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Marc Stein

Marc’s career as an NBA reporter has spanned more than 30 seasons and writing for the New York Times. Subscribers gain access to a weekly extravaganza of NBA coverage, plus a community immersed in a league that takes zero days off.

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The Fifth Column (A Podcast)

Media veterans Kmele Foster, Michael Moynihan, and Matt Welch host The Fifth Column podcast, a weekly show examining the “screeching partisans and language-policing fanatics” in contemporary journalism.

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Record Store

Amaya Lim’s weekly mixtape for the modern world follows a few strict rules: 10 tracks, and no songs repeated in more than one mix, ever.

By Amaya Lim · Launched a year ago · $5/month

Comment is Freed

Sam Freedman, a British academic and political advisor, with his father Lawrence Freedman, writes Comment is Freed—covering politics, policy analysis, and foreign affairs.

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COOK WITH LERATO

Cook with Lerato is a weekly newsletter with recipes and stories filled with wanderlust from Africa and beyond…

Launched a year ago · £5/month

Finessing Finance

Jordan Blaze Trevino shares a weekly newsletter on all things personal finance: whether it’s tackling student loans, quitting your job, or saving for a holiday, Jordan’s essays, interviews and stories have your money plans covered.

By Jordan Blaze Trevino · Launched 2 years ago

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