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Iain Broome's avatar

I think there is loads of potential in using Substack for fiction. Could be weekly short stories or something similar to Welcome to Night Vale in text form. I've considered using Substack for this myself and I'd love to know if something similar already exists!

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Iain Broome's avatar

With the multi-author, assuming there isn't an author limit, you could run an entirely subscription-based literary journal through Substack. Turn an ageing and struggling format on its head. I would love to work on that.

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Larry Cornett's avatar

I agree with this. Would love to see more fiction with short stories, weekly micro-chapter releases, etc.

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Iain Broome's avatar

I like the short stories idea or even flash fiction. But I also like the idea of a) creating a coherent world, and b) playing on the format. For example, my own daft concept is a weekly newsletter from an absolutely useless leisure club or sports team. Something like that.

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Geoffrey Golden's avatar

I'd love to see more fiction on Substack, too! I write an interactive fiction newsletter called Adventure Snack (adventuresnack.substack.com).

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Iain Broome's avatar

Looks great! Exactly the sort of thing I'm thinking.

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Chuckry Vengadam's avatar

Love this idea. Would be awesome if weekly short stories each presented a different character's POV, and then at the end of the month (or X-week period), their independent storylines converged somehow.

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Matthew Donnellon's avatar

I'm writing fiction on Substack. Write now I have a couple short stories and I'm publishing a serial novel.

https://matthewdonnellon.substack.com/

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Sophia Johansson's avatar

Hamish, this is the first time I’ve interacted with other “Stackers” - can you post a thread like this regularly? Different themes/questions each time? This is really fun! And what a great platform you’ve created. ❤️

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Danica Swanson's avatar

Other "Stackers"? Ha! I love that wording! Just the other day I told a friend: "Yeah, I love Substack - I've been Substacked since 2018, and it sounds like a few more of my fellow music writers will consider becoming Substacked this year also." Now I'll call us "Stackers." Thanks for that. Also, yes on the regular threads for Stackers to interact with one another!

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Simon Owens's avatar

Hey Hamish, I'd love for you to host a weekly thread like this where Substack authors can suggest features/design changes for the platform. There are definitely things I come across where I'd like to provide feedback but I don't always want to pester you on Twitter.

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Tzvi Gluckin's avatar

Totally, and start with Bandcamp embeds!

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Brendan Schlagel's avatar

A few favorites:

- Anne Trubek's "Notes From a Small Press" (https://notesfromasmallpress.substack.com/): awesome insider notes on being an independent publisher, and the industry in general

- Book Post (https://books.substack.com/): really great book reviews + essays on book culture

- The Prepared (https://theprepared.org/): interesting newsletter (+ more) about manufacturing, infrastructure, engineering, etc.

- Fermat's Library "Journal Club" (https://fermatslibrary.com/journal_club): interesting annotated academic paper, weekly

- Annotations (https://jennygzhang.substack.com/): every two weeks a great longform piece annotated with commentary etc.

What I'd love to see more of on Substack:

- Something with a deep focus on learning / education…who's using email newsletters to run a serious course, for instance? Maybe some limitations that make this tricky but paid email list would be an interesting mechanism as a lightweight online course CMS / community, maybe open for enrollment monthly or quarterly for new cohorts…

- Specific topics I'd like to read (and/or write!) about & haven't seen much yet in terms of great newsletters: library and information science; experimental poetics e.g. Oulipian constraints, hip-hop lyricism, etc.; ecology, physics, or other branches of science explored in depth a la Quanta mag

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Ramses Oudt's avatar

I'm planning on using Substack as an alternative to an online community and course. My audience is still small, so investing in a course platform is a risk.

The course I'm planning to run will be about applied philosophy. Every day I'll share a quote from a philosopher, my commentary on the quote, a journal/writing prompt, and a mental exercise for that day. The goal is to help people transform themselves, so they can reduce their anxiety and other mental struggles.

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Nicholas E. Barron's avatar

Brendan, given some of your recommendations, you may be interested in my literary newsletter, Bidwell Hollow. It's a mix of literary history and writer interviews. https://bidwellhollow.substack.com

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H R Venkatesh's avatar

I subscribed to notes from a small press, thanks! I also like Kate McKeon's Agents and Books newsletter here. Meanwhile, here's mine if you're interested in building up our immunity to 'fake news', bullshit, propaganda and half-truths: mediabuddhi.substack.com

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Walter Hickey's avatar

Bit off the wall, but I've been really working to increase the percentage of my news diet that is international, particularly from places in the global south and especially Africa.

