.topic-pills {
  display: flex;
  flex-wrap: wrap;
  align-items: center;
  gap: 9px;
}

.topic-pills a {
  min-height: 38px;
  display: inline-flex;
  align-items: center;
  justify-content: center;
  padding: 7px 15px;
  border: 1px solid var(--line);
  border-radius: 999px;
  background: var(--surface);
  color: var(--ink);
  font-size: .72rem;
  font-weight: 850;
  letter-spacing: .045em;
  line-height: 1.15;
  text-align: center;
  text-decoration: none;
  text-transform: uppercase;
  transition: border-color .18s ease, background .18s ease, color .18s ease, transform .18s ease;
}

.topic-pills a:hover,
.topic-pills a:focus-visible,
.topic-pills a[aria-current="page"] {
  border-color: var(--accent);
  background: var(--accent);
  color: var(--accent-ink);
  transform: translateY(-2px);
}

.signal-band {
  position: relative;
  z-index: 2;
  overflow: hidden;
  border-bottom: 1px solid color-mix(in srgb, var(--accent) 42%, transparent);
  background: var(--dark);
  color: #f7f4ee;
}

.signal-band-inner {
  min-height: 58px;
  display: grid;
  grid-template-columns: max-content minmax(0, 1fr);
  align-items: center;
  gap: clamp(20px, 3vw, 42px);
  padding-left: max(20px, calc((100vw - 1180px) / 2));
}

.signal-band-label {
  display: inline-flex;
  align-items: center;
  gap: 10px;
  color: #b8b8b5;
  font-size: .68rem;
  font-weight: 850;
  letter-spacing: .15em;
  text-transform: uppercase;
  white-space: nowrap;
}

.signal-band-dot {
  width: 8px;
  height: 8px;
  flex: 0 0 auto;
  border-radius: 50%;
  background: var(--accent-bright);
  box-shadow: 0 0 0 5px color-mix(in srgb, var(--accent-bright) 17%, transparent);
  animation: signal-pulse 1.8s ease-in-out infinite;
}

.signal-marquee {
  min-width: 0;
  overflow: hidden;
  -webkit-mask-image: linear-gradient(90deg, transparent, #000 24px, #000 calc(100% - 24px), transparent);
  mask-image: linear-gradient(90deg, transparent, #000 24px, #000 calc(100% - 24px), transparent);
}

.signal-marquee-track {
  width: max-content;
  display: flex;
  align-items: center;
  will-change: transform;
  animation: signal-marquee 20s linear infinite;
}

.signal-marquee:hover .signal-marquee-track,
.signal-marquee:focus-within .signal-marquee-track {
  animation-play-state: paused;
}

.signal-sequence {
  flex: 0 0 auto;
  display: flex;
  align-items: center;
  gap: clamp(20px, 2.4vw, 38px);
  padding-right: clamp(20px, 2.4vw, 38px);
}

.signal-sequence a {
  min-height: 38px;
  display: inline-flex;
  align-items: center;
  padding: 5px 0;
  border-bottom: 2px solid transparent;
  color: #f7f4ee;
  font-size: clamp(.72rem, 1vw, .82rem);
  font-weight: 850;
  letter-spacing: .11em;
  line-height: 1.15;
  text-decoration: none;
  text-transform: uppercase;
  white-space: nowrap;
  transition: border-color .18s ease, color .18s ease;
}

.signal-sequence a:hover,
.signal-sequence a:focus-visible {
  border-color: var(--accent-bright);
  color: var(--accent-bright);
}

.signal-separator {
  width: clamp(100px, 11vw, 150px);
  height: 26px;
  flex: 0 0 auto;
  overflow: visible;
}

.signal-separator path {
  fill: none;
  stroke: var(--accent-bright);
  stroke-width: 2;
  stroke-linecap: round;
  stroke-linejoin: round;
}

.signal-separator--pulse path {
  stroke-width: 2.25;
}

.signal-separator--carrier path {
  opacity: .82;
  stroke-width: 1.6;
  stroke-dasharray: 5 4;
}

.signal-separator--dots path {
  opacity: .9;
  stroke-width: 3.2;
  stroke-dasharray: .01 8 .01 8 .01 18;
}

.signal-separator--echo path {
  opacity: .88;
  stroke-width: 1.9;
}

@keyframes signal-marquee {
  to { transform: translateX(-50%); }
}

@keyframes signal-pulse {
  50% { opacity: .55; transform: scale(.72); }
}

.section-heading > .topic-pills {
  justify-content: flex-end;
  padding-bottom: 2px;
}

