Substacks recommended by Tony Pierce

Recommended by Tony Pierce

Jagged Time Lapse

By Dan Epstein

Writing about Music and Pop Culture that spans the decades

Open Windows- Ann Telnaes

Ann Telnaes- Artist, visual storyteller, creator of "Open Windows"

Make More Pie

By Nancy Rommelmann

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

Hi, it's Whitney

By Whitney Matheson

culture, comix, rock 'n' roll, bananas

Smoke 'Em If You Got 'Em Podcast

A podcast from the outskirts of the zeitgeist

Ask Polly

By Heather Havrilesky

Advice and wisdom from Heather Havrilesky, published since 2012 (formerly at The Awl and NY Magazine). Paid subscribers receive 1-2 weekly posts on how to navigate our broken world with compassion, realism, and an open heart.

Science Blog Newsletter

By ScienceBlog.com Newsletter

A digest of stories from ScienceBlog.com, the destination for straight-from-the-source research news and big brains in science.

Ben Sullivan is not only one of the top 3 nicest men in LA but he's been running Science Blog since forever. Often I read Science news here first.

- Tony Pierce

off the record

By monique

storytelling is a revolutionary act. here are some of mine.

ASK MOLLY

By Heather Havrilesky

Essays by Heather Havrilesky, Ask Polly columnist and author of Foreverland: On the Divine Tedium of Marriage (2022), What If This Were Enough? (2018), How to Be a Person in the World (2016), and Disaster Preparedness (2011)

id be shocked if you didnt know Heather, she has been writing online and in books since the web began. shes funny, frank, and fresh. i loved her book Foreverland and recommend that too for her slice of married life.

- Tony Pierce

The Ankler.

By Richard Rushfield

The business of entertainment

Remember The Lightning

By S.W. Lauden

Music • Books • Music Books

High Adam

By Adam Tschorn

Welcome to my "smokestack" -- the place where I muse about the plant we light on fire. As a wise man (and by that I mean me) once said: "You can't spell Tschorn without THC."

The World of Tosh Berman

Pop Culture, Fiction, Music, Art, and Journal

Fahrenheit Press

The most exciting crime fiction in the world

Julie Wolfson

The Golden State of Coffee: Coffee Culture in California... and around the globe

Honey+Fire

filmmaker : author : rebelrouser : change maker : advocate : sexuality educator: feline

FilmThePoliceLA’s Substack

By Film The Police LA

Police Accountability Substack

Mike’s Bonin's Substack

By Mike Bonin

Mike Bonin served on the Los Angeles City Council from 2013-2022. He hosts "What's Next, Los Angeles", a podcast about current affairs in Southern California, and writes about economic, social and racial justice in Southern California.