2026-10-07 · For the curious
There is No ‘Nordic Model’
by Felice Basbøll
How does a society work when nobody has to depend on anyone else?
0:00 / 7:59 · Narrator Vindemiatrix
2026-09-26 · Future-gazing
How ‘Boys Love’ Conquered Asia
by R. Taggart Murphy
How did a Thai show about boys falling in love quietly draw a billion viewers?
0:00 / 26:21 · Narrator Rasalgethi
2026-09-01 · For the curious
Dwight Macdonald’s American Century
by Geoff Shullenberger
Why does the era that built the doomsday machine still feel like a golden age?
0:00 / 12:28 · Narrator Charon
2026-08-24 · Future-gazing
Big Tech’s War on Human Achievement
by Gregory Conti
If a machine can master a craft in seconds, what happens to a life's work?
0:00 / 16:09 · Narrator Algieba
2026-08-16 · Future-gazing
Mexico’s Oil Strategy is Paying Off
by Germán S. Díaz del Castillo
If global markets can no longer be trusted, how does a country keep its gas tanks full?
0:00 / 6:26 · Narrator Algieba
2026-07-31 · Behind the news
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
2026-07-25 · Behind the news
Misanthropic Altruism
by William Thibeau
0:00 / 19:02 · Narrator Sulafat/Charon/Vindemiatrix
2026-07-24 · For the curious
How French Theory Lost Its Cool
by Geoff Shullenberger
0:00 / 26:53 · Narrator Sulafat/Charon/Vindemiatrix
2026-07-18 · For the curious
The Corporal Philosophers
by Darius Gross
If a person finally builds a body that never fails, what would they actually do with it?
0:00 / 17:18 · Narrator Gacrux
2026-07-14 · Behind the news
The AI Apocalypse is Already Here
by Gregory Conti
0:00 / 1:33:28 · Narrator Sulafat/Charon/Vindemiatrix
2026-06-20 · For the curious
Leonard Cohen’s Dark Faith
by M.G. Scott
How do two friends find common ground after a lifetime of looking for the sacred in opposite directions?
0:00 / 17:41 · Narrator Gacrux