| OZY Tribe, When Colin Kaepernick took to his knee during the national anthem, with the eyes of NFL fans and the world upon him, it was easy to miss an invisible thread. That same thread connects the quarterback to Martin Luther King Jr, the Parkland school shooting survivors, Leo Tolstoy, high sex drives and sleepless nights. To Mahatma Gandhi, Quakers, bipolar disorder, Bayard Rustin, and a heart-wrenching game of marbles between two young boys on a British warship in 1781. They may seem disparate, but all these elements are linked — by a thread that I now challenge you to pull. Since joining OZY this summer and moving from London to California, I have been impressed by my colleagues’ mastery of the art of storytelling. The podcast we are proud to launch next week is the epitome of that art. Welcome to an all-new season of The Thread. In a feat of research and storytelling — this is history told backward, no less — OZY has produced a unique, powerful and illuminating audio show addressing one of the single most important ideas to have shaped modern times: nonviolent resistance. On the 50th anniversary of Martin Luther King’s death, the third season of The Thread will take you on a journey through the little-known people and places, fury and fervor, behind some of the most iconic names of the 20th century. In doing so, we uncover revelations that get to the heart of events in the U.S. and around the world in these tumultuous times. | 
