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'Throughline' Coming To KPBS-FM

By Maureen Cavanaugh / KPBS Midday Edition Co-Host, Megan Burke / News Editor

Published January 15, 2021 at 10:54 AM PST

This story was published more than 3 years ago.

Police hold off Trump supporters who tried to break through a police barrier, Wednesday, Jan. 6, 2021, at the Capitol in Washington.

In the weekly one-hour narrative series, hosts Rund Abdelfatah and Ramtin Arablouei tackle the history behind today's headlines, and take the listener back in time to understand the present.

If recent events in the news like the breach of the U.S. Capitol building last week have proved nothing else, it’s made it clear that we are witnesses to history. And it also might have us thinking, "how did things ever get this way?"

KPBS-FM is taking a step toward an explanation by adding a new program to its lineup, "Throughline" from NPR. The new radio show started as a history podcast, and true to its name it connects the events of the past with our present day lives.

In the weekly one-hour narrative series, hosts Rund Abdelfatah and Ramtin Arablouei tackle the history behind today's headlines, and take the listener back in time to understand the present. These are stories you can feel from the moments that shaped our world.

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"Throughline" will air Sundays at 10 a.m. on KPBS-FM beginning on Jan. 17.

Hosts Rund Abdelfatah and Ramtin Arablouei joined Midday Edition Friday to talk about the show.

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Maureen Cavanaugh

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Maureen Cavanaugh has been a familiar voice for KPBS listeners for more than 15 years, serving in a variety of capacities including announcer, host, and producer. As host of KPBS Midday Edition, Maureen has interviewed a wide range of notables, such as comedienne Sandra Bernhardt, actor John Lequizamo, author Chuck Palahniuk, composer Marvin Hamlisch, artist Robert Irwin, and designer Zandra Rhodes. But of all the interviews Maureen has conducted, her most special was with His Holiness, the Dalai Lama. Before joining KPBS in 1997, she worked as a news anchor for KSDO and KOGO News Radio in San Diego. While working for commercial radio stations in San Diego and in Salt Lake City, Utah, Maureen reported on both hard news and lifestyle features. Maureen has received three "Golden Mike" awards from the Radio and TV News Association of Southern California for economic reporting and breaking news. She has also received a "Best of Show" and “Best Radio Newscast” awards from the San Diego Press Club and the "Flo" Award from Public Radio Program Directors Association for Best Public Radio Announcer in a large market. Maureen is a native of Queens, New York, but after more than 20 years in San Diego she feels she qualifies as a real Southern Californian.

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Megan Burke

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Megan Burke is an Emmy-award winning news editor overseeing the environment, health, and racial justice and social equity reporting beats. Prior to her current role as editor, Megan spent more than a decade as a producer for KPBS Midday Edition, a daily radio news magazine and podcast. Other news production credits include KPBS Evening Edition, KPBS Roundtable, and San Diego’s DNA, a two-part documentary highlighting the region’s oldest traditions and culture using personal artifacts and oral histories of San Diegans.

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What do you want to hear host Jade Hindmon talk about on Midday?