:root{color-scheme:dark;--ink:#11110f;--paper:#eee9df;--muted:#c2beb5;--red:#c84232;--gutter:clamp(24px,6vw,104px)}
*{box-sizing:border-box}
html{scroll-behavior:smooth;scroll-padding-top:24px}
body{margin:0;background:var(--ink);color:var(--paper);font-family:"Helvetica Neue",Helvetica,sans-serif;-webkit-font-smoothing:antialiased}
a{color:inherit;text-decoration:none}
a:focus-visible{outline:2px solid var(--red);outline-offset:6px}
.skip-link{position:fixed;top:12px;left:12px;padding:14px;background:var(--paper);color:var(--ink);z-index:10;transform:translateY(-160%)}
.skip-link:focus{transform:none}
.site-header{min-height:78px;padding:20px var(--gutter);display:flex;align-items:center;justify-content:space-between;gap:24px;border-bottom:1px solid #ffffff20}
.publication-type,.story-link{font-size:13px;line-height:1.5}
.publication-type{color:var(--muted)}
.story-link{padding:8px 0;border-bottom:1px solid transparent}
.story-link:hover{border-color:var(--paper)}
.story-link span{margin-left:20px;color:var(--red)}
.cover{position:relative;min-height:650px;overflow:hidden;isolation:isolate;display:flex;align-items:center}
.collage{position:absolute;inset:0;width:100%;height:100%;object-fit:cover;object-position:64% center;z-index:-2}
.cover:after{content:"";position:absolute;inset:0;background:linear-gradient(90deg,#11110fba,transparent 75%),linear-gradient(0deg,#11110f,transparent 24%);z-index:-1}
.cover-copy{padding:64px 0 72px;margin-left:var(--gutter);width:44%;max-width:660px}
.intro{margin:0 0 28px;font-size:14px;color:var(--muted)}
h1{margin:0 0 32px;line-height:0}
.masthead-logo{display:block;width:100%;height:auto}
.manifesto{font-size:clamp(24px,2.25vw,36px);font-weight:400;letter-spacing:-.7px;line-height:1.2;margin:0 0 20px}
.description{font-size:16px;line-height:1.65;color:#d4cfc6;max-width:345px;margin:0;text-wrap:pretty}
.host{margin:24px 0 0;font-size:14px;line-height:1.5;color:var(--muted)}
.cover-link{display:inline-flex;gap:28px;align-items:center;margin-top:36px;padding:12px 0;border-bottom:1px solid #eee9df70;font-size:14px;transition:border-color .15s,color .15s}
.cover-link span{color:#ef6a58}
.cover-link:hover{border-color:var(--paper);color:#fff8ee}
.first-story{padding:clamp(48px,6vw,96px) var(--gutter);display:grid;grid-template-columns:160px 1fr;gap:clamp(32px,5vw,80px);background:var(--paper);color:var(--ink);color-scheme:light}
.story-label{font-size:13px;display:flex;flex-direction:column;align-items:flex-start;gap:24px;padding-top:8px}
.story-label>span:nth-child(2){font-family:Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;font-size:80px;line-height:1;letter-spacing:-5px;color:var(--red)}
.release-status{margin-top:12px;border-top:1px solid #11110f40;padding-top:16px;width:100%}
.story-copy{display:grid;grid-template-columns:minmax(0,1.15fr) minmax(0,1fr);gap:clamp(32px,4vw,64px);align-items:end}
h2{font-family:Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;font-size:clamp(48px,4.5vw,76px);line-height:1.02;letter-spacing:-2.5px;font-weight:400;margin:0;text-wrap:balance}
.period{color:var(--red)}
.story-summary{padding-bottom:3px}
.story-copy p{max-width:430px;font-size:16px;line-height:1.75;color:#49463f;margin:0 0 20px;text-wrap:pretty}
.story-copy p:first-child{font-size:20px;line-height:1.5;color:var(--ink)}
.story-copy p:last-child{margin-bottom:0}
footer{display:flex;align-items:center;justify-content:space-between;gap:24px;padding:32px var(--gutter);font-size:12px;color:var(--muted)}
footer p{margin:0}.footer-brand{font-size:16px;font-weight:600;color:var(--paper)}
@media(min-width:1700px){.cover{min-height:760px}}
@media(max-width:1100px){.cover-copy{width:50%}.first-story{grid-template-columns:110px 1fr;gap:40px}.story-copy{grid-template-columns:1fr;gap:28px}.story-summary{max-width:530px}.story-copy p{max-width:none}}
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@media(prefers-reduced-motion:reduce){html{scroll-behavior:auto}*{transition:none!important}}

/* Episode player: a broad, dark listening surface with a prominent red transport. */
.episode-player{grid-column:1 / -1;min-width:0;padding:28px 32px 32px;background:var(--ink);color:var(--paper);color-scheme:dark;scroll-margin-top:28px;--plyr-color-main:var(--red);--plyr-audio-controls-background:transparent;--plyr-audio-control-color:var(--paper);--plyr-audio-control-color-hover:var(--paper);--plyr-audio-control-background-hover:#34332f;--plyr-audio-progress-buffered-background:#eee9df30;--plyr-range-fill-background:var(--red);--plyr-range-thumb-height:18px;--plyr-range-track-height:5px;--plyr-control-radius:0;--plyr-font-family:"Helvetica Neue",Helvetica,sans-serif;--plyr-font-size-time:14px;--plyr-menu-background:var(--paper);--plyr-menu-color:var(--ink)}
.player-heading{display:flex;justify-content:space-between;gap:20px;font-size:14px;line-height:1.5;padding-bottom:24px;border-bottom:1px solid #eee9df30;margin-bottom:24px}
