Substacks recommended by Malcolm Fleschner

Recommended by Malcolm Fleschner

It's pretty random.

Dave is the GOAT humor columnist, and his recent efforts on Substack are much better than what any other potential claimants to the title like Erma Bombeck or Art Buchwald have been producing lately.

- Malcolm Fleschner

The Best Newsletter

By Daniel Fleschner

Hello, friends. Welcome to The Best Newsletter, my weekly attempt to make sense of the overwhelming barrage of shows, movies, books, articles, and everything else the media-cultural world throws at us these days.

Dan's insightful descriptions of the books he's reading, movies he's watching and other experiences he's, um, experiencing are captivating and always enlightening.

- Malcolm Fleschner

The Gene Pool

By gene weingarten

Humor. Outrageous discussions, surprising observations, live chats, polls, and the weekly Invitational humor contest (formerly The Washington Post's Style Invitational). Significant misanthropy tempered by a warm heart.

The Invitational is the funniest (formerly) newspaper-based weekly humor contest consisting entirely of reader-generated content in the world -- bar none!

- Malcolm Fleschner

Tangentially Speaking with Chris Ryan

Small-batch, hand-crafted, artisanal. From bestselling author and OG podcaster Chris Ryan.

Reading Chris' book Sex at Dawn changed my life. I know it's a long shot but I'm hoping that by reading his Substack maybe it will change back.

- Malcolm Fleschner

The Invitational

By Pat Myers

Links from Pat Myers, Empress of The Invitational, the irreverent weekly humor/wordplay contest recently canceled by The Washington Post but now run by the Empress and Czar Gene Weingarten at GeneWeingarten.substack.com.

The Invitational is the funniest (formerly) newspaper-based weekly humor contest consisting entirely of reader-generated content in the world -- bar none!

- Malcolm Fleschner

Aaron Mate

By Aaron Maté

Reporting and analysis by award-winning independent journalist.

Aaron's trenchant analysis and dogged investigative instincts set the standard for independent journalism that cuts across and puts to shame what we get from the tired, establishment-fluffing corporate media. Plus did you know he has a famous father?!

- Malcolm Fleschner

Kyle Thiermann

Conversations with intellectual athletes and athletic intellectuals.

Kyle does so many things extraordinarily well -- surfing, podcasting, writing, the list goes on -- that it's only because he's such a genuinely terrific guy that prevents me from perpetually seething with jealousy over his myriad talents.

- Malcolm Fleschner

Culture Shlock

Recommended by Malcolm Fleschner