TOP 25 HISTORY NEWSLETTERS ON SUBSTACK
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A full list of the top 25 history newsletters and podcasts on Substack. Deep dives into primary source material, historical analysis and commentary as it relates to politics, culture, literature, art and more.
Creator of The Martyr Made Podcast, and The Unraveling w/Jocko Willink
A newsletter on economics, geopolitics and history from Adam Tooze. More substantial than the twitter feed. More freewheeling than what you might read from me in FT, Foreign Policy, New Statesman.
Chartbook #68 Putin's Challenge to Western hegemony - the 2022 edition.
As NATO meets to discuss the tension on the Russian border to Ukraine, and the papers fill with denunciations of Putin’s aggression, I still find it useful to return to the framework I developed in Crashed for analyzing the intersection of geopolitics and economics and the rise of Russia as a challenger.
Chartbook 345 A "house of cards"? Russia's war economy in 2025.
As we approach the third anniversary of Russia’s attack on Ukraine, as the world braces for Trump’s inauguration, as the military and diplomatic balance threatens to shift against Ukraine there has been a noticeable shift amongst Western commentators on the economic front.
The %$#@&, unfiltered, PG-13 substack of woodworker and writer Christopher Schwarz. Posts cover folk furniture, running a woodworking business and generally pulling down the pants of craftsmen who have a giant stick up their butts. Two posts a week.
Offering historically informed perspectives on race, faith, and social issues to help you become a lifelong advocate for racial justice
Searching for the good, true and beautiful — in history, art and culture
Mano rašytojiškos tinklalaidės ir knygos. Parašytos ir būsimos.
Niall Ferguson's Time Machine applies historical perspective to contemporary problems in economics and politics, because the further back you look, the further ahead you can see.
Welcome to The Brown History Newsletter, where we specialize in crafting deep, thought-provoking stories that celebrate the diverse narratives of South Asians across the globe. Join thousands of others who are passionate about exploring these rich stories by subscribing today.
Welcome to my life in a conscious community in the Guatemalan mountains
Those who cannot remember the past . . . need a history teacher who says "fuck" a lot.
Tips from the world's best note takers
A weekly newsletter from Dan Jones, about medieval history (mostly)
Newsletter #1: Castles, etc
Will there ever be a Secrets of Great British Castles season 3? How much of a boss was William Marshal? What is my favourite beer? And other pressing questions...
LET'S ALL GO TO FRANCE IN 2026
Sign up now to join me on a week-long tour of Plantagenet France in April next year - subscribers get a $125 discount
PREVAIL is a regular column about politics, history, national security, foreign affairs, organized crime, dirty money, global corruption, the fight for democracy—and, on Sundays, poetry and literature.
Full Disclosure: An Interview with Noel Casler
The former "Celebrity Apprentice" talent handler on what he saw behind the scenes.
Classified Document: The Jack Smith Report We Cannot See
Merrick Garland vouchsafed to release the first Special Counsel report. Great. But it's the second one that the public needs to read.
Mein Freund, das grad' ist Dichters Werk, dass er sein Träumen deut' und merk'
I’m delighted to provide you with deep, multifaceted, and first-hand insights into Israel. No longer in public office, I can show you Israel up close, from the inside, as well as from 25,000 feet — all with total clarity.
Ancient Origins seeks to uncover what we believe is one of the most important pieces of knowledge we can acquire as human beings: Our beginnings
Italian Renaissance Paintings of UFO’s Hidden in Plain Sight
One day in early August in the fourth century AD, something strange happened in Rome. Those who were outside braving the heat, walking on the Esquiline Hill would have glanced at the sky to notice a curious cloud formation - very different certainly from the compact cloud cover typical of snowfall - and would have been astonished to see snowflakes drifting down to earth – in the heat of summer! Some may have fled to escape this manifestation of divine wrath while others may have tentatively stretched out a hand to catch them and see them evaporate like real snowflakes. Someone noted and recorded the event.
Devils or Angels? Defining the Dark Entities of Christianity’s Past
Devil or angel? The concept of demons is an old one, harking back to the confiscation of pagan nature deities by the Roman Empire, which turned them into something more sinister and evil than may have originally been intended. Angels are as old as religion itself, appearing in the earliest of writings of Abrahamic traditions, including fallen angels who mated with human women and defied the will of God.
Columns by controversial revisionist historian Michael Hoffman for the advancement of knowledge in defiance of cancel culture.
Author and investigative journalist writing original content on the space between Area 51 and Breaking Bad.
Welcome to My Life in the Past! I'm Lucy Worsley, for twenty-one years Chief Curator at Historic Royal Palaces, and now a historian-at-large. Join me to find out what a historian does all day (hint: involves more chocolate consumption than you might imagine), what programmes I might be working on for the BBC, and what books I might be writing. I often find myself in old and beautiful places, and I love sharing my experience with you all - thanks for reading!
Poking around in London's past: a newsletter from the Londonist team for history fans and London-lovers. Also good for people who love fossils, pubs, sculpture, bridges, beer, the river, maps... all things ye olde London, basically.
Why has the world become more gender equal? Why are some societies more gender equal than others?
Iraq, Syria, jihadism, medieval Latin & Arabic texts, and more...
Islamic State Claims Moscow Attacks
Today, large-scale terrorist attacks took place in the Moscow area.
Jihadist Reactions to the Events in Syria: The Case of Gaza's Saryat Hurras al-Masra
With the exception of the Islamic State that has predictably denounced the Hay’at Tahrir al-Sham-led overthrow of the Assad regime as an un-Islamic revolution and has vowed to continue fighting the new government on the basis that it is an ‘apostate’ entity, reactions of jihadist groups to the developments over the last month or so have been largely positive.
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