When Kid A was first released in the UK, @radiohead was riding a wave of popularity. That wave quickly died. Critics hated Kid A -- they said the band had built up “reservoirs of fresh bile.” But singer @thomyorke says it was a different story in the U.S.
a long, fascinating @throughlineNPR interview with Thom Yorke and Stanley Donwood about dread, hope, success, failure, 'Kid A' & 'Amnesiac' https://t.co/mgjL79dB1l
Climate change. Bosnian genocide. Y2K. A new millennium was approaching, but it didn’t feel like a fresh start. As the world hurtled towards the edge of the cliff, @radiohead wondered, what was waiting for us when we hit the bottom?
https://t.co/aimQmw2Bc5
NEW EP! 🍌🍌🍌
The banana is a staple of the American diet. But how did this once exotic food become commonplace?
How one Brooklyn-born entrepreneur ruthlessly built the modern banana industry and a legacy of banana republics.
Listen now: https://t.co/GC4PeD2PV5
"La Bamba" was the very first song in Spanish to hit number one in the United States.
How this classic American rock song with Afro-Mexican roots became so popular here: https://t.co/h2LMOoLGaf
🚨🚨🚨 It's here! The first episode is out, and we're taking you back to August 1953 in Iran - when the CIA helped to overthrow Iran's Prime Minister. Listen now: https://t.co/GC4PeD2PV5.
“It’s smartly conceived and executed, blending delicious archival audio with personable narration and elegant sound design.”
—@asarahlarson/@NewYorker.
Every episode of @throughlineNPR features an original score by us! Listen this Thursday.
https://t.co/c1bdme30FL
This is such such good news. I heard an early version and it rockedddddd. Amazing people making an important new show. Subscribe. Enjoy. Learn. I’m so happy this is born !!! !
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Upcoming episodes of @throughlineNPR will explain how the U.S. overthrew #Iran's democratic government & changed the world; unpack how #conspiracytheories shaped American political culture; explore the tradition of black athletes using their platform to protest injustice, & more.
We’re scoring @NPR’s first #history podcast! Through cinematic & sound-rich storytelling, @throughlineNPR (coming Feb. 7) provides the history we sometimes forget of events in the news and ideas dominating our national conversations. Trailer out now: https://t.co/8p7oVJQ7ua
Throughline, NPR’s first #history podcast, drops Feb 7. Each episode features an original score by us.
Listen to the trailer:
https://t.co/8p7oVJQ7ua
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#Throughline is co-hosted and co-produced by @ramtinarablouei (of Drop Electric) and @RundAbdelfatah, described by NPR as "two of our most charismatic & talented young producers." Episode one will explain how the U.S. overthrew #Iran's democratic government & changed the world.
We’re scoring @NPR’s first #history podcast! Through cinematic & sound-rich storytelling, @throughlineNPR (coming Feb. 7) provides the history we sometimes forget of events in the news and ideas dominating our national conversations. Trailer out now: https://t.co/8p7oVJQ7ua