Opinion: I’m a Reproductive Psychiatrist. The Lindsay Clancy Trial Will Cause Terrible Damage to My Field
by Jennifer Adaeze Okwerekwu
If a doctor has to write every note for a courtroom, what happens to the patient?
0:00 / 18:05 · Narrator Sulafat
Daily edition
2026-09-03
Today's Crosscut
Optimizing Children
From genetic report cards predicting a baby's intelligence to AI schools promising to hack second grade, a booming market is dodging regulators to sell parents an expensive illusion of control.
Optimized Offspring × Several States Rejected This Private School Chain as a Charter. Now It’s Eligible for Texas’ Taxpayer-Funded Vouchers.
0:00 / 43:11 · Narrator Sulafat/Charon/Vindemiatrix
Future-gazing →
In an Age of AI, a Physicist Seeks What Endures
by Rebecca Boyle
If a machine can answer any question, what happens to the conversations that start with not knowing?
0:00 / 11:59 · Narrator Sulafat
I Refused to Train the AI That Could Replace Me
by James Maisiri
What happens when a machine learns not just what you know, but how you decide?
0:00 / 5:43 · Narrator Algieba
Behind the news →
How ‘monoculture’ Became a Catchall for Two Opposing Anxieties – That We No Longer Share Enough, and That We All Share Too Much
by Maria A. Rodas, Assistant Professor of Business Administration, University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign
How do you share a culture with millions of strangers without everything starting to look the same?
0:00 / 8:39 · Narrator Gacrux
The Lasting Economic Damage From the China-Nepal Flood
by Jayash Paudel
You can rebuild a bridge, but how do you trust a road that keeps washing away?
0:00 / 8:20 · Narrator Charon
For the curious →
More Nothing Now
by Justin Neuman
When there is no way to win, do you still know how to play?
0:00 / 20:20 · Narrator Rasalgethi
Small delights →
Adding Wimsey to My Life
by Paula Marantz Cohen
How does a monocled detective from the 1930s become the perfect standard for a modern marriage?
0:00 / 10:27 · Narrator Vindemiatrix