How the Squamish Built Senakw
by Works in Progress
Could the homes a city needs be built by the very people it once forced out?
0:00 / 25:04 · Narrator Rasalgethi
Daily edition
2026-06-26
Today's Crosscut
Narratives of Truth
From the forced confessions of an Iranian prison to the bedtime stories parents tell their children, these stories can either be a cage built of fear or a way to help a person live a more honest life.
The Betrayal of the Iranian People × What if Your Kid Tells Dirty Dirty Lies?
0:00 / 26:57 · Narrator Sulafat/Charon/Vindemiatrix
Behind the news →
The World's First Nuclear Clocks Are Ticking, Opening a New Way to Investigate Dark Matter and Other Mysteries of Physics
How does the search for dark matter change when a clock is built from an atom's nucleus?
0:00 / 6:06 · Narrator Sulafat
What Defines Japan's National Identity?
by Hiroko Yoda
When ethnicity no longer defines a nation, can reading the air be enough to hold it together?
0:00 / 13:51 · Narrator Gacrux
Fossil Fishes Buried in the Desert Reveal a Missing Chapter in Marine History
by Sanaa El-Sayed, PhD student, Department of Earth and Environmental Sciences and Museum of Paleontology, University of Michigan
What do a few fossil fish in the desert say about the birth of the modern ocean?
0:00 / 7:48 · Narrator Vindemiatrix
Small delights →
My Manic Pixie Dream Femme Fatale
by Dan McCoy
Can a man be truly saved by someone who treats his life as a quirky side project?
0:00 / 8:15 · Narrator Algieba
Smart escape →
How to Turn Casual Friends Into Close Ones
by Kyndall Cunningham
Why is the shift from a casual acquaintance to a close friend so rarely accidental?
0:00 / 9:03 · Narrator Charon