2026-10-23 · For the curious
Why Romantic Relationships Matter More to Men Than to Women
by Iris Wahring
What happens when the only person a man is allowed to need walks away?
0:00 / 15:02 · Narrator Gacrux
2026-10-13 · For the curious
What is Hidden in the Photographs We Keep of Each Other?
by Sawa Kurotani
How much of a family's history lives just outside the frame of a photograph?
0:00 / 12:47 · Narrator Sulafat
2026-10-10 · For the curious
Say Yes to Regret
by Sandra Lamb
How does a regret you can never fix become a simple note in a daily planner?
0:00 / 12:29 · Narrator Gacrux
2026-10-07 · Smart escape
Want to Be a Lifelong Learner? Don’t Go It Alone
by Celine Nguyen
0:00 / 27:58 · Narrator Sulafat/Charon/Vindemiatrix
2026-10-05 · For the curious
Why Long-brewing Physical and Mental Breakdowns Feel so Sudden
by Sasi S Senga
When a breakdown feels sudden, how long had the body been quietly holding itself together?
0:00 / 13:39 · Narrator Charon
2026-10-04 · For the curious
When You Feel Moral Disgust, What’s the Emotion Telling You?
by Brandon Yip
0:00 / 20:12 · Narrator Sulafat/Charon/Vindemiatrix
2026-10-01 · Smart escape
The Human Frequency
by Greg Easley
If a machine can build a playlist in seconds, why spend decades mixing one by hand?
0:00 / 31:03 · Narrator Charon
2026-09-28 · Future-gazing
The Way We Talk to Bots Matters Even if They Aren’t Conscious
by HennyGe Wichers
Does snapping at a machine change how you talk to the people in your life?
0:00 / 12:02 · Narrator Gacrux
2026-09-25 · For the curious
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
2026-09-24 · Smart escape
Lessons From Wyatt Earp Country
by Zeno Franco
How does an old farmer on a tractor change a boy's idea of what makes a man?
0:00 / 10:58 · Narrator Charon
2026-09-21 · For the curious
Terminal Lucidity: When Dying Dementia Patients Regain Awareness
by Ariel Zeleznikow-Johnston
If a dying brain can suddenly find a lost memory, where was that memory hiding?
0:00 / 14:37 · Narrator Charon
2026-09-18 · For the curious
The Thinking Style That Makes People Vulnerable to Extremism
by Leor Zmigrod
Why are people who struggle to adapt when the rules change so vulnerable to extremism?
0:00 / 12:45 · Narrator Vindemiatrix
2026-09-16 · For the curious
How to Think Like a Hegelian
by Jeffrey Reid
If a thought doesn't stay in the brain, how does it change the physical world?
0:00 / 30:17 · Narrator Algieba
2026-09-14 · For the curious
Why Women’s Laughter Has Long Been Treated as a Threat
by Abílio Almeida
How did a sound as natural as laughter become something women were taught to fear?
0:00 / 12:41 · Narrator Sulafat
2026-09-11 · Smart escape
How to Rediscover Your Purpose Later in Life
by Denise Taylor
If getting older is about deepening who you already are, why try to reinvent yourself?
0:00 / 18:40 · Narrator Vindemiatrix
2026-09-10 · For the curious
Why Some Men Seek Refuge in Ever Bigger Muscles
by Tom Wooldridge
When a man is taught to fear his own softness, what is he building in the gym?
0:00 / 14:01 · Narrator Rasalgethi
2026-09-08 · For the curious
Is It Morally Wrong to Not Take Care of Yourself?
by Laura K Soter & Fan Yang
If the only person you hurt is yourself, have you still committed a moral wrong?
0:00 / 11:40 · Narrator Gacrux
2026-09-02 · For the curious
Mother Teresa Was Virtuous, but She Was Wrong About Virtue
by Michael Brownstein & Alex Madva
When does being kind to the person right in front of you stop being enough?
0:00 / 12:41 · Narrator Gacrux
2026-08-28 · For the curious
Why You Should Talk to Your Dead Ancestors
by Mariam Vahradyan
Why keep a conversation going with someone who can never answer back?
