We can't help but tell ourselves stories about the algorithms that define our digital lives, like 2023's Spofty Wrapped, Nancy Walecki writes. Read by Marni Penning.

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The Atlantic

Spotify doesn’t know who you are

Prenuvo wants to put your mind at ease

Prenuvo - the full-body MRI scanning start-up penetrating Instagram feeds across nearly every algorithm - purports to offer its customers peace of mind. In many cases, though, it has done precisely the opposite, Sangeeta Singh-Kurtz reports. Read by Sharon McCune.

The Cut is the premier destination for women with sharp, stylish minds. No matter the subject, they address people's lives head-on, with generous wit, unflinching honesty and undeniable power.


The Cut

How much would you pay for peace of mind?

In Europe and elsewhere, the surge of right-wing politics looks very different from the extreme nationalism of the past. Max Hastings examines the recent rise of populist leaders worldwide. Read by Jonathan Booth.

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Bloomberg

How the populists learned to love their nations’ enemies

Around the rich world, wage gaps are shrinking. The Economist reflects on why the effect will be profound if the blue-collar age endures.

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The Economist

A new age of the worker will overturn conventional thinking

How a vicious cycle becomes virtuous.

Work culture has been broken for a long time. But as many of us work around the issues we face, it helps employers continue to mislead us that the system is healthy. Charlie Warzel argues that “our current dysfunctional relationship to work is not some natural state; it’s a culture we’ve forced on ourselves" and reveals ways in which we need to fight back against this pattern.

Charlie Warzel is a writer and reporter who covers the intersection of technology, politics, and culture. Formerly a writer-at-large for the New York Times Opinion page and a senior technology writer at BuzzFeed News, Warzel was the recipient of a 2019 Mirror Award for his reporting on Facebook's privacy struggles.