Substacks recommended by Josh Pillay

Recommended by Josh Pillay

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Out of the Ordinary

By Simon Bazelon

Politics, Effective Altruism, Philosophy, and more.

She Does Profess

By S.W.N.

A Collection of Philosophical Ruminations on the Etiology of Human Confinements

Technocomplex

By Mark R DeLong

Notes, links, and experiments on our complex relationships with technology. Gleanings, too, from recent reading and thinking.

The Creator's Compass

By Renee Faber

Creating a community of people taking on the challenge of navigating and creating a life rooted in compassion.

Her Fingers Bloomed

By Peter McLaughlin

Various thoughts about various problems

Samstack

By Sam Atis

A newsletter about social science, the future, and why people behave in the way that they do.

The Jazprose Diaries

By Andrew Hill @ Jazprose

These diaries reflect on Art, Culture, and Race with the mindful eye of a memoirist. Come on in. The water's fine.

Berkana

By Swarnali Mukherjee

Built with a soft burning passion for obscure places, people, folklores, and cultural epiphanies

Surrender Now

By Nicola T

Stories from life about miracles and the miraculous. Essays monthly.

Nova Nevédoma

By Vanya Bagaev

Complementary materials to existence. Fiction, as well as essays on literature and life.

Vanya is a master storyteller with a penchant for weaving together beautiful and evocative prose. Each article provides a vicarious journey into the heart of Russian folklore, amongst many other topics, all handcrafted to meticulous perfection. Subscribe now and you thank me later!

- Josh Pillay

MindVault

By Phil Hagspiel (MindVault)

A weekly drip of mental models. Signal only. Zero noise.

Resident Contrarian

Hamhanded metaphors and questionably interesting thoughts

The Sunny Optimist

By Ann Roberts

Ideas, insights, and inspiration to brighten your day.

On the Commons

By Antonia Malchik

A newsletter about ownership, property, and what we lose in the privatization of the commons.

Life in the Real World

By Karen Davis

An Oasis of Peace and Beauty

The SneakyArt Post

By Nishant Jain

Secretly drawn art of the world, delivered to your inbox.

Survival by Book

By Courtney Cook

work, love, art & other life-stuff, seen through a bookish lens

Jibran's Newsletter

By Jibran el Bazi

Whimsical essays, stories, and exercises to help answer life's questions—big & small—so we can live a life of peace, clarity, purpose, and connection.

Spark

By Elizabeth Marro

We examine life's questions through the lens of what we are reading and writing. You'll find essays, stories, book recs, interviews, and resources for readers and writers. Let's talk!

Enchanted Vagabonds

By Barry Warburton

Here you will find stories and essays celebrating nature, travel, and hope (mostly), from writers across Substackland. I wrote some of them and curated others to share with you. Together, they illustrate what it means to be an Enchanted Vagabond.

An Irritable Métis

By Chris La Tray

Email newsletter from Chris La Tray, member of the Little Shell Tribe of Chippewa Indians, author of "Becoming Little Shell" from Milkweed Editions (8/20/2024), and 2023–2025 Montana Poet Laureate.

Garbage Day

By Ryan Broderick

A newsletter about having fun online.

Wait! Just Listen

Recommended by Josh Pillay