Between Beijing and the Budget: the Domestic Realities of Taiwan’s Defense Spending Drama
by Kyle Marcrum
What unseen domestic battles lie behind Taiwan's defense spending decisions?
0:00 / 19:02 · Narrator Vindemiatrix
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2026-06-03
Today's Crosscut
New Paradigms Progress
The race to build smarter AI and the push for STEM-focused schools in Africa both fall short when they forget that making things work relies on history and basic building blocks instead of starting from scratch.
New Paradigms Won't Save You × Branches Without Roots
0:00 / 17:06 · Narrator Sulafat/Charon/Vindemiatrix
Behind the news →
Breakthrough Drug Nearly Doubles Survival with Advanced Pancreatic Cancer – an Oncologist Explains How Daraxonrasib Overcame an ‘undruggable’ Disease
by Christopher Lieu, Professor of Medical Oncology, University of Colorado Anschutz
When a cancer is considered "undruggable," what finally changes the narrative?
0:00 / 5:32 · Narrator Charon
Did Human Ancestors Walk on Their Knuckles Like Today's Chimpanzees? New Research Adds More Evidence to the Debate
Before we stood tall, what did the bones in our wrists say about how we moved?
0:00 / 5:30 · Narrator Sulafat
I Asked a Billionaire About His Environmental Philanthropy. It Didn’t Go Well.
by Sara Herschander
How do we reconcile giving to save nature with profiting from its destruction?
0:00 / 17:26 · Narrator Sulafat
Sometimes Stopping Extremism Means Getting Your Hands Dirty
by Matt Dallek
Can a civil rights organization truly defend democracy by spying on its opponents?
0:00 / 12:19 · Narrator Algieba
The Triumph of Capital
by Matthew Yglesias
When did simply owning assets become more rewarding than working for a living?
0:00 / 8:42 · Narrator Rasalgethi
For the curious →
Letting Friendships Die
by David Sleeth-Keppler
How much of our social life is built on obligation rather than joy?
0:00 / 12:28 · Narrator Sulafat
The Moment I Realized My Career as a Cop Was Over
by Louis Martinez
When does a calling transform into a quiet, personal kind of exhaustion?
0:00 / 9:23 · Narrator Gacrux