My AI Opinions
by Scott Alexander
Can the survival of humanity be understood as a series of competing timelines and probabilities?
0:00 / 39:58 · Narrator Charon
Daily edition
2026-06-17
Today's Crosscut
Football and National Identity
While sports officials scrub revolutionary symbols from Haiti’s jerseys, Cabo Verdean players lean on a local philosophy called morabeza to bind a scattered diaspora into one team.
FIFA’s Haiti Jersey Ban Echoes the Long Campaign to Discredit and Downplay the Haitian Revolution × No Stress
0:00 / 19:05 · Narrator Sulafat/Charon/Vindemiatrix
Future-gazing →
How AI Could Make Wars Go Nuclear
by Joshua Keating
Can the pause for diplomacy survive a war that moves faster than a human can think?
0:00 / 24:38 · Narrator Algieba
Behind the news →
Why We Changed Our Code of Ethics to Address Prediction Markets
by Diego Sorbara
Can a reader trust the news if the person reporting it has money riding on the outcome?
0:00 / 6:22 · Narrator Rasalgethi
It’s Hard to Find the Feel-Good Angle of Alexander Zverev
by Giri Nathan
What happens to the history of a sport when its biggest victory offers no sense of resolution?
0:00 / 8:39 · Narrator Gacrux
For the curious →
How 19th Century Goans Who Arrived in Zanzibar Became One of East Africa’s Wealthiest Communities
by Selma Carvalho
How did the Goan families of 19th-century Zanzibar find prosperity in such a violent and divided world?
0:00 / 14:20 · Narrator Sulafat
Why Older People Are Happier and What We Can Learn From Them
by Xianmin Gong & Natalie Wong
Why does an afternoon spent in leisure so often feel like time stolen from success?
0:00 / 13:11 · Narrator Vindemiatrix
The Art of Kite Flying (1430–1929)
How did a tool for military deception and spiritual ritual become a simple way to pass an afternoon?
0:00 / 11:34 · Narrator Sulafat
Smart escape →
This Colorful Parrot Had Been Seen Only Once Over the Past Century. Birders Just Rediscovered It in an Unexplored Indonesian Forest
If a bird hasn't been heard for a hundred years, how do you know what to listen for?
0:00 / 7:58 · Narrator Sulafat