Substacks recommended by JB Minton

Recommended by JB Minton

A newsletter about tech and society, startups, consumer devices and software, and the surprising alchemy that results when all of these things collide and combine. Insights from TechCrunch's former Managing Editor Darrell Etherington.

The Coddling of the American Mind Movie

By Ted Balaker

AN ANXIOUS GENERATION SEARCHES FOR HAPPINESS. Substack presents the feature documentary based on The New York Times bestselling book by Greg Lukianoff and Jonathan Haidt. Produced by Courtney Moorehead Balaker. Directed by Ted Balaker.

The Fry Corner

By Stephen Fry

A sack of stubs, a stub sack, a stack of subs, a substack

One A Day Rush

By Lara

Love Rush? So do I! A newsletter where I'll email you one Rush song a day for every day in 2024.

The Paulo Coelho Read Along

By Colm Holland

Fans of Paulo Coelho keep reading here ... and find the insights to unlock the magic of The Alchemist and all those books by Paulo you've not yet read, in a community of like-minded alchemists.

KILLING EVE: RESURRECTION

By Luke Jennings

Official Substack of Killing Eve creator Luke Jennings. Free subscribers get every instalment of KILLING EVE: RESURRECTION. Paid subscribers help me keep the series free to all, and get exclusive access to my new series HOW TO WRITE KILLER PROSE.

Intelligent Jello

By Mike Gioia (Intelligent Jello)

Sketching the landscape of generative AI in creative work (film, writing, media).

Bonnie Jo Campbell’s Substack

Splash! My new novel, The Waters, is out January 9, and this is where I try not to lose my sense of humor for 66 days.

Bonnie is one of our great modern fiction writers.

- JB Minton

Missed Listens

By Darren Hemmings

Missed Listens celebrates albums we consider to be slept-on classics. Our contributors include people from all over the music industry, stepping up to explain why the album of their choosing is worth your time.

Enfant Terrible

By Remy Bazerque

Spleens, sins, and dad-related exhaustings from an award-winning writer/director, currently avoiding work on a screenplay.

Rick Wilson’s Substack

Thoughts and observations on the American Crisis.

By 'LP' by Ian Sharp

'LP': The stories behind classic rock music, carefully researched and absorbingly written. Ian Sharp, Music Writer.

Rogue Literary Society

By M Sarki

"The new bull of meaning" in literature, poetry, and critical book reviews.

Tumultuous True Stories

By Lindsay Byron

Diaries, love letters, and confessions from the late 90s through the early 2000s, by a young woman carving art out of pain.

Cemetery’s Substack

By Cemetery Dance Publications

This is a place to interact with your favorite Cemetery Dance paperback and eBook authors!

THE ARTITUDE

By Temi Mattu

I create art and I write weekly about art, creativity, aesthetics, and every other thing in between. Feel free to dive into my head.

Pieces Of Poetry

By Stanley Wotring

Random Musings Of A Pent-Up Poet

Kent’s Substack

By Kent Peterson

I usually type about one page a day here on an old manual typewriter.

Godzilla Vs The Jersey Devil: Winner Take All

By Andrew Beaton

After NYC, Godzilla Heads for Atlantic City, to try his luck in New Jersey...

AI for Dinosaurs

By Adam

Embark on the AI journey with 'AI for Dinosaurs', a user-friendly guide to the rapidly evolving AI sphere. Subscribe for timely updates focusing on AI's societal impacts.

Michael Ian Black

Better than a blog? I don't know. But I always hated the word "blog." If you'd like to subscribe, the orphans I support would love it.

Dans Deliberations

By Daniel O’Donnell

Movies, Music, Books and the endless imagination

David W. Friedman

A place to share my stories, thoughts, and shamelessly self-promote. At this time everything is FREE! Enjoy the content.

Lighthouse

By Alexander Semenyuk

Award winning author of 20+ books. Here you will find posts about faith, spirituality, family, psychology, as well as writing prompts, podcasts and videos. Come and engage in meaningful conversations dealing with our world and wellbeing.

Eye on I: Projections of a Street Photographer

By Mark White

Exploring the streets, pixel by pixel

Santa Fe Substack

By Eric Trules

Santa Fe Life & Culture by Eric Trules: Arts, Insights, Personal Storytelling, Jazz, Food, Architecture, Festivals, Native American/Spanish/American History, Pueblos, Day Trips, Modern Day Magical Realism, Poetry, Prose, Podcasts, Revelations, MORE!

Krista’s Substack

By Krista Parkinson

Hollywood career coach Krista Parkinson sharing strategies & stories to help you get hired in your first or next job in entertainment.

