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This is a transcript of the the podcast post of the same name. You can listen to the post (and others) on your preferred podcast platform (hopefully). You can find a complete list on my Link Tree:
Good evening. I'm Lune and I like to tell stories. This one is called:
“Throughline”
Hola, salam, and hello; in three
of the disparate languages in my family tree.
I'm Fari from Miami, Florida
I called to say that I adore ya
I know I only have a few seconds
Please bear with me, the verse beckons!
Once a week, with my brewed caffeine,
I settle in to listen to Rund and Ramtin
Excavate history; which we sometimes forget
Or don't get quite right on the internet
Searching the present to find the questions
Then scouring the past to share the lessons
You help us understand the foundations
That failed or held under so many nations
The reasons why people leaves their homes
Love, money, hope, drones
Or fight for the places they will not leave
Or cry for the fallen whom we all grieve
Our memories can be quite fickle
So thank you for giving my brain this tickle
It may be more valuable than any of us know
And congrats on the Peabody, before I go
Many thanks to the team, for leading us each week
On this wild journey where together we seek
To explore the past to remind us who we are
You're listening to Throughline from NPR
I started writing this poem after I found out Throughline won a Peabody. If you don't know Throughline is a podcast from NPR that focuses on putting current events into their historical context. Drawing the through-line. As an American born to Cuban and Iranian parents, history and context are important, especially now. Also, especially now, supporting public media is equally important. If you're an American, if you can, please consider supporting public broadcasting. No matter where you're from, please, check out Throughline. It's free to everyone.
Those are all the tales I have to tell today. You can reach me via email, thoseindarkness (at) gmail (dot) com. No other socials for the moment…
Thank you for listening. I hope you felt something.
I'm Lune and remember: Stories have more than two sides. They have as many sides as they have observers.