.episode-discovery {
  display: grid;
  grid-template-columns: minmax(0, 1fr) auto;
  align-items: start;
  gap: 14px 24px;
}

.episode-discovery-main,
.episode-discovery-tools {
  display: flex;
  flex-wrap: wrap;
  align-items: stretch;
  gap: 12px;
}

.episode-discovery-tools {
  justify-content: flex-end;
}

.episode-discovery .episode-more-button,
.episode-discovery .archive-link,
.episode-discovery .archive-search-link {
  min-width: 0;
}

.episode-discovery .archive-search-link,
.episode-discovery .archive-link {
  grid-column: auto;
  justify-self: auto;
}

.rss-feed-link {
  min-height: 54px;
  white-space: nowrap;
}

.episode-load-status {
  grid-column: 1 / -1;
}

.topic-pills--archive {
  gap: 10px;
  padding-top: 24px;
  padding-bottom: 30px;
  border-bottom: 1px solid var(--line);
}

.topic-pills--archive > span {
  margin-right: 5px;
  color: var(--muted);
  font-size: .68rem;
  font-weight: 850;
  letter-spacing: .1em;
  text-transform: uppercase;
}

.curated-page-main {
  min-height: 80vh;
}

.curated-hero {
  padding: clamp(70px, 9vw, 125px) 0 clamp(76px, 9vw, 115px);
  background: var(--dark);
  color: #f7f4ee;
}

.curated-hero-grid {
  display: grid;
  grid-template-columns: minmax(0, 1.15fr) minmax(300px, .85fr);
  align-items: end;
  gap: clamp(48px, 9vw, 135px);
}

.curated-hero h1 {
  max-width: 820px;
  margin: 0;
  font-size: clamp(4rem, 9vw, 8.4rem);
  line-height: .86;
  text-transform: uppercase;
}

.curated-hero h1 span {
  color: var(--accent-bright);
}

.curated-hero .eyebrow {
  color: var(--accent-bright);
}

.curated-lead {
  max-width: 540px;
  margin: 0;
  padding-top: 26px;
  border-top: 2px solid var(--accent-bright);
  color: #c7c7c2;
  font-size: clamp(1.02rem, 2vw, 1.22rem);
  line-height: 1.6;
}

.curated-selection {
  padding: clamp(75px, 9vw, 120px) 0;
}

.curated-selection-heading {
  display: flex;
  align-items: end;
  justify-content: space-between;
  gap: 30px;
  margin-bottom: 38px;
}

.curated-selection-heading h2 {
  margin: 0;
  font-size: clamp(2.8rem, 6vw, 5.8rem);
  text-transform: uppercase;
}

.curated-selection-heading p {
  max-width: 430px;
  margin: 0 0 8px;
  color: var(--muted);
}

.curated-episode-list {
  display: grid;
  grid-template-columns: repeat(2, minmax(0, 1fr));
  border-top: 2px solid var(--ink);
}

.curated-episode {
  min-width: 0;
  min-height: 310px;
  display: flex;
  flex-direction: column;
  padding: clamp(26px, 4vw, 42px);
  border-bottom: 1px solid var(--line);
  color: var(--ink);
  text-decoration: none;
  transition: background .18s ease, color .18s ease, transform .18s ease;
}

.curated-episode:nth-child(odd) {
  border-right: 1px solid var(--line);
}

.curated-episode-list--series .curated-episode:last-child:nth-child(odd) {
  grid-column: 1 / -1;
  min-height: 260px;
  border-right: 0;
}

.curated-episode:hover,
.curated-episode:focus-visible {
  background: var(--accent);
  color: var(--accent-ink);
  transform: translateY(-4px);
}

.curated-episode:focus-visible {
  position: relative;
  z-index: 1;
  outline: 3px solid #f7f4ee;
  outline-offset: -6px;
  box-shadow: inset 0 0 0 6px #0d0f10;
}

.curated-episode-meta {
  display: flex;
  flex-wrap: wrap;
  justify-content: space-between;
  gap: 12px;
  color: var(--muted);
  font-size: .7rem;
  font-weight: 850;
  letter-spacing: .075em;
  text-transform: uppercase;
}

.curated-episode:hover .curated-episode-meta,
.curated-episode:focus-visible .curated-episode-meta {
  color: color-mix(in srgb, var(--accent-ink) 70%, transparent);
}

.curated-episode-number {
  margin: 30px 0 12px;
  color: var(--accent);
  font-family: "Nodesignal Display", "Arial Narrow", sans-serif;
  font-size: 3rem;
  font-weight: 850;
  line-height: 1;
}