Some of my favorite newsletters are "sectorized" and cover an industry or subset of the economy, I think a compelling next step it "regionalized" newsletters, I think, are a massive opportunity for someone inclined to cover it.

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H R Venkatesh's avatar

mediabuddhi.substack.com | Walter, this is my newsletter that seeks to 'inoculate ourselves from 'fake news', lies, propaganda, half-truths and general bullshit'. One idea per issue. Written for a global audience from New Delhi.

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Bill Bishop's avatar

Sinocism, Flow State and Stratechery

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Martin Cahill's avatar

I'm actually working on a crowd-voted, Choose Your Own Adventure kind of newsletter right now; hoping to launch by month's end!

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Jacob Jackson's avatar

Cool! My choose your own adventure at theleanhouseeffect.substack.com is all about how you can choose to be wealthy and sustainable with a few simple changes to your life and home. Check it out!

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Martin Cahill's avatar

Oh, these are awesome! I'll check them out some more, thank you, Nadia! =]

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Geoffrey Golden's avatar

My name is Geoffrey Golden and I endorse this thread.

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Ben McNeil's avatar

That is cool.. I have been trying to do crowd-voting for health and science to allow people to overcome misinformation on Google/social media. I have a page to ask for topics to review (https://metafact.substack.com/p/topics-for-us-to-review/comments). Then I ask them to vote using a free polling platform (https://poll.fm/10412143). Then I ask experts. It's sort of working - but any different ideas much appreciated!

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peggy heath's avatar

You might like to point out to the so-called 'medical professionals' that there are possibly millions now suffering from Sjogren's Syndrome (look it up!) which is treatable, but not curable and not fatal. I know dozens of people who have it as a result of their own immune systems going into high gear to battle COVID. I have yet to see any mention of it anywhere . . .

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peggy heath's avatar

When I say I know dozens of people who have it . . . that includes me. I'm 82 and otherwise as fit as a flea but I definitely caught something earlier this year - unlike anything I've ever had in my long life, and it now recurs every few weeks . . . time to share . . .

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Frank Chen's avatar

this is dope.

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Anne-Marie Mulumba's avatar

I would love more fashion-related content. Or just design-inspired in general (can't seem to find that, maybe it's me).

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Jamie's avatar

Hands down, one of my favorites is stocktalks.blog

It’s run by 2 teenagers and they write really good financial papers. Nothing like it is on sub stack. Huge props to them

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Books on GIF's avatar

I really really enjoy Dearest: https://dearest.substack.com/

I read Numlock News every morning.

And I enjoy pithy outcomes: maya.substack.com

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Mike Schoppmann's avatar

I absolutely love Tom Ziller's Good Morning It's Basketball. Informative, funny, consistently interesting, and really well-curated links that support writers big and small. My favorite email every time. He's writes eloquently and passionately about any NBA topic, gives a thoughtful perspective on the social/racial/political storylines that have popped up in the last few seasons, and just helps make a very fun league even more enjoyable.

https://ziller.substack.com/

I would be very interested in seeing a video game publication join Substack (and apologies if I've just missed a big one!). Thoughtful commentary and reviews from places like Kotaku and Polygon seem to be a natural fit for a curated experience like this, and the topic allows for depth and specialization.

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Hamish McKenzie's avatar

I am also a big Tom Ziller fan.

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Kevin Kaduk's avatar

Good Morning It’s Basketball is the best newsletter on any topic, anywhere

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Mike Schoppmann's avatar

absolutely! getting my story included in one of his posts was the highlight of my newsletter!

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Evergreen & Grey's avatar

Exist on Substack but don’t...am I misreading this?😂I mean mine technically “exists” on Substack but I would argue is “doesn’t” exist in realms other than my aunties and besties🤷🏻‍♀️

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Hamish McKenzie's avatar

Ugh, I mistyped. What publications *should* exist... thanks

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Geoffrey Golden's avatar

Books/Snacks/Softcore (Samantha Irby) for hilarious recaps of Judge Mathis and Humorism (Seth Simons) for an inside look at the comedy world.

