Ramteen Arablui

I'm Ramteen Arablui. And you've been listening to ThruLine from NPR.

I'm Ramteen Arablui. And you've been listening to ThruLine from NPR.

I'm Ramteen Arablui. And you've been listening to ThruLine from NPR.

Thanks to Leslie Kossoff, Susan Evans, Sam Evans, Carol Hacker, Stefan Hubinoff, and Anandita Balero. Also thanks to Sasha Solieva, Zakhar Kinserski, Artem Kuznetsov, Peter Balanon-Rosen, Anya Steinberg, Thomas Liu, and Laurent Lasablier for their voiceover work.

Thanks to Leslie Kossoff, Susan Evans, Sam Evans, Carol Hacker, Stefan Hubinoff, and Anandita Balero. Also thanks to Sasha Solieva, Zakhar Kinserski, Artem Kuznetsov, Peter Balanon-Rosen, Anya Steinberg, Thomas Liu, and Laurent Lasablier for their voiceover work.

Thanks to Leslie Kossoff, Susan Evans, Sam Evans, Carol Hacker, Stefan Hubinoff, and Anandita Balero. Also thanks to Sasha Solieva, Zakhar Kinserski, Artem Kuznetsov, Peter Balanon-Rosen, Anya Steinberg, Thomas Liu, and Laurent Lasablier for their voiceover work.

So the other day I was reading this book about the first crusade. It's a moment in history that anyone who knows me knows I have long been obsessed with. And in one passage, there was a detailed description of what the city of Antioch was like then. There were details about the way the streets looked, the size of the citadel, how loud the central market was.

So the other day I was reading this book about the first crusade. It's a moment in history that anyone who knows me knows I have long been obsessed with. And in one passage, there was a detailed description of what the city of Antioch was like then. There were details about the way the streets looked, the size of the citadel, how loud the central market was.

So the other day I was reading this book about the first crusade. It's a moment in history that anyone who knows me knows I have long been obsessed with. And in one passage, there was a detailed description of what the city of Antioch was like then. There were details about the way the streets looked, the size of the citadel, how loud the central market was.

But there was something noticeably missing. No description of what it smelled like. It was weird because I register a lot of thoughts and memories in my head through smells. I'm sure you do too. And I realized I almost never stopped to think about how or why I smell things. Like why does a rose smell like a rose?

But there was something noticeably missing. No description of what it smelled like. It was weird because I register a lot of thoughts and memories in my head through smells. I'm sure you do too. And I realized I almost never stopped to think about how or why I smell things. Like why does a rose smell like a rose?

But there was something noticeably missing. No description of what it smelled like. It was weird because I register a lot of thoughts and memories in my head through smells. I'm sure you do too. And I realized I almost never stopped to think about how or why I smell things. Like why does a rose smell like a rose?

Would the people in medieval Antioch have described the smell of a rose the same way I do? Well, Christina Kim, a reporter and producer on the ThruLine team, has been thinking about those kinds of questions a lot over the last few years. The other day, she even described smell as a superpower that allows us to time travel.

Would the people in medieval Antioch have described the smell of a rose the same way I do? Well, Christina Kim, a reporter and producer on the ThruLine team, has been thinking about those kinds of questions a lot over the last few years. The other day, she even described smell as a superpower that allows us to time travel.

Would the people in medieval Antioch have described the smell of a rose the same way I do? Well, Christina Kim, a reporter and producer on the ThruLine team, has been thinking about those kinds of questions a lot over the last few years. The other day, she even described smell as a superpower that allows us to time travel.

Yeah, she went deep on some of the big questions about our sense of smell and ended up on this winding historical journey. And now you get to go on it too. Christina is going to take it from here.

Yeah, she went deep on some of the big questions about our sense of smell and ended up on this winding historical journey. And now you get to go on it too. Christina is going to take it from here.

Yeah, she went deep on some of the big questions about our sense of smell and ended up on this winding historical journey. And now you get to go on it too. Christina is going to take it from here.

I'm Ramteen Arablui, and you've been listening to ThruLine from NPR.

I'm Ramteen Arablui, and you've been listening to ThruLine from NPR.