The Fifth Column (A Podcast)

Links to exceptional nonfiction. Stay informed and engaged without the anxiety of endlessly surfing the web.

Essays and conversations about big ideas that don't need a news hook.

An uncensored look at the world of free expression.

News and features by best-selling author and reporter Matt Taibbi, in an independent package molded after I.F. Stone's Weekly. The site contains investigative journalism, satirical commentary, and the America This Week podcast with novelist Walter Kirn.

It's pretty random.

"To see what is in front of one's nose needs a constant struggle," - Orwell

Sports, Business, Politics, Culture

Something's coming, something good.

Race, inequality, and economics in the US and throughout the world, by Glenn Loury.

A podcast from the outskirts of the zeitgeist

Taking life as it comes, not necessarily in that order

Increasing Jewish representation in media

The home of The Gist List and exclusive commentary from Mike Pesca delivered to your inbox every single day.

A Podcast About Internet Controversies

A substack about how the internet is making us all crazy.

A new media company built on the ideals that were once the bedrock of American journalism.

An ocean of stories from Salman Rushdie: I'll be talking about stories I’ve read or seen, true stories, tall stories, stories about me, and some I just made up.

The safe space for dangerous ideas.

Media, culture, journalism, murder, and the occasional baking of actual pie

Longview is for the curious and open minded. We tell deeply-reported, carefully-crafted stories about the most pressing and interesting stories in our world.

A blog about freedom of speech and both the Coddling & Canceling of the American Mind.

Searching for truth in an uncertain world

A former congressman spills on Congress and makes the practical case for the principles of liberty.