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Cayla Vidmar's avatar

Hi all, I'm new here, but formerly wrote weekly articles over on Medium based primarily on personal development, sobriety, etc. Does anyone have any recommendations for newsletters focused on personal development, self help, etc? Thank you!

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Nikita Petrov's avatar

I really like Edith Zimmerman's Drawings Links: https://drawinglinks.substack.com/

Wonder if there are other newsletters that either are art (like Edith's), or are about art/illustration/design—something with a lot of visuals.

I do illustrations for Nonzero (https://nonzero.substack.com/), thinking about ways to experiment with visuals more on that one.

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Nikita Petrov's avatar

Example of what should exist on Substack: https://publicdomainreview.org/

My favorite newsletter is Nick Cave's (https://www.theredhandfiles.com/). It's not on Substack, and I don't see it moving here, but I wonder if others like this—personal stuff by artists—exit?

Also—random thought—are there personal newsletters by politicians / activists / people trying to do things?

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Sophia Johansson's avatar

I am a family leader in the disability rights movement finding my voice on this platform. I don’t necessarily recommend you take a look at my substack, but wanted to tell you I am trying to do things! =]

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John Philpin's avatar

Any chance that you could host a page that shows ALL the hosted newsletters - categorized so

1) we can see pubs in a similar space and

2) more easily find newsletters we are interested in?

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seeley quest, sie/hir's avatar

this would be valuable to all!

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Ashley Holstrom's avatar

Oh, I am SO into this idea.

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John Philpin's avatar

asking for a friend :-)

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Sean McCroskey's avatar

This isn't a newsletter rec- more of a question but has the Substack thought of a built-in content calendar on the dashboard to help writers plan and organize their content for say their weekly or monthly newsletter?

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Sophia Johansson's avatar

Heather Cox Richardson’s newsletter is gripping! I can’t wait to read it every morning!!

Not sure how to discover more interesting content. Shaun King’s newsletter keeps landing in my spam folder. What’s up with that?!

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Anne-Marie Mulumba's avatar

+1 to discovering more content. I struggle with that as well. Perhaps an indexing system would be helpful?

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Philip Stephen Allen's avatar

Heather Cox Richardson is a SERIOUSLY good newsletter.

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Terrell Johnson's avatar

Amen! I never miss hers.

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PETITION LLC's avatar

Agreed. Big fans over here. Pithy synopsis of current political events with some history lessons tossed in for good measure. So good.

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Adam Morris's avatar

Wow - it looks fantastic - thanks for mentioning it!

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Sophia Johansson's avatar

Absolutely!

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Mallory Brooks's avatar

"gripping"—what a compliment.

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Mallory Brooks's avatar

i obviously am now subscribed!

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Sean McCroskey's avatar

Stratechery, Lenny's Newsletter inspired me to start mine called Welcome to the Stage

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Philip Stephen Allen's avatar

Sean, do you have a link you can share?

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Philip Stephen Allen's avatar

I'll check it out for sure! I was trying to check out Stratechery as well - a few people on here have recommended it, and a search led me somewhere unknown.

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Phil's avatar

Stratechery isn't on substack. Try stratechery.com

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Dreamtotem's avatar

I think newsletters are a good way for polymaths to express themselves, to find that crossroad of many interests that speaks volumes to a diverse audience.

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Abhishek Chakraborty's avatar

I would like to read more about small businesses. Have had enough of Silicon Valley and VC funded tech. I would love me some SMBs, anti-growth, one-man companies. Paul Jarvis is a good example. What they do, how they structure work, business, and team, what challenges they face, etc. Basecamp used to have The Distance podcast which was something similar. I loved that.

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Jas @ INF club's avatar

Hear, hear! I've been on *exactly* the same journey from big startup -> small/sustainable/one-person biz; Paul Jarvis & Basecamp are the two I'm aware of. Abhishek, you might also like to check out Earnest Capital/Tyler Tringas, and also the IndieHackers.com blog + community.

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Felix Scholz's avatar

OT, but I'm sure there's great stuff that I'd like on Substack, but I'm sure I'm not finding it -- perhaps some search/explore features?

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Danica Swanson's avatar

I've been nudging them about that for awhile. Last I heard, they're still working on discovery matters. But in the meantime, there's this basic keyword search page:

https://substack.com/search

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Nicholas E. Barron's avatar

And I'm not sure how well the search works. My newsletter is about literature and books, but it doesn't appear in the results when searching for those keywords.

