samples checking in to take you behind the scenes of Episode 1: Megan’s Rule 🧵

I had the pleasure of talking with @TonyaMosley as she courageously followed her personal journey of healing and liberation onto unexpected roads. Can't wait for this new season DearTBT where she brings back what she learned and charts a new path. 🍄 Don't miss it.

In 1981, Funky 4 + 1 performed on SNL in one of the first nationally televised rap performances. MC Sha-Rock was pregnant at the time & the crew saw this as a threat to their success, revealing hip-hop’s long-standing double standards. 🎧 Louder Than A Riot: npr.org/2023/03/30/116…

BART recorded its second-highest ridership since March 2020 — thanks to Oakland Athletics fans who attended a reverse boycott game at the Coliseum and K-pop fans who attended a concert at the Oakland Arena on Tuesday. trib.al/gBYH1d8

Breaking News: No party won sufficient support in Spain's election to form a government, leaving the country to face weeks of contentious negotiations or potentially new elections. nyti.ms/43DSPBv

der(1;16), a driver alteration found in 20% of breast cancers, was shown to arise as early as in puberty, progressively followed by additional alterations that ultimately cause cancer in older age. Huge opportunity for developing prevention strategies. nature.com/articles/s4158…

Thinking of picking up some perfume or cologne for your Valentine? What if we told you that #scent is the key to time travel? "To smell is to feel," Adj. Assistant Professor Rachel Herz tells Throughline. Listen to what experts like her have to say: npr.org/2024/02/08/119…

Brilliant ⁦Throughline⁩ episode on the remarkable science (and politics) of smell. Cristina Kim⁩, so glad your sense of smell returned — and that you got to meet the fabulous ⁦Rachel Herz⁩! 🪻🌹☕️ one.npr.org/i/1198908502:1…

On the show this week, we're sharing an episode from our friends at Throughline. What happens when everyone around you is heading in one direction and you have no choice but to dissent. Listen to "Dare to Dissent": bit.ly/3uujYXP