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Currently scoring Throughline, NPR’s first history podcast. Trailer: https://teapaw.org/t.co/U2fGKERs4I

Washington, DC
Joined March 2011
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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.
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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? n.pr/3rP6w16
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We are excited to announce the Nominees for Best Original Score and Music Supervision! #Ambies @Scott_Velasquez @Paneveno @JuanLuisGuerra @ramtinarablouei @haniaranimusic @christarry @GregLaswell @PayneLindsey @tarajiphenson @Gladwell @RundAbdelfatah
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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: apple.co/2sXkQ8c
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"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: bit.ly/2N5X6Ic
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Check out the first episode of @throughlineNPR, featuring our score! Throughline is @NPR’s first #history podcast.
🚨🚨🚨 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: apple.co/2sXkQ8c.
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Catch us on the 📻 tomorrow on @MorningEdition where we'll be talking to @NPRinskeep about our FIRST episode -- the 1953 Iranian Coup. 🌞🌞🌞
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Former @TEDRadioHour & How I Built This producers ➡ @NPR’s newest podcast hosts! Catch dream team @ramtinarablouei & @RundAbdelfatah on @ThroughlineNPR, launching this Thursday. The trailer is out now: apple.co/2S0wjmt
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You heard? First episode next Thursday.
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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 !!! ! @RundAbdelfatah @ramtinarablouei npr.org/about-npr/689725238/…
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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: n.pr/2Wv3RaD
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"To understand today's conversations about major issues and events, we need to know the complete history of things like immigration, US-Iran relations, and the opioid epidemic," said co-host @ramtinarablouei npr.org/2019/01/29/689767520… #twitterstorians #everythinghasahistory
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Throughline, NPR’s first #history podcast, drops Feb 7. Each episode features an original score by us. Listen to the trailer: n.pr/2Wv3RaD @throughlineNPR / @NPR
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The #1 podcast will soon be @throughlineNPR. A new show about the past and the present created by two amazing producers (and @HowIBuiltThis and @TEDRadioHour alums) @ramtinarablouei and @RundAbdelfatah. So proud of you guys! Listen to the trailer here itunes.apple.com/us/podcast/…
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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: n.pr/2Wv3RaD
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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.
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So proud of the work @dropelectric has done scoring the new podcast I'm hosting/producing @throughlineNPR! Can't wait for y'all to hear it.
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