The Pentagon’s Uniquely Positioned Newspaper—and Why It Should Stay That Way
by Mark Hertling
If troops know things are bad, what happens when their own newspaper says everything is fine?
0:00 / 12:54 · Narrator Algieba
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2026-08-29
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Misdiagnosing Womens Health
When women seek help for postpartum trauma or severe menopause symptoms, doctors routinely mistake the fallout of these major physical transitions for standard depression and anxiety.
Opinion: I Studied Reddit Forums on Menopause — and Found What Doctors Are Missing × Thousands of Women Suffer with Undiagnosed PTSD After Childbirth
0:00 / 16:07 · Narrator Sulafat/Charon/Vindemiatrix
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Meanings of Melancholy
by Jacob Potash
If a pill can lift deep despair, what happens to the meaning of the pain?
0:00 / 21:35 · Narrator Charon
The Jews Who Voted for Hitler
by Timothy W. Ryback
How did a decorated Jewish veteran convince himself that Adolf Hitler was his country's only hope?
0:00 / 21:16 · Narrator Vindemiatrix
Does Computer Science Need Computers?
by Ben Brubaker
If a computer scientist never touches a physical machine, what exactly are they studying?
0:00 / 14:36 · Narrator Rasalgethi
Some Speed‑reading Apps Make Big Claims. But How Fast Can We Actually Read?
by Erik D Reichle, The Conversation
At what speed does reading a book turn into just looking at words on a page?
0:00 / 7:22 · Narrator Sulafat
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“It’s the Fitness Space’s Eras Tour”: How Hyrox Became the Exercise Cult of the Moment
by Alex Abad-Santos
Why are people flying across the world to see who is best at going to the gym?
0:00 / 15:36 · Narrator Gacrux