Ramtin Arablouei

What's better than holiday hot chocolate? If just thinking about it makes you feel all warm and fuzzy, well – that’s by design. Chocolate's big history sweeps across the globe, and today we’re going on that journey: from the pre–Columbus Americas, to an e... See more

Throughline's Ramtin Arablouei speaks with Bill Burns and Cyrus Field IV on the makings of the first transatlantic cable. Sponsor Message AILSA CHANG, HOST: What powers the global internet? The answer might surprise you. It's not satellites, but hundreds ... See more

AILSA CHANG, HOST: What powers the global internet? The answer might surprise you. It's not satellites, but hundreds of thin cables that run along the ocean floor. The roots of this crucial and often fragile oceanic infrastructure date all the way back to... See more

Throughline's Ramtin Arablouei speaks with Bill Burns and Cyrus Field IV on the makings of the first transatlantic cable. Copyright 2025 NPR Throughline's Ramtin Arablouei speaks with Bill Burns and Cyrus Field IV on the makings of the first transatlantic... See more

Late last month, President Trump announced that the United States would be restarting nuclear weapons tests after a break of over 30 years. We’ve since learned that they won’t be the explosive kind of tests, but this sent us down a rabbit hole — where we ... See more