Your groove curator.

Curation of Edinburgh life, news, culture and communities. Join 9,000+ locals on the mailing list to get a free 7am daily news roundup. Or help keep this going for a fiver a month. Edinburgh, Scotland, UK.

Potter Poems

By Jonathan Potter

Poetry in process by Jonathan Potter

Hopium Chronicles By Simon Rosenberg

Expert commentary from a 30-year veteran of US politics. Here at Hopium we work on strategies to defeat MAGA, tell our story more effectively, and ensure freedom and democracy prevail. Expect sharp analysis, live events, and all sorts of Hopium!

In the Flash

By Dina Litovsky

Adventures in the unseen world of photography.

The Incompatibility of Being Alive

Honest, raw reflections on everything from mortality to sobriety to love to fear to family dysfunction and everything in between...with an added dash of hope.

The FM Club

By Dear Landlord

Dylan.FM goes deep into the work of Bob Dylan. We focus each quarter on one album or period and do posts, podcasts, interviews, more. Plus we deliver a weekly Dylan news summary called 'Seven Days'.

All Bob Dylan fans should subscribe.

- JB Minton

Noel's Notes

By Noel Casler

A deeper dive into current events and 'Noel Casler Podcast' topics.

Noel is a recovering artist. Sensitive and angry and full of amazing stories.

- JB Minton

Michael Mohr's Sincere American Writing

Buy my YA literary punk novel, THE CREW. Find me on Facebook. Author. Book editor. Thinker. Contrarian. Essays. Politics. Memoir. Book reviews. Fiction. No teams. No loyalties. Straight bourbon honesty.

Everything is Personal

By Laurie Stone

The story is not about what happened, it's about what the narrator makes of what happened.

The Creative Shift by Dan Blank

Helping writers and creators share their work and connect with readers in meaningful ways. Digging deep into marketing, book launches, and platform development. Get my weekly newsletter every Friday.

Other Worlds Than These

By Dave

Join Other Worlds Than These to explore fantasy & sci-fi realms through books, film and tv. Join our community of readers and immerse yourself in the worlds of the fantastic! 📚✨

Sober Soulful

By Dana Leigh Lyons

For anyone exploring their relationship to unhelpful patterns and seeking kind, kindred community. Intimate essays on addiction, sobriety, and being human from a sober Doctor of Traditional Chinese Medicine and writer still figuring it out.

For Dear Life with Maggie Smith

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

John Bleasdale Writes On Film

Celebration and Criticism in that order from Writers on Film

John runs one of my favorite podcasts, Writers On Film. His attention to the emotional and moral value of cinema. I highly recommend subscribing to his Substack community.

- JB Minton

Trules Rules

By Eric Trules

Trules’ personal rants, reports, raves, points of view, and embarrassments PLUS top-rated travel podcasts & some common sense

Consciousness ∞ The Doorway to Human Evolution

By Scott Britton

I write and podcast about the intersection of self-awareness and human potential. Previously exited startup founder.

Scott Britton is an entrepreneur and content creator. He most recently started Troops.ai (acq. Salesforce) and now enjoys writing about his journey of exploring consciousness and learning about the creator economy on his newsletter.

- JB Minton

The Warning with Steve Schmidt

Orient to the currents that are shaping our times and the unseen forces driving politics that are rarely discussed on cable news

Steve Schmidt is a master political strategist who also happens to be one of the most important moral philosophers of my generation. You may not agree with his politics, but you will be moved by his moral reasoning.

- JB Minton

Ahch-To Baby

By Matthew Freeman

A newsletter about Star Wars by award-winning playwright Matthew Freeman.

Poetic Outlaws

A place for the outlaws of poetry and the written word.

The Empty Chair

By Paul and Josh

Transcending Conversation

The Recovering Academic

By Joshua Doležal

Notes on life after academe with exclusive interviews, essays, and craft resources.

Enough Already

By D. Earl Stephens ✍️

Light reading in these dark political times ...

In the Darkest Hour

By DT Griffith

A pub from a horror, dark fiction, and business writer about writing, editing, story craft, and the creative process. Sometimes autobiographical sharing stories in the hopes readers will take away something useful in their own endeavors.

Civil Discourse with Joyce Vance

By Joyce Vance

Worried about the state of the republic? Get the legal knowledge & analysis you need to be an advocate for democracy, along with a dose of savvy optimism.

Become conversationally fluent in legal logic, process, strategy, and morality. Joyce is amazing.

