Americans Don’t Know How to Fight AI. So They’re Fighting Data Centers.
by Marina Bolotnikova
Can a town actually slow down artificial intelligence by blocking the warehouses that power it?
0:00 / 13:18 · Narrator Sulafat
Daily edition
2026-08-12
Today's Crosscut
Gender and Intimacy
From the sexual revolution of the 1970s to the modern dating slump, ditching the old rules for romance hasn't brought people closer together because the basic power gap between men and women never actually closed.
The Great Romance Slump × A Second Sexual Revolution
0:00 / 1:09:11 · Narrator Sulafat/Charon/Vindemiatrix
Behind the news →
Democrats Have a Working-class Voter Problem That Progressives Like Abdul El-Sayed Are Still Struggling to Solve
by Nicholas Jacobs, Goldfarb Family Distinguished Chair in American Government, Colby College; Institute for Humane Studies
If a political party changes its values, how does it win back the voters who didn't?
0:00 / 10:57 · Narrator Charon
The Best Parenting Hack is Being Rich
by Olga Khazan
When experts tell parents to limit screen time, how much does that advice actually cost?
0:00 / 7:42 · Narrator Vindemiatrix
For the curious →
Why We Like Things
If a machine can make anything, where do your personal tastes actually come from?
0:00 / 31:12 · Narrator Gacrux
Smart escape →
This Newly Discovered Spider Builds a Unique Web That Catapults Ants Through the Air
Why would a spider spend hours building a spring-loaded catapult to catch just one kind of ant?
0:00 / 6:37 · Narrator Rasalgethi
The Sports Idiot is Dead, Long Live the Sports Idiot
by Annie Berke
Where does the sports-comedy man-child go when the world around him finally grows up?
0:00 / 12:30 · Narrator Algieba