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Danica Swanson's avatar

The same applies to me: my newsletter is about music, but unfortunately it doesn't appear in the results for a search on that word, which baffles me since the word "music" appears in the subtitle. Nonetheless, I have definitely found some good newsletters through that search function. I'm hoping they'll eventually have newsletters sorted by categories.

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Jenny's avatar

I started a substack with silly comics about my family for my family and friends. I would love to see more comic writers on substack. How fun to get comics delivered to your inbox, right? My inspiration is @katebeaton's twitter feed where she occasionally posts comics about her dad and new baby. I would love to get those in an email.

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Hamish McKenzie's avatar

You might enjoy Edith Zimmerman's Drawing Links: https://drawinglinks.substack.com/

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Jenny's avatar

Oops that's @beatonna on twitter. Also my favorite substack right now is https://librarianguish.substack.com/

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Anne Murphy's avatar

Your watercolors are beautiful too!

I'd like to see more comics, and more art newsletters.

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JI Stark's avatar

I enjoy gen yeet and deez links. Stratechery is an inspiration for several of us here.

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Kevin Kaduk's avatar

I'm not too proud to plug my own newsletter here, a fun daily column + roundup of Chicago sports news: http://midwayminute.substack.com

Or, as I call it, the best thing to happen to Chicago since the '85 Bears.

Question for the Substack developers: Do you have anything in the works for readers to discover newsletters by category? I'd love to see what other sportswriters are using Substack for.

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Hamish McKenzie's avatar

We are thinking a lot about that!

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Kate Carraway's avatar

YES! Would love to be part of wellness/self-care/relationships/lifestyle "groups", verticles or whatever you end up with.

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Kevin Kaduk's avatar

Great! I think it will be huge for discoverability!

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Tony Traina's avatar

Agreed! This comment is the only way I found, for example, a fellow Chicagoan.

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Matt Civico's avatar

My favourite is "The Convivial Society" from L.M. Sacasas - (https://theconvivialsociety.substack.com/)

It's such a fascinating, and important, mix of the philosophy and ethics and technology. It's a good read whether you work in tech or just concerned about how tech is working on you.

It was actually this newsletter that convinced me to pivot away from pop culture topics in my own newsletter and refocus on Faith, Technology, and Being: (https://mattcivico.substack.com/). If you subscribe to one, definitely subscribe to "The Convivial Society"!

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Ilias's avatar

I just had my first subscriber, a daily newsletter on tv talk shows.

https://myshow.substack.com/

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Danica Swanson's avatar

One of my favorite newsletters here is Oshan Jarow’s Mind Matters (https://musingmind.substack.com). He explores philosophy, meditation, ecology, economics, architecture, and other topics from a systems perspective.

What I’d like to see on Substack: a newsletter analyzing the psychology, philosophy, social dynamics, and cultural significance of subscription funding models and crowdfunding for arts labor.

I’ve noticed some interesting patterns from both the publisher side and the reader side on Substack, and previously on Patreon. As a reader, I’ve been keeping a list of the reasons why I do or don’t subscribe to certain newsletters, or why I stop subscribing. I’m fascinated by the wide variety of reasons that crop up, and the lessons I can apply to my own publishing ventures. For example, I declined to subscribe to one newsletter I liked simply because it was published too frequently for me to keep up!

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H R Venkatesh's avatar

Thanks. I subscribed to musing mind! I have a newsletter mediabuddhi.substack.com if it interests you on how to deal with information overload.

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Luke M's avatar

I’ve been writing about trends I’m seeing in the world of finance and economics over at endlessmetrics.substack.com - I haven’t seen a lot of other newsletters on Substack for this. Anyone else interested in this area or have some newsletters they recommend??