- JB Minton

MILLER’S BOOK REVIEW 📚

By Miller’s Book Review 📚

Classics, Memoir, History, More

SOCIAL MEDIA ESCAPE CLUB

By Social Media Escape Club

Helping creative people reach and grow an audience without social media.

Tales From the Farm

By Jeff Lemire

News, new comics, work in progress, exclusive merch, and behind the scenes commentary for all things Jeff Lemire.

Jeff Lemire is one of the great modern storytellers. Plus, he's a damn nice guy with a huge heart. In this newsletter, he opens the door to his office and lets us in behind the scenes.

- JB Minton

Write More with Simon K Jones

How to write serial fiction and be more consistently productive.

Simon is working hard to crack the code of publishing serial fiction online. He's also a hell of a great storyteller with a wide and deep imagination. For your consideration.

- JB Minton

Starship Casual

By Jeff Tweedy

Jeff Tweedy shares songs, advice, general musings, and whatnot...

The FLARE

By Chevanne

An emotional signal shot into space, waiting to be discovered. I hope you see it, I hope it finds you. Short fiction | Poetry | Personal essays

JoeWrote

By Joe Mayall

Life through a leftist lens.

Joe Mayall is a writer who explains progressive politics with simple language, real examples, and a bit of humor. He also discusses the cultural impact of entertainment.

- JB Minton

The Intrinsic Perspective

By Erik Hoel

Bridging the two cultures of science and the humanities

Sherman Alexie

poems, short fiction, essays, opinion, audio, video

One of our great living authors working out loud. Alexie's work remains vitally important to navigating our way out of this moral mess with empathy, kindness, tragedy, and laughter.

- JB Minton

Austin Kleon

Weekly art, writing, and creative inspiration from the author of Steal Like an Artist and other bestsellers.

The best top ten lists available.

- JB Minton

Lucid

By Ruth Ben-Ghiat

A newsletter for big-picture thinking about autocracy and threats to democracy around the world

The Honest Broker

By Ted Gioia

A trustworthy guide to music, books, arts, media & culture by Ted Gioia

expect an in-depth exploration of music across genres and periods, with insightful commentary and analysis. Ted Gioia has a unique perspective and a deep understanding of music, and if his Substack carries these characteristics, it would likely be a valuable resource for music enthusiasts or anyone looking to expand their musical horizons.

- JB Minton

Animation Obsessive

Exploring the best in animation from all around the world — part investigation, part treasure hunt.

If you have even a passing interest in animation, you must subscribe and become part of this invaluable community.

- JB Minton

Lucian Truscott Newsletter

By Lucian K. Truscott IV

I've covered everything from three wars, a few presidential campaigns, the Stonewall riots and the Rolling Stones. This column reflects that history and is about politics, culture, personal stories, and the nation's descent into anti-democratic madness.

Dark Matter

By David Dark

This is where David Dark sets it all down.

Unfound Peoples Videotechnic

By Graeme Cole

Roaming absurdist film school. Micro-essays on the esoterics of filmmaking. Trudging through wastelands of ignorance towards a Cinema of Doubt via Béla Tarr, the Kuchars, Maddin and Deren.

Weirdo Poetry

By Jason McBride

Exploring ways to "suck the marrow out of life" with poetry, comics, and other nonsense.

Situation Normal

By Michael Estrin

Stories for people who enjoy humor with a side of humanity and a dash of insight

Constant Commoner

By Ramona Grigg

Essays from the cultural hinterlands. I'm in the boonies but I have Internet and a working BS meter. I write about my life, my loves, my losses, but when the country is on the skids I'll be trying to get it back on track.

Bloody Lake Ontario

By Kate Fall

Welcome to the 1750s and the French and Indian War's frontline. Get your muskets loaded. Discussing Great Lakes Colonial era history and writing historical fiction.

The Nelson George Mixtape

By Nelson George

Black music, black culture and America.

Nelson George has forgotten more about art and culture than most of us know.

- JB Minton

Flagging Down the Double E's

By Ray Padgett

Bob Dylan concerts throughout history

All Bob Dylan fans should subscribe.

- JB Minton

PREVAIL by Greg Olear

PREVAIL is a regular column about politics, history, national security, foreign affairs, organized crime, dirty money, global corruption, the fight for democracy—and, on Sundays, poetry and literature.

Letters from an American

By Heather Cox Richardson

A newsletter about the history behind today's politics.

This is a daily dose of sanity and historical education.

- JB Minton

FlakPhoto Digest

By Andy Adams

A curated newsletter for photography people

The enthusiasm for artistic expression through the captured image is infectious in this newsletter.

- JB Minton

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.

Flow State

Every weekday, two hours of music that's perfect for working (no vocals).