Substacks recommended by House of Strauss

Recommended by House of Strauss

Essays and analysis about elections, media, sports, poker, and all the other things I care about.

Pursuing the mysterium tremendum et fascinans and writing at the intersection of philosophy, culture, art, technology, and religious wisdom.

Singal-Minded

By Jesse Singal

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.

America's War Game

By Ian Boyd

Studying football's strategies and place in American culture

Huddle Up

By Joe Pompliano

The business and money behind sports.

Make More Pie

By Nancy Rommelmann

Media, culture, journalism, murder, and the occasional baking of actual pie

The Fifth Column (A Podcast)

Your weekly rhetorical assault on the news cycle, the people who make it, and occasionally ourselves.

Mike Pesca

The home of The Gist List and exclusive commentary from Mike Pesca delivered to your inbox every single day.

The best of the professionally curious

- House of Strauss

The Free Press

By Bari Weiss

A new media company built on the ideals that were once the bedrock of American journalism.

Blocked and Reported

By Jesse Singal

A Podcast About Internet Controversies

I like listening to this abusive relationship.

- House of Strauss

The Weekly Dish

By Andrew Sullivan

"To see what is in front of one's nose needs a constant struggle," - George Orwell.

The Stein Line

By Marc Stein

Insider coverage of the NBA since 1994

He's the consummate NBA pro.

- House of Strauss

Rob Henderson's Newsletter

Human nature, psychology, social class, luxury beliefs, and more.

Social Studies

By Leighton Woodhouse

Politics, media and social theory

Racket News

By Matt Taibbi

“We care if it’s true. We don’t care why.”

Smoke 'Em If You Got 'Em Podcast

A podcast from the outskirts of the zeitgeist

Freddie deBoer

cool but rude

The Finder With Tom Haberstroh

Cutting-edge NBA insights you can't get anywhere else -- from the mind of award-winning writer Tom Haberstroh.

One of the sharpest sports analysts

- House of Strauss

Public

By Michael Shellenberger

Reporting on free speech, civilization, and humanity.

Razib Khan's Unsupervised Learning

Conversations on population genetics, evolution, history, books, and culture

Political Currents by Ross Barkan

This is Ross Barkan's newsletter - original essays on politics, society, and culture

He's the best NYC politics reporter.

- House of Strauss

Substack Sports

By Austin Tedesco

A community for Substack's sports writers, podcasters, video creators and fans.