What’s the Matter with the Democratic Party?
by Geoff Shullenberger
How does a political operative end up voting against the party she was trying to save?
0:00 / 10:35 · Narrator Vindemiatrix
Daily edition
2026-07-31
Today's Crosscut
India Student Protests
While student protests force a national cabinet resignation, local police in Mumbai quietly use GPS tracking and sudden home visits to keep those same organizers off the streets.
How Mumbai Police is Using Surveillance to Stop Youth From Protesting × When India’s Youth Tested the Limits of Centralized Governance
0:00 / 21:30 · Narrator Sulafat/Charon/Vindemiatrix
Behind the news →
For the curious →
Why is Everyone Trying to Build a Solid-State Battery?
by Brian Potter
Why does a battery need so much heavy scaffolding just to keep from destroying itself?
0:00 / 13:25 · Narrator Charon
Living Fully in the Math World Means Threading the Needle
by Natalie Wolchover
How much of the world do you have to shut out to live inside a math problem?
0:00 / 24:15 · Narrator Gacrux
This Book Uncovers How Indentured Labourers Forged Independent India’s Foreign Relations
by Kalathmika Natarajan
Why did India's early diplomats try to stop laborers from crossing the ocean to escape caste violence?
0:00 / 11:39 · Narrator Sulafat
The Enduring Legacy of Kashmir’s Poet-saints Who Built Bridges Between Faiths
by Peter Dziedzic, Ph.D. Candidate in Religious Studies, Harvard University
Why are the verses of a Hindu mystic still recited at Muslim shrines in Kashmir?
0:00 / 9:42 · Narrator Algieba
Smart escape →
Is She the New Britney Spears—Or the New Lou Reed?
by Spencer Kornhaber
What does it sound like when a pop star stops overthinking and just hits record?
0:00 / 7:25 · Narrator Rasalgethi