TOP 25 CULTURE NEWSLETTERS ON SUBSTACK
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A full list of the top 25 culture newsletters and podcasts on Substack. Read about the latest pop culture moments, style, movies, music and beyond, and how culture impacts the wider world.
Where pop culture deep dives mingle with quality conspiracy theories, lifestyle highlights, and trending water cooler gossip
Sam Harris is the author of five NYT bestsellers, host of the Making Sense podcast, and creator of the Waking Up app.
President Felon
Given my belief that Donald Trump is the most dangerous cult leader on Earth, I might be expected to be rejoicing over yesterday’s verdict—which made him the first former president to also be a convicted felon.
Sometimes, Violence Really Is the Answer
The recent attack against Hezbollah in Lebanon produced the expected bafflement and preening among those who can afford (or think they can afford) to remain confused about the ethics of human violence.
Your weekly rhetorical assault on the news cycle, the people who make it, and occasionally ourselves.
La newsletter di Selvaggia Lucarelli. Articoli, podcast, opinioni. E sempre con la seconda versione della storia.
A newsletter for people seeking to transform life's interruptions into creative grist
My mission to save millions of street dogs around the world
Blackbird Spyplane is your No. 1 source for "unbeatable recon" into style, travel & culture.
Why do new cars look like this??
"Wet Putty" whips are everywhere. What’s behind it? ... a BBSP investigation
There are weird people out there who have no identity
Rachel Kushner the literary titan comes through talking about her existential new spy novel, the power of thinking with your hands, and more unbeatable topics
A newsletter about movies, tv, the celebrity industrial complex, and personal pop culture obsessions. Delivered twice a week to your inbox, written by Hunter Harris.
Abortion, Every Day is a comprehensive daily newsletter dedicated to abortion rights, and the feminist community that supports it, written by Jessica Valenti.
Subscribers get emails every weekday tracking anything and everything happening with abortion: from anti-choice legislation and court battles to analysis of conservative strategy and stories of women denied care. AED also publishes columns, explainers, investigations, interviews, TikTok roundups and more.
Obsessively-curated recommendations and reflections, best served with coffee.
Essays, updates and arguments from an eyewitness to a new dark age, with thoughts on how to keep liberty, justice and human rights alive.
Webworm is an award-winning newsletter that sees documentary maker & journalist David Farrier (Tickled, Dark Tourist, Mister Organ) diving down various wormholes, both online and in the real world. Thanks to its generous readers Webworm holds power to account, and finds compelling stories that shock, entertain and inform. With various contributing writers, keep up with the world through Webworm's eyes - and join in the kind, smart and funny Webworm community.
Chipping away at the inscrutability of modern life, popular culture, and how we feel about both.
#173: My birth story
I’m still processing my birth, but I wanted to document it before the details slipped and I started hand-waving it away like a bad dream. In those early weeks, I cried whenever I thought or spoke about it. I wanted so badly to feel differently—to love the way she got here, even if it was difficult. I’m less delicate (and hormonal) about it now, but I still don’t think I’m there yet.
#192: Annihilation of the selfie
Good morning!
Cultural obsessions from your Internet BFFs Emma and Claire. You can sit with us.
Writing that boldly disregards normal restraints.
cool but rude
Please Just Fucking Tell Me What Term I Am Allowed to Use for the Sweeping Social and Political Changes You Demand
you don't get to insist that no one talks about your political project and it's weak and pathetic that you think you do
The Basics: School Reform
If you missed it, please check out my recent piece for Vital City.
Things That Don’t Suck is a digital bouquet filled with flowers that bloom on the bright side. Andrea Gibson will help you notice the silver linings, and hunt for the truffles of joy in this sometimes muddied life.
The Hottest Takes on Culture and Health Politics
A newsletter about science, social-justice-activism, why they sometimes fight, and how to help them get along better -- plus a good deal of other, more random stuff.
An eclectic portmanteau of culture, religion, politics, books, food and ideas
An ongoing conversation about the daily mess of life: Family, politics, books, teaching, writing, journalism - and dogs, always dogs. In my world, hope is a fact.
I'm Here For the Joy
I had just scooped dinner into large, shallow bowls when Sherrod called from the family room.
How To Photograph (Our) Dogs
I’ve been working on a Very Serious Essay, but this past weekend I was too distracted to dwell in the abyss of soulful reflection, despite my having pitched a tent there ages ago.
A Pop Culture Cocktail Served by the Fug Girls
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