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Recommended by David Shams

Where deep storytelling meets bespoke travel.

If you're looking for deeper and more insightful travel stories that help better understand destinations, look no further. This is your place.

- David Shams

Popular Information

By Judd Legum

Independent accountability journalism.

Political football

By Tony Evans

Football, politics, beer, music, life

Diplomatic, by Laura Rozen

By Laura

Reporting on foreign policy, Washington, and the U.S. administration.

Expatriarch

By Dan Kobayashi aka Jose Melendez

How an American Africa expert deals with moving to Geneva and becoming a stay-at-home dad. Featuring lots of parenting, lots of travel, and a little bit of whining.

If you're interested in my stories, Dan's will fascinate you too. He takes a deeper dive into the cultures and spaces he's exploring while abroad.

- David Shams

The Belgrader

By Nebojša Marković

The Belgrader is a newsletter where Serbian football opens onto culture, history and human stories.

Around the World in Matches

By David Shams

This is my journey around the world exploring culture through sports, mostly soccer/football.