2026-07-13 · Smart escape
The Endangered Big Screen Comedy
by Sonny Bunch
If comedies that once filled theaters are vanishing, where will people go to laugh in the dark?
0:00 / 9:37 · Narrator Algieba
2026-07-10 · Behind the news
The Pentagon is Too Fixated on China
by Mark Hertling
Can a superpower keep its balance if it treats every other crisis as a distraction?
0:00 / 10:32 · Narrator Charon
2026-07-04 · For the curious
Still Radical, Still American
by Joshua Zeitz
Why does a nation built on the rejection of hierarchy seem so eager to return to it?
0:00 / 23:01 · Narrator Charon
2026-07-04 · Behind the news
Character Matters—for the Other Party
by Joe Perticone
Why does a candidate’s character only seem to matter when they belong to the other party?
0:00 / 11:55 · Narrator Rasalgethi
2026-06-28 · Behind the news
What Happens When the Country Loses a General
by Mark Hertling
If it takes thirty years to grow a general, what is lost when that experience disappears overnight?
0:00 / 12:22 · Narrator Algieba
2026-06-21 · For the curious
Juneteenth: ‘The Day of Freedom Came’
by Booker T. Washington et al.
When the shouting and the singing stop, how do you carry the sudden weight of being free?
0:00 / 15:31 · Narrator Vindemiatrix
2026-06-05 · Behind the news
The Cancer Research Machine Trump is Gutting Just Delivered a Big Breakthrough
by Jonathan Cohn
0:00 / 56:32 · Narrator Sulafat/Charon/Vindemiatrix
2026-06-03 · Behind the news
Sometimes Stopping Extremism Means Getting Your Hands Dirty
by Matt Dallek
Can a civil rights organization truly defend democracy by spying on its opponents?
0:00 / 12:19 · Narrator Algieba
2026-06-01 · Future-gazing
Hollywood’s About to Change (Again)
by Sonny Bunch
When does a new generation decide what movies are supposed to be?
0:00 / 8:48 · Narrator Charon