Today’s episode is guest-hosted by Sarah Fay, creative writing professor at Northwestern University, former interviewer at The Paris Review, devoted... more

Taylor Lorenz, a tech culture reporter for the Washington Post, has been both observer and participant in an internet culture... more

Even among politics and media junkies, few people had heard the name Richard Hanania before 2020. But then, as the... more

At a dinner party Substack hosted in San Francisco last week, I found myself sitting next to Kevin Kelly, the... more

Both Suleika Jaouad and Diego Perez, who writes as Yung Pueblo, arrived at writing through adversity. Writing became a way... more

At first glance, Mike Solana and Ted Gioia might not seem to have much in common. Mike, the publisher of... more

I met Robert Reich in his overstuffed corner office on U.C. Berkeley’s campus, housed in what looked to me like... more

When he’s about to hit publish on a take that he knows will catch some heat, Ethan Strauss feels like... more

Alison Roman is enjoying being an “elder millennial” and not feeling the pressure of being on TikTok or even doing... more

I met Patti Smith at Electric Lady Studios, the studio in New York’s Greenwich Village opened by Jimi Hendrix a... more