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Terrell Johnson's avatar

Also really been enjoying Edith Zimmerman’s newsletter: https://drawinglinks.substack.com/

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Mallory Brooks's avatar

anne helen petersen's 'the collected ahp;' laura olin's eponymous newsletter; 'just good shit' by rachel miller; 'the bent' by two women (andy and emma) has been so helpful in navigating professional questions as a young manager

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Mallory Brooks's avatar

additionally i love claire and erica's a thing or two (formerly 10 things by of a kind) — it inspired my own co-edited newsletter, garden variety (gardenvariety.substack.com)

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Cassie Seiple's avatar

MANAGEMENT IS A SKILL THAT IS NOT NATURALLY DONE WELL. You are so wise to seek out this information. So many "bosses" are abusive and the 24 hour work culture always at the email on the hip text me woof me "put it in my veins" (=shout out to Donny Chiang - on Daily Show and has new Netflix standup, clips on youtube). Reminds me of IKAR Rabbi has a Ted Talk about ancient Jewish story: everything matters. nothing matters. We hold both in our hands at the same time. I'll try to remember to look them up.

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Philip Stephen Allen's avatar

Micro-Chop! Gino kills it, unearthing hip hop gold I never knew existed, fringe artists that made a long-lasting impact, and some seriously good music.

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Todd L. Burns's avatar

Yes! If you're into hip-hop, you should definitely be following this one

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John Stoehr's avatar

I read Shero regularly.

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Magpie's avatar

I've been enjoying Brain Pickings a lot - I really need to find more to subscribe to! And since The Stage Mirror is winding down, I'm looking for another writer to get my snarky philosophy fix. I think it would be great if we could add topic tags to our newsletters, so if someone was enjoying, say, a neuroscience digest, you could look up the tag on the main site and see what else falls into that category. I'd also love to be able to get all my newsletters on the site in an aggregated place, or just be able to look at all my subscriptions and see if I've missed anything this week. Scrolling through my Gmail updates tab, I do occasionally miss things and so I spend a fair amount of time typing in URLs manually when I'm looking for something to read

I've also been evangelizing the merits of Substack to my fellow career thru-hikers, as I've only been able to find one other hiking blog, a now defunct PCT chronicle. It's really a great place for this kind of serialized, real time memoir. Updates from trail go out sporadically as you can't always predict where you'll have cell service or wifi, and the interface is simple enough to manage on crappy small-town internet. I find WordPress a little bit too involved for this purpose, pages take forever to load, and it's nice to have my updates go straight out into people's inboxes when I'm not able to publish on a regular schedule. I'm working in the community to port more trail journals onto here, it's really quite ideal and I'd love to see more thru hikers than just me.

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Cassie Seiple's avatar

You can try mine but it's a lot. Philosophy and politics and thoughts and feelings under the guise of real life? Don't spread far and wide yet. I'm only two published posts in.

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Laura Jane's avatar

I'm working for a few weeks on a newsletter about astrology and yoga, how to combine them and every now and then, when I feel like it, I write about all things spiritual and consciousness-expanding. I would love to read some other newsletters about yoga, plant- or alternative medicine and holistic healing methods.

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Cassie Seiple's avatar

Ask Jane Marie - she is too busy but I love her podcast The Dream both seasons, but the second is all about the bogus claims by the fake wellness new snake oil industry. XO Good idea. No to Goop yes to plants and teas and baths.

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Claire Zulkey's avatar

I'm not too proud to vote up my own newsletter Evil Witches, for people who happen to be mothers (and also other witchy people.) https://evilwitches.substack.com/

I keep telling my husband, a small biz owner and filmmaker, he should have a Substack Newsletter and post one of his films a week and do a little inside baseball on how he made it but he'll never do it.

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Cassie Seiple's avatar

When he's ready both sound awesome. It does take a lot of time (for me) to get first post ready but this should be free for rough and ready thinking outlaid or just building like a portfolio for kind people to give feedback or just to show you are alive in this world. XO

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Nick DeWilde's avatar

Some of my favorites:

The Quartermaster – https://quartermaster.substack.com/

The Generalist – https://thegeneralist.substack.com/

Brianne Kimmel's Newsletter – https://wfh.substack.com/

Per My Last Email – https://packym.substack.com/

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Christian Travier's avatar

Hey Hamish! Thanks again for this wonderfull tool! I hope to see more French publications! We also need a way to discover more easily the existing Newsletters.

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Eleanor's avatar

The ones I look forward to receiving the most:

- https://annehelen.substack.com/ - Anne Helen Petersen's assorted thoughts, largely around millennial burnout, always give me something new to think about makes me feel like I'm not crazy

- https://holapapi.substack.com/ - John Paul Brammer's thoughts & advice column, fun quick reads that are always insightful

- https://notesfromasmallpress.substack.com/ - Anne Trubek's advice and insights into the publishing/book world, which I always wished I knew more about but never knew how to learn about until this newsletter.

