Citation Needed is a podcast-turned-newsletter that mocks and critiques academic papers it finds absurd, often with a provocative, right-leaning framing. Its issues announce the show's wind-down and discuss paywalled episodes on contested papers about childhood sexuality and gender studies.
Website: https://www.citationneededpodcast.com
Essays on economic history by an academic economic historian, covering medieval economies, long-run growth debates and developments in scholarly research. Posts combine engagement with the historiography and data such as Domesday Book and Malthusian benchmarks with commentary on the profession.
A newsletter on statistical genetics that critically examines heritability claims, academic policy and the use of AI in research. Readers get data-driven analysis of published datasets and hands-on experiments from a practicing researcher.
Psychologist Paul Bloom writes short, argumentative essays on psychology, philosophy, AI and everyday decisions, plus occasional podcast conversations with Robert Wright. Readers get a contrarian but reasoned take on topics like lottery tickets, AI peer review and chatbot companionship.
A law-school blog offering idiosyncratic essays and reading recommendations, including a defense of the Bluebook and commentary on scholarship in public law. It also reprints a 2001 University of Chicago speech by sociologist Andrew Abbott that challenges the institution's self-image.
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