Substacks recommended by The Experiment

Recommended by The Experiment

Hatcher Stanford

My Personal Substack

Oregon Confidential

By Phil Stanford

From Big Jim Elkins to the Francke case and beyond...

Bruce Mehlman's Age of Disruption

This newsletter offers (1) quarterly analyses of trends in politics & policy, (2) six interesting charts from the week each Sunday morning & (3) invitations to live events with new authors & leaders.

Disorder Up

By Frank A. Spring

Disorder Up is about the myriad ways - funny; harrowing; weirdly inspiring - that the present political moment is absurd and chaotic, and what we do about it.

Under Construction with Evil MoPac

280 characters is for mortals

It's funny.

- The Experiment

Post-Mortem by Emi Nietfeld

Emi Nietfeld, former software engineer turned writer, dissects her successes, failures, and shenanigans for your learning and entertainment.

Crone Poems & Gen X Reflections

By Spike Gillespie

Tales from the Other Side of Sixty

Spike Gillespie rules.

- The Experiment

A Billion Worlds

By Glenn W. Smith

Modest reflections on what comes to mind

Glenn is a smart cookie with a steel backbone.

- The Experiment

For Dear Life with Maggie Smith

A newsletter about writing & other things that make this life dear—from the poet, not the dame

Hu's Letter?

By Elise Hu

A free digest that comes out at irregular intervals, featuring my favorite links, half-baked thoughts and assorted recommendations. Choose NO PLEDGE at the next screen ... this will always be free!

Brendan’s Communications Miscellany

By Brendan Hodgson

A (sort of) weekly compendium of communications and PR commentary from around the web. My colleagues like what I share. You might like it too.

Indispensable source of smarts comms analysis

- The Experiment

Mollyesque

By Molly Ball

Latest work by Molly Ball

The rare underrated big deal journalist

- The Experiment

more of this, please.

By Simran Jeet Singh

Sikh Wisdom for Today's World

Kevin Ashton’s Newsletter

stuff and things

Kate McDermott's Newsletter

"McDermott is one of the greats, as natural at the craft as M.F.K. Fisher, Marion Cunningham and Laurie Colwin." --Wendell Brock, James Beard Award Winning Writer

Slow Boring

By Matthew Yglesias

Start your day with pragmatic takes on politics and public policy.

Charlotte's Web Thoughts

By Charlotte Clymer

Politics, religion, culture, and humor from a Christian trans woman. 2024 NLGJA Award for Excellence in Blogging. 2024 EPPY Award for Best Political/News Blog. 2023 & 2024 GLAAD Media Award Finalist for Outstanding Blog.

Charlotte is a solid citizen.

- The Experiment

Simon Owens's Media Newsletter

By Simon Owens's Tech and Media Newsletter

A newsletter about how publishers create, distribute, and monetize their digital content. This newsletter is free to subscribe to.

Deez Links

By Delia Cai

the original fixations report: recs, reviews, & ruminations on our online quality of life