Noah Smith's blog covers economics, AI, politics, and culture, including essays on film, AI progress, and political critique. Readers get long-form analysis mixing policy commentary with personal reflections on current events.

Nate Chinen's Substack covers jazz and music culture, with essays on festival coverage, artist conversations, and deep dives into musicians like Thelonious Monk. Readers get critical insight into jazz recordings, performers, and the ideas behind their music.

Persuasion is a community newsletter covering politics, culture, and the defense of free societies, including first-person war reporting from Ukraine, conversations with public intellectuals, and investigative pieces. Readers get analysis of current events, perspectives on reading and AI's cultural effects, and firsthand accounts from frontline-adjacent civilians.

Essays by philosopher Slavoj Žižek applying Lacanian and Hegelian thought to current events, politics, culture and technology. Readers get long-form, provocative commentary that links news incidents and works of art to philosophical concepts.