Substacks recommended by Josh Gondelman

Recommended by Josh Gondelman

Secret Society

By John Hodgman

You are invited to join a SECRET SOCIETY.

How Things Work

By Hamilton Nolan

Labor, politics, and power.

Dave Hill: A Caveman in a Spaceship

Hi, I'm Dave Hill. I'm writing stuff just to write, not to be good or even make sense. You can read it just to read if you like. Life is beautiful. Just ask my dog.

Weekend Water with Paul F. Tompkins & Janie Haddad Tompkins

Official substack spawned from the conversation podcast STAY F. HOMEKINS with comedian Paul F. Tompkins & actress Janie Haddad Tompkins. More random thoughts, tidbits, musings and movie watchalongs from podcast cohosts & married couple JHT & PFT.

The Maris Review by Maris Kreizman

We're here to talk about books and do a little shit-talking.

No one thinks and writes about books better than Maris! No one's book recommendations are better than hers! She's the best in the biz!!!

- Josh Gondelman

Law Dork

By Chris Geidner

The Supreme Court, law, politics, and more.

At the Mountains of Sadness

By Mike Drucker

A newsletter by a comedian and comedy writer about video games, movies, politics, and usually the world's deepest well of sadness. Dive into the well. By clicking subscribe, not actually diving.

The Wilder Things

By Charlotte Wilder

Taking the silly seriously since 1989

New Music for Olds

By Christian Finnegan

How long has it been since you had a new favorite song? I can help with that!

LA Weather

By Tess Lynch

A newsletter about the weather in Los Angeles, but only sort of.

The Long Game

By Molly Knight

Join our community of smart sports fans who also care about things other than sports. Debate is encouraged, trolling is not allowed.

Ayesha A. Siddiqi

By Ayesha's substack

Reviews, interviews, advice, and essays. No rants. I take my time until I have something worth yours.

Impersonal Foul

By Madeline Hill

If Bravo and ESPN had a baby.

Hung Up

By hunter harris

A twice-weekly newsletter about movies, tv, and personal pop culture obsessions. Hung Up is essays, interviews, recommendations, reviews, gossip, line readings, love notes, cool stuff to share with your friends.

REID

By Reid Pope

Trans Jewish Comedian/Cinnabon Rewards Member

That's What She Said

By Anne T. Donahue

Thoughts, feelings, Mertyle power.

The Review of Beauty by Jessica DeFino

A critical review of beauty culture from “the woman the beauty industry fears” (the Sunday Herald).

The Melt by Jason Diamond

By Jason Diamond

The Melt is Jason Diamond's reader-supported look at old, new, and evolving classics.

Discourse Blog

Politics and culture from the left.

Good Morning It's Basketball

By Tom Ziller

Daily dispatches on glory, failure and frivolity in the NBA.

The Kicks You Wear

By Mike Sykes

The intersection of sneakers, business and culture injected directly into your inbox.

BASKETBALL FEELINGS

By Katie Heindl

Reconciling life with basketball, or else the other way around.

Basketball Feelings brings so much depth and joy and thoughtfulness to the game of basketball. Katie writes about the game and the people around it with incredible insight and enthusiasm. There is nobody who does it like her! My newsletter feeling about Baskeball Feelings is: I love it!!!

- Josh Gondelman