Substacks recommended by Tim Lieder | Existential Angst and Plushies

Recommended by Tim Lieder

Join me every month or so as I talk to Jewish creators and clergy about what life might be like for us... in space! We'll explore the burning questions of Jewish life on an spaceship. Could Kohanim be allowed on the crew? How would you build a mikvah?

Chess Guy

By Cole Zwynenburg

Everything about chess

Chess stuff.

- Tim Lieder

edward

Book reader.

Recalibrate Portland

By Max Steele

News, interviews, and opinion from Portland, OR - FKA "Max's Substack"

Funny amd smart, a great dissection of city politics. "linked Councilor Morillo and The Community Free Store, but I’ve gotten several messages telling me that love is one-sided. Morillo and the DSA clearly support the black bloc radicals and the keffiyeh-clad junior jihadis but they don’t love her back. The DSA has been firmly friend-zoned."

- Tim Lieder

Andrew Fox’s Substack

Analysis of the Middle East, Defence, and Disinformation by Andrew Fox, professional researcher and former Parachute Regiment officer.

The Annals of St. Remedius

By Paul Riddell

Defining "Exonormal" Since 1630

Paul is a weird dude and his substack is really fun to read.

- Tim Lieder

Morrissey, Ringleader of The Tormentors

By Thomas

A place for habitués of the world of Morrissey and his former band, The Smiths.

Jerry Stahl's Nowheresville

Novelist, screenwriter, journalist, and all-around guy who should be dead already.“ Jerry Stahl should either get the Pulitzer Prize or be shot down in the street like a dog.” -Anthony Bourdain

Some of the best writing about Hollywood and addiction. Also check out Permanent Midnight.

- Tim Lieder

Bucky Sinister

By Update

I'm a poet, self-help author, novelist, kettlebell athlete, and pop culture nerd. Likely you know me from one of these descriptions if you're here. Hopefully, I'll share the rest of my world with you.

This is just a great publication about punk shows and getting sober.

- Tim Lieder

BordoLines

By Susan Bordo

I write about politics, gender, history, popular culture, and mass media—what moves me, what delights me, what irritates me, and what worries me—from movies and cable tv to mainstream news publications and broadcasts to commercials and ads.

Nathan Rabin's Bad Ideas

Movie Reviews, Stephen King, Autism in Entertainment, Joy of Positvity and Weird-Ass Side Quests

Peter Himmelman’s Morning Musings

Creativity, Spirituality & the Quest for the Perfect Song

Israel from the Inside with Daniel Gordis

Israel from the Inside is for people who want to understand Israel with nuance, who believe that Israel is neither hopelessly flawed and illegitimate, nor beyond critique. If thoughtful analysis of Israel and its people interests you, welcome!

Existential Angst and Plushies - Tim Lieder's Substack

Recommended by Tim Lieder