There are memorials to lost fishermen, lost astronauts, even lost members of Lynyrd Skynyrd. What should a COVID pandemic memorial look like?
May 2019
A Space to Remember / Michael Arad
We humans remember things on a uniquely grand scale. From the pyramids to the Washington Monument, we build memorials so we won't forget our past. Today, I try to understand why with Michael Arad, the visionary architect behind the 9/11 Memorial at Ground Zero, in New York City. ... Show More
46m 34s
Feb 2021
Memorializing The Deaths Of More Than 500,000 Americans Lost To COVID-19
The U.S. death toll from COVID-19 is on track to pass a number next week that once seemed unthinkable: Half a million people in this country dead from the coronavirus.
And while the pandemic isn't over yet, and the death toll keeps climbing, artists in every medium have already b ... Show More
13m 6s
Oct 2023
The Grave - Memorial Benches
THE GRAVE AND MEMORIAL BENCHES: Laurie Taylor talks to Allison C. Meier, New York based researcher, about how burial sites have transformed over time. Whilst the grave may be a final destination, it is not the great leveller, and permanency is always a privilege with the indigent ... Show More
28m 22s
Jul 2023
All Wars Are Fought Twice (2022)
"All wars are fought twice, the first time on the battlefield, the second time in memory," writes Pulitzer Prize-winning author Viet Thanh Nguyen. This week on Throughline, we want to pause the news cycle to think about not just how war is experienced or consumed, but how it's re ... Show More
47m 54s
Aug 2019
Remembering Emmett Till | 7
<p>The murder of Emmett Till galvanized the nascent civil rights movement. But the full story of what happened in Money, Miss., on August 28, 1955, is significantly different than the narrative that emerged at the time. <a href="https://tillapp.emmett-till.org/" target="_blank">A ... Show More
37m 42s