Substacks recommended by Wisdom of Crowds

Recommended by Wisdom of Crowds

Cosmopolitics by Elise Labott

By Elise Labott of Cosmopolitics

An insider's guide to understanding your world and the people who run it.

Elise Labott is one of the best foreign policy journalists out there. A must-read.

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The Ideas Letter

Welcome to the Ideas Letter, where heterodox ideas come alive. A project of the Open Society Foundations, The Ideas Letter is published fortnightly.

OSF's Ideas Letter is an excellent source out of the box, heterodox thinking.

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Theory Matters

By Sam Mace

My posts generally focus on political theory intersecting with practical political matters. Whilst theory is oftentimes archived away, I believe it has a strong place to better understand and explain our political landscape. I hope you enjoy this blog :)

As its name suggests, Theory Matters is must-reading for anyone who wants who thinks that theory matters, which of course it does. The author of Theory Matters, Sam Mace, is a rising star in the field and one of a handful of genuine experts on a particularly influential but also dangerous intellectual, the infamous Carl Schmitt.

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Notes from the Middleground

By Damon Linker

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

Damon has an open mind and a willingness to dialogue. We always learn something new from his commentary.

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Of Boys and Men

By Richard V Reeves

rising to the challenges faced by the modern male

Richard Reeves' work on the crisis facing boys and men is brilliant, important, and relevant to anyone who cares about the future of our society.

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Washington Review of Books

Becoming literate is a lifelong task, but it shouldn’t take your entire day.

Okay, several of us at Wisdom of Crowds absolutely love this sprawling, clever, witty, and often quite entertaining "review" that's focused on books and big ideas (and a lot more. It's unclear how they maintain such a consistent level of quality day in and day out).

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House of Strauss

By Ethan Strauss

Sports, Business, Politics, Culture

One of the very few publications we can think of that looks at the world of sports from the perspective of politics, identity, and first politics. We're into that.

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Razib Khan's Unsupervised Learning

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

Probably the most influential Substack we're aware of on genetics, evolution, history, and other nerdy yet cool topics. Also, Razib is a legend.

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Luke Burgis Newsletter

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

The Anti-Mimetic newsletter is a must-read. We had Luke on the podcast to talk about his book "Wanting" which is about mimetic desire. It was fascinating. And his newsletter expands on these topics in considerable depth and shows you how to apply "anti-mimetic" principles to your everyday life.

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Default Wisdom

By Default Friend

An emotional scrapbook of the Internet.

What Marshall McLuhan did for TV and radio, Katherine Dee is doing for the Internet and social media.

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Wear We Are

By Michael & Melissa Wear

From Michael and Melissa Wear, Wear We Are offers original analysis, exclusive interviews and curated news and content about faith, politics and public life.

Michael Wear is one of our favorite authors when it comes to Christianity's role in U.S. politics.

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