Substacks recommended by Mike Pesca

Recommended by Mike Pesca

Yascha Mounk

Essays and conversations about big ideas that don't need a news hook. (Auch auf deutsch 🇩🇪. Aussi en français 🇫🇷.)

robneyer

My personal Substack, writing about baseball and occasionally something else that won't get me in trouble.

NewsGuard's Reality Check

A report on how misinformation online is undermining trust—and who’s behind it. Produced by co-CEOs Steven Brill, Gordon Crovitz, and the NewsGuard Team.

There are many services that aim to define what are credible sources and what aren't. I trust NewsGuard the most. ( Not a paid advertisement, just a pleased consumer.)

- Mike Pesca

The End of My Career

By Joel Stein

How to have a midlife crisis without leaving your house

Pebble Hunting

By Sam Miller

I'm writing about baseball & the good life. Contact at pebblehunting@gmail.com.

Sanity Clause

By Joe Klein

As the Marx Brothers said, there ain't no sanity clause--but these are my latest thoughts about politics, policy, culture, books and other stuff.

Joe Klein is a legend of journalism, and deservedly so. His insights have heft, his clarity is a necessary balm to the excesses of group-think of the very outlets that had once published him, but don't any more. I strongly recommend.

- Mike Pesca

Neil’s Substack

By Neil Paine

Analytical but narrative -- blending the past and future of sportswriting

Silver Bulletin

By Nate Silver

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

Dog Shirt Daily

By Benjamin Wittes

The #BeastOfTheDay Had to Go Somewhere

Ukrainian special ops + All the no bullshit Trump / Jan. 6 legal analysis you can handle

- Mike Pesca

Notes from the Middleground

By Damon Linker

Analysis and criticism of the antiliberal right, social-justice progressivism, and cultural topics

Smoke 'Em If You Got 'Em Podcast

Two journalistas on media, celebrity, and what’s burning through the culture right now. Flirtatious banter for serious times.

The Fifth Column (A Podcast)

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

I love these guys. As funny as they are pointed. The Trio with Brio. Give a listen.

- Mike Pesca

Beyond Intractability

By Guy Burgess and Heidi Burgess

Free updates about BI’s exploration of strategies for more constructively handling all types of intractable conflict, including the hyper-polarized, political conflicts that are tearing society apart. Click "No Thanks" to read without subscribing.

Bully Pulpit

By Bob Garfield

A wry and pointed take on politics, media and society from Bob Garfield.

The Scroll

We read the Internet all day so you don't have to.

Blocked and Reported

By Jesse Singal

A Podcast About Internet Controversies

Eric Zorn: The Picayune Sentinel

Beautiful Thoughts Beautifully Expressed

House of Strauss

By Ethan Strauss

Sports, Business, Politics, Culture

I Might Be Wrong

By Jeff Maurer

Comedy, politics, and swearing in pretty much equal amounts.

Seth's Substack

By Brain Candy

A (paused) non-partisan newsletter about politics and elections.

Truly non-partisan political takes. Seth's latest on Chris Christie was spot on, and I have to say a bit of a corrective for me. It made me realize I was giving Christie too much slack bc he is a compelling TV performer.

- Mike Pesca

Slow Boring

By Matthew Yglesias

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

Persuasion

By Yascha Mounk

The community for those who believe that a free society is worth fighting for.

Political Currents by Ross Barkan

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

Noahpinion

By Noah Smith

Economics and other interesting stuff

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.

Numlock News

By Walter Hickey

The best way to start your morning. Numlock celebrates great stories buried in the news that you won't find elsewhere. It's snappy, funny, and informative, plus it's ad-free. Try it out and see why thousands of people wake up to Numlock every single day.

Pesca Profundities

Recommended by Mike Pesca