.curated-episode:hover .curated-episode-number,
.curated-episode:focus-visible .curated-episode-number {
  color: var(--accent-ink);
}

.curated-episode h2 {
  margin: 0;
  font-size: clamp(1.65rem, 3.4vw, 2.65rem);
  line-height: 1.04;
  text-transform: uppercase;
  overflow-wrap: break-word;
}

.curated-episode-copy {
  margin: 17px 0 26px;
  color: var(--muted);
  line-height: 1.55;
}

.curated-episode:hover .curated-episode-copy,
.curated-episode:focus-visible .curated-episode-copy {
  color: color-mix(in srgb, var(--accent-ink) 78%, transparent);
}

.curated-episode-arrow {
  margin-top: auto;
  font-size: 1.5rem;
  font-weight: 850;
}

.curated-more {
  padding: 0 0 clamp(75px, 9vw, 120px);
}

.curated-more-inner {
  display: flex;
  align-items: center;
  justify-content: space-between;
  gap: 28px;
  padding-top: 28px;
  border-top: 1px solid var(--line);
}

.curated-more p {
  margin: 0;
  color: var(--muted);
}

@media (max-width: 850px) {
  .signal-band-inner {
    padding-left: 15px;
  }

  .curated-hero-grid {
    grid-template-columns: 1fr;
    align-items: start;
  }
}

@media (max-width: 620px) {
  .signal-band-inner {
    min-height: 48px;
    grid-template-columns: 24px minmax(0, 1fr);
    gap: 10px;
  }

  .signal-band-label {
    gap: 0;
    overflow: visible;
    font-size: 0;
  }

  .signal-marquee {
    -webkit-mask-image: linear-gradient(90deg, transparent, #000 12px, #000 calc(100% - 12px), transparent);
    mask-image: linear-gradient(90deg, transparent, #000 12px, #000 calc(100% - 12px), transparent);
  }

  .signal-marquee-track {
    animation-duration: 16s;
  }

  .signal-sequence a {
    font-size: .68rem;
  }

  .section-heading > .topic-pills {
    width: 100%;
    justify-content: flex-start;
  }

  .episode-discovery {
    grid-template-columns: max-content max-content 44px max-content;
    align-items: stretch;
    justify-content: space-between;
    gap: 10px 6px;
  }

  .episode-discovery-main,
  .episode-discovery-tools {
    display: contents;
  }

  .episode-discovery .button {
    min-height: 52px;
    padding: 10px 12px;
    gap: 6px;
    font-size: .78rem;
  }

  .episode-discovery .archive-search-link {
    width: 44px;
    min-width: 44px;
    padding: 0;
  }

  .episode-discovery .rss-feed-link {
    min-width: 0;
    font-size: 0;
  }

  .rss-feed-link::before {
    content: "RSS";
    font-size: .78rem;
  }

  .rss-feed-link span {
    display: none;
  }

  .topic-pills--archive {
    margin: 0;
    width: 100%;
    padding-right: 15px;
    padding-left: 15px;
  }

  .topic-pills--archive > span {
    flex-basis: 100%;
  }

  .curated-hero {
    padding: 62px 0 72px;
  }

  .curated-hero-grid {
    gap: 42px;
  }

  .curated-hero h1 {
    font-size: clamp(3.35rem, 16vw, 5.2rem);
    hyphens: none;
    word-break: normal;
  }

  .curated-selection-heading {
    align-items: flex-start;
    flex-direction: column;
  }

  .curated-selection-heading h2 {
    font-size: clamp(2.7rem, 13vw, 4.2rem);
  }

  .curated-episode-list {
    grid-template-columns: 1fr;
  }

  .curated-episode {
    min-height: 280px;
  }

  .curated-episode:nth-child(odd) {
    border-right: 0;
  }

  .curated-episode-list--series .curated-episode:last-child:nth-child(odd) {
    grid-column: auto;
    min-height: 280px;
  }

  .curated-more-inner {
    align-items: stretch;
    flex-direction: column;
  }

  .curated-more .button {
    width: 100%;
  }
}

@media (prefers-reduced-motion: reduce) {
  .signal-band-dot,
  .signal-marquee-track {
    animation: none;
  }

  .signal-marquee {
    overflow-x: auto;
    -webkit-mask-image: none;
    mask-image: none;
    scrollbar-width: thin;
  }

  .signal-sequence + .signal-sequence {
    display: none;
  }
}