Now Entering: the Era of Bleh
by Aaron Horwath
If every company outsources its thinking to the same machine, what is actually left to sell?
0:00 / 25:52 · Narrator Rasalgethi
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2026-09-25
Today's Crosscut
Keeping Resources at Home
Turning raw materials into finished goods at home can create thriving village cooperatives sewing cotton in Benin, but it can also help a single billionaire corner Nigeria's oil market.
Benin Bets on Turning Its Cotton Crop Into Clothes at Home × Too Big to Regulate
0:00 / 24:20 · Narrator Sulafat/Charon/Vindemiatrix
Future-gazing →
Behind the news →
Long Night Over Hualien: the China Threat Through the Eyes of Taiwan’s Indigenous Peoples
by Rafael Baptista
How do you prepare for the next invasion when you're still living under the last one?
0:00 / 10:48 · Narrator Charon
For the curious →
How Red Went From the Color of Revolution to the Color of Republicans in US Politics
by Andrew Latham, Professor of Political Science, Macalester College
How did an accidental choice of map colors convince Americans they live in two different countries?
0:00 / 7:55 · Narrator Algieba
How Virus-like ‘Jumping Genes’ Became Our Partners in Evolution
by Jake Buehler
How much of evolution is driven by genes that refuse to stay put?
0:00 / 12:29 · Narrator Vindemiatrix
The Evil Eye is Irrational. Abandon It at Your Peril
by Timna Abramov
What exactly is someone trying to protect when they ward off a jealous look?
0:00 / 14:34 · Narrator Sulafat
Smart escape →
I Spent Three Sweltering Days Shredding the High Seas at Jogging Pace, and It Ruled
by Chris Thompson
Why endure three sweltering days on a racing sailboat just to travel at a jogging pace?
0:00 / 35:59 · Narrator Gacrux