Insurers Aren't the Main Villain of the U.S. Health Care System
by Noah Smith
If insurance companies aren't the ones getting rich, where does all that money go?
0:00 / 17:42 · Narrator Charon
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2026-07-09
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Proving Medical Truth
Scientists are pulling DNA from centuries-old graves to find out how people actually died, yet the math used to track modern outbreaks is being dismissed as just another opinion.
Opinion: CDC Leadership Continues to Try Manufacture a Scientific Debate on Vaccines Where None Exists × Did This Duke Poison His Brother? A New DNA Analysis May Solve the Centuries-Old Medici Mystery
0:00 / 15:44 · Narrator Sulafat/Charon/Vindemiatrix
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Why Global Press Freedom Rankings Struggle with Singapore
by Leonie Spangenberg
Can a global ranking measure freedom in a society that values harmony more than confrontation?
0:00 / 8:03 · Narrator Rasalgethi
Gifts, Gritos, and a Breakthrough Win: an Afternoon with the Tour De France’s New and Jubilant Mexican Fanbase
by Patrick Redford
When a young rider ends a thirty-six-year wait, who actually receives the gift of the win?
0:00 / 9:32 · Narrator Algieba
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Alan Lomax Spent Years Traveling the Country to Record the Sounds of America. The Legacy of His Obsession Will Live Forever
How much of a country’s story survives only because someone was there to record its voices?
0:00 / 45:18 · Narrator Gacrux
There’s a Name for the People Who Drain You
by Olga Khazan
If a relationship takes a physical toll, why does the prospect of being alone still feel worse?
0:00 / 6:47 · Narrator Sulafat