0:00 / 14:48 · Narrator Gacrux
2026-08-23 · For the curious
Arabic Has Four Words for Sadness. Philosophy Explains Why
by Chereen Shurafa
What gets lost when an algorithm classifies a spiritual crisis as just another negative emotion?
0:00 / 14:00 · Narrator Sulafat
2026-08-19 · For the curious
What Draws Well-meaning Parents to Authoritarian Parenting?
by Hope Bastine
When does preparing a child for the world turn into erasing who they are?
0:00 / 14:56 · Narrator Gacrux
2026-08-14 · Smart escape
Writing Letters is a Spiritual Practice for Our Age of Speed
by Amanda Leigh Lichtenstein
What happens when a conversation slows down to the speed of pen and paper?
0:00 / 11:55 · Narrator Vindemiatrix
2026-08-10 · For the curious
Your Deepest Regrets Help You See Yourself More Clearly
by Joshua Halberstam
What do the lives you never lived say about the person you became?
0:00 / 11:19 · Narrator Algieba
2026-08-04 · For the curious
Why We Should Learn to Embrace the Middlebrow
by Aaron Meskin & Jonathan Weinberg
What happens when an artist tries to make a masterpiece without leaving the crowd behind?
0:00 / 14:43 · Narrator Algieba
2026-07-30 · Future-gazing
What Ancient Art Tells Us About Modern Psychedelic Medicine
by William McCarthy
If the canyon itself was part of the medicine, what gets left behind in a clinical trial?
0:00 / 11:54 · Narrator Algieba
2026-07-27 · For the curious
Don’t Turn Away From Tragedy, but Do Witness Intentionally
by Nena Močnik
When a war shows up on your phone, how much of it are you supposed to watch?
0:00 / 12:09 · Narrator Sulafat
2026-07-23 · For the curious
How to Become the Person You Want to Be
by Eike Buabang
0:00 / 41:09 · Narrator Sulafat/Charon/Vindemiatrix
2026-07-23 · For the curious
When the World Stopped Moving
by Devin A Giordano
When the cell door locks, what happens to someone who never learned to be still?
0:00 / 12:21 · Narrator Algieba
2026-07-19 · For the curious
Your Daydreams Know Something You Don’t. Look Closely
by Vardah Bharuchi
When a mind wanders to the same imaginary stories every day, what is it actually looking for?
0:00 / 11:46 · Narrator Gacrux
2026-07-13 · For the curious
How to Be Defiant
by Sunita Sah
Why does it feel safer to nod along with a mistake than to risk an awkward conversation?
0:00 / 17:09 · Narrator Sulafat
2026-07-08 · For the curious
Does Modernisation Erase Cultural Difference – or Amplify It?
by Thomas Talhelm
If the world looks more similar every day, why are cultural differences growing deeper?
0:00 / 13:53 · Narrator Charon
2026-06-28 · For the curious
Struggling with Creative Work Doesn’t Mean You’re Failing
by Chris Smith
Why is the difficulty of making something new so easily mistaken for failure?
0:00 / 11:13 · Narrator Rasalgethi
2026-06-24 · For the curious
Ghosts of Summers Past
by Lisa Marie Basile
Why does the body hold onto the dread of a season that the mind has forgotten?
0:00 / 9:36 · Narrator Sulafat
2026-06-22 · Smart escape
The City That Rewired My Brain
by Henrick Karoliszyn
How does the unresolved rhythm of a city teach a person to live with uncertainty?
0:00 / 12:04 · Narrator Algieba
2026-06-17 · For the curious
Why Older People Are Happier and What We Can Learn From Them
by Xianmin Gong & Natalie Wong
Why does an afternoon spent in leisure so often feel like time stolen from success?
0:00 / 13:11 · Narrator Vindemiatrix
2026-06-03 · For the curious
Letting Friendships Die
by David Sleeth-Keppler
How much of our social life is built on obligation rather than joy?
0:00 / 12:28 · Narrator Sulafat
2026-05-26 · For the curious
Why Raves Are Such a Reliable Source of Spiritual Experience
by Alexander Dillabaugh
How do modern dancefloors offer the spiritual experience of an ancient ritual?
0:00 / 14:18 · Narrator male