.player-heading>span:last-child{color:var(--muted)}
.episode-player audio{display:block;width:100%;min-height:64px}
.episode-player .plyr--audio .plyr__controls{padding:0;gap:12px}
.episode-player .plyr__controls>.plyr__control[data-plyr="play"]{width:80px;height:80px;display:grid;place-items:center;flex-shrink:0;background:var(--red);color:var(--paper);margin-right:12px}
.episode-player .plyr__controls>.plyr__control[data-plyr="play"]:hover{background:#a93628}
.episode-player .plyr__controls>.plyr__control[data-plyr="play"] svg{width:26px;height:26px}
.episode-player .plyr__control:focus-visible{outline:2px solid var(--paper);outline-offset:4px}
.episode-player .plyr__time{font-variant-numeric:tabular-nums}
.episode-player .plyr__volume{max-width:105px;min-width:64px}
.story-copy .player-error{font-size:14px;line-height:1.6;color:var(--paper);max-width:none;margin:20px 0 0}
.player-error[hidden]{display:none}
.player-error a{text-decoration:underline;text-underline-offset:3px}
@media(max-width:1100px){.episode-player .plyr__volume{max-width:80px}.episode-player .plyr__controls{gap:6px}}
@media(max-width:700px){.episode-player{padding:22px 20px 26px;margin-top:4px}.player-heading{font-size:12px;gap:12px;margin-bottom:20px;padding-bottom:18px}.episode-player .plyr--audio .plyr__controls{flex-wrap:wrap;gap:10px}.episode-player .plyr__controls>.plyr__control[data-plyr="play"]{width:64px;height:64px;margin-right:6px}.episode-player .plyr__progress__container{flex:1 1 calc(100% - 180px);min-width:80px}.episode-player .plyr__controls>.plyr__control[data-plyr="rewind"],.episode-player .plyr__controls>.plyr__control[data-plyr="fast-forward"]{order:2}.episode-player .plyr__time,.episode-player .plyr__volume,.episode-player .plyr__menu{order:2}.episode-player .plyr__volume{margin-left:auto;max-width:90px}.episode-player .plyr__time{font-size:12px}}

/* October 4: one continuous dark cover with listening in the opening viewport. */
main{position:relative;isolation:isolate}
.cover{min-height:0;overflow:visible;position:static}
.collage{height:610px;object-position:64% top}
.cover:after{height:610px;bottom:auto;background:linear-gradient(90deg,#11110fba,transparent 75%),linear-gradient(0deg,var(--ink),transparent 55%)}
.cover-copy{padding:40px 0 26px;width:42%;max-width:580px}
.intro{margin-bottom:18px}
h1{margin-bottom:20px}
.manifesto{font-size:clamp(24px,2vw,32px);margin-bottom:12px}
.description{font-size:14px;line-height:1.6}
.host{margin-top:14px;font-size:17px;font-weight:600}
.first-story{position:relative;display:block;background:transparent;color:var(--paper);color-scheme:dark;padding:72px var(--gutter) 56px}
.story-copy{display:flex;flex-direction:column;align-items:stretch;gap:0;max-width:1120px}
.story-copy .episode-eyebrow{color:#ef6a58;font-size:14px;line-height:1.4;font-weight:600;margin:0 0 10px}
h2{font-family:"Helvetica Neue",Helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:clamp(30px,3.2vw,48px);font-weight:800;line-height:1.1;letter-spacing:-1px;text-wrap:pretty;margin:0 0 24px}
.episode-player{order:0;padding:0;background:transparent;margin:0 0 30px}
.player-heading{display:block;font-size:14px;color:var(--muted);padding:0;border:0;margin:0 0 12px}
.story-summary{order:1;display:grid;grid-template-columns:1fr;gap:18px;max-width:780px;padding-top:24px;border-top:1px solid #eee9df30}
.story-copy .story-summary p{color:var(--muted);font-size:16px;line-height:1.65;margin:0;max-width:680px}
.story-copy .story-summary p:first-child{color:var(--paper);font-size:clamp(21px,2vw,28px);font-weight:700;line-height:1.4;max-width:780px}
footer{border-top:1px solid #eee9df20}
@media(min-width:1700px){.cover{min-height:0}}
@media(max-width:1100px){.cover-copy{width:50%}.story-copy{gap:0}}
@media(max-width:700px){
  .cover{padding-top:0;display:block}
  .collage{height:370px;object-position:70% top;opacity:.55}
  .cover:after{height:380px;background:linear-gradient(90deg,#11110f99,#11110f35),linear-gradient(0deg,var(--ink),transparent 85%)}
  .cover-copy{position:relative;width:calc(100% - var(--gutter)*2);padding:28px 0 24px;max-width:430px}
  .intro{margin-bottom:14px;font-size:12px}
  h1{margin-bottom:20px}.masthead-logo{width:85%;max-width:340px}
  .manifesto{font-size:24px;margin-bottom:10px}
  .description{font-size:13px;max-width:280px}.host{margin-top:12px}
  .first-story{padding-top:48px;padding-bottom:36px}
  h2{font-size:32px;letter-spacing:-.8px;margin-bottom:22px}
  .episode-player{padding:0;margin:0 0 26px}
  .story-summary{grid-template-columns:1fr;gap:16px;padding-top:22px}
  .story-copy .story-summary p{font-size:15px}
}
.story-copy p.episode-eyebrow{color:#ef6a58;font-size:14px;line-height:1.4;font-weight:600;margin:0 0 10px}
@media(min-width:1101px){.first-story{padding-top:clamp(48px,6svh,72px)}}