I'm Kind of Over the Whole "Anti-monopoly" Movement
by Noah Smith
What happens to a political movement when it starts seeing the same villain behind every problem?
0:00 / 25:58 · Narrator Algieba
Daily edition
2026-06-20
Today's Crosscut
Animal History and Evolution
If whales pass down their own songs and a hobbyist finds a fossil that changes the story of how fish walked onto land, does the old boundary between animal evolution and human history still hold up?
Heritage Exists Beyond Humankind × A Vietnam Veteran Collected Fossils for 66 Years. One, Mislabeled 'Baby Lamprey,' Made Paleontologists Reconsider How Vertebrates Moved From Water to Land
0:00 / 30:06 · Narrator Sulafat/Charon/Vindemiatrix
Behind the news →
For the curious →
I Tried to Protect My Oldest Daughter From Pain. I Didn’t Think I Would Be the Source of It.
by Demetrius Buckley
How does a father rebuild a connection when he was the danger he spent years guarding against?
0:00 / 6:42 · Narrator Charon
Leonard Cohen’s Dark Faith
by M.G. Scott
How do two friends find common ground after a lifetime of looking for the sacred in opposite directions?
0:00 / 17:41 · Narrator Gacrux
Small delights →
These Devoted Dads Across the Animal Kingdom Will Warm Your Heart This Father’s Day
How do the varied roles of animal fathers help their young survive in the wild?
0:00 / 9:44 · Narrator Rasalgethi
Smart escape →
Misery and Memory in Two Van Goghs
by Kelsey McKinney
Can you see the difference between sunflowers painted from life and those painted from memory?
0:00 / 10:03 · Narrator Sulafat