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Cassie Seiple's avatar

Record scratch, runs to Anne Helen Peterson.

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Andrew's avatar

Also a big fan of Normcore Tech (https://vicki.substack.com/). Vicki has a lot of fascinating things to say about current tech issues.

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rohit's avatar

My favorite is my own newsletter https://seekingnorthbyrohit.substack.com as I put in a lot of passion I writing it.

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David R. Novak's avatar

I launched a newsletter 7 weeks ago called Spark the Fire. It's all about human communication and how humans communicate. It's a weird mix of philosophy, human behavior, and communication skills and I'm sort of drafting my book right out in public in a newsletter friendly way. Every Tuesday, I share about 1000 thoughtful words on the wonders and mysteries of communicating. Credentials if you're interested: I was a professor of com for 10 years. I now work in research for a large consulting firm which is not what my newsletter is about. My newsletter is for humans who want to know about how to communicate better, not consultants. Inspired and driven by John Dewey, Ludwig Wittgenstien, Aphex Twin, coffee, and early morning writing sessions.

https://communicate.substack.com

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Ifeoluwa Aluko's avatar

https://Ifeoluwa.substack.com/

(details on growth and development, weekly)

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Abhishek Chakraborty's avatar

I (try to) write on thinking and decision making, would love to find similar Substack newsletters. If there's anybody who writes on ideas that make you think, please put in your link, would love to read :)

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Cassie Seiple's avatar

Maybe me? Idk. Decisions are so hard and so important. The rule of two help me. Try Ada Calhoun's book: Why We Can't Sleep. The chapter titles are wonderful. Her earlier one was also really helpful and similar style: Wedding Toasts I'll Never Give. XO

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sylvia clare's avatar

I have no idea what this is or how to use it or why or anything - would love to be enlightened

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Cassie Seiple's avatar

They are frantically working on that. Take a breath. Write one on how to breathe. Or how we forget to breathe or breathe too much? Idk. You will find what you're looking for. Or go read in a library and check back here in a few months. Cassie @ Substack whaterverf.alsdogiuaglkj

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Muhammad kabir's avatar

Actually there's one thing I love so much but haven't read from here, short stories

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Cassie Seiple's avatar

Good goal for me to write! Hum. I feel like many I see are more experimental not finished stories more trying out ideas. Try Bad Polly? No...Evil Molly? Or read a book! I loved the Stories of Your Life. Just kidding. I'm too scared to read it but hear it's wonderful. Try a Sci Fi short story collection in a book. XO

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Abhishek Chakraborty's avatar

I don't see a lot of content from Indian writers on Indian culture, politics, economics, finance, etc. Or maybe there are some, and I haven't been able to discover them.

There are a couple which I like, such as Scroll.in's The Political Fix (https://thepoliticalfix.substack.com/) but personally I want more content from independent writers, rather than pubs.

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H R Venkatesh's avatar

Maybe this will work for you? mediabuddhi.substack.com | A newsletter about how to stay sane in a world of information overload, noise, ‘fake news’, half-truths and propaganda. Each issue, you get one idea that helps you think through these challenges.

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Laura Jane's avatar

this sounds very interesting! looking for more newsletters on combining the spiritual with the everyday world

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David Bauer's avatar

I just recently made this list of newsletters that I like and recommend: https://www.davidbauer.ch/2020/02/04/14-1-newsletters-worth-your-time/

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Sam E. Lawrence's avatar

I'm interested in technology and policy, so I draw a lot of benefit from "BIG" (https://mattstoller.substack.com/) by Matt Stoller, which is all about the tension between monopoly power and democracy. I also very much enjoy Azeem Ashar's "Exponential View" (https://www.exponentialview.co/) which goes deeper into policy issues, climate change, and artificial intelligence. Both of these have inspired me to begin my own writing about AdTech, privacy, and surveillance capitalism on my own Substack, "Ad Hominem" (https://adhominem.substack.com/). I hope someone finds one or all of these to be interesting reading.

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John McCracken's avatar

You Don't Need Maps (youdontneedmaps.substack.com) provides some killer, killer coverage of punk, emo, HXC, and an in-depth history of those bands & genres!

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Todd L. Burns's avatar

Seconded! Very good if you're into that type of music

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