Substacks recommended by Marinarena Travel & Poetic Deep Dive

Recommended by Marinarena Travel & Poetic Deep Dive

Thursday highlights about a classical piece or composer along with Saturday classical picks for a beautiful start to your weekend.

Neil’s Substack - Awareness on Purpose

By Neil McDougall

Learn to recognize underlying themes, trends and root causes of world events.

Break Free Media

By Karen Hunt

As a follower of Jesus, my essays explore the big picture through a personal lens, offering insight into this dystopian era.

Hey friend. Keep Breathing

By Megan Youngmee

Themes in the collective that connect to deeper energetic patterns and healing. Intuitive, informed messages. Regenerative Bodywork System. Writing from the magical Sacred Valley and hour from Machu Picchu, Peru

Paul’s Substack

By Paul Wittenberger

Once upon a time, I discovered I had many voices in my head and I needed a place to put them—then Substack came along. "To suggest is to create, to name is to destroy." —Stéphane Mallarmé

There is a variety of emotion and insight well-articulated here. Much relatability in Paul's poetry. Lots of delightful pieces to go back and read again and again!

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Made From What's Not Real

By David Perlmutter

The writings and musings of Canadian historian and speculative fiction writer David Perlmutter

Words of Action

Random Musings Of A Pent-Up Poet

Potter Poems

By Jonathan Potter

Poetry in process by Jonathan Potter

A wonderful constant inbox follow with the daily sunset poems especially. Easy peace in your world.

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Elizabeth’s Newsletter from Italy

By Elizabeth Minchilli

Food, travel, & fun (not necessarily in that order)

A must read for every Italophile. Love the regional Ital recipes, photography and commentary.

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Warren's Literary Ramblings

By Warren Brown

Empowering Writers through Stories and Storytelling.

Easy to read and follow! Positive, soulful and spirtually sound reads to uplift your day. A great go-to for writing prompts as well.

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My Haiku Journey

By April R. Holmes

My daily exploration of weird photos and haiku experiments published as a weekly collection. Plus separate posts of nature and landscape photographs with perhaps a philosophical haiku theme?

GIRLS

By Freya India

Girlhood in the Modern World

Outspoken with Dr Naomi Wolf

Essays, updates and arguments from an eyewitness to a new dark age, with thoughts on how to keep liberty, justice and human rights alive.

Commentary is truly rich and heartfelt. Covid/vaccine related meterial is presented thoroughly, scientific backed.

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THE HEN HOUSE

By Evelyn Fox

The Hen House is home to my many book reviews, occasional short fiction, and personal essays about love, life, and my attempt to catalogue and understand the world around me.

SpeakYourRhyme

By Paula Ann Kochanek

Limericks to inspire your inner power.

Dispatches From the Basement

By Joseph Massey

I offer poetry that seeks out the sacred in the ordinary, accompanied by original photography. No politics, no hot takes, just poetry.

How To Subvert Subversion with Yuri Bezmenov

Can you reason with a demoralized person?

Holly Starley's Rolling Desk

My living room is the world. Pull up a chair.

Beau Society

A whole lot of BS. A newsletter by Hailee Steinfeld.

Unjected

The Official Substack of Unjected.com

FOCAL POINTS (Courageous Discourse™)

By Peter A. McCullough

Investigative scholarship and reporting of public policy, health, justice, and current affairs. Registered trademark 8,285,455 serial number 97-649,231 USPTO first use in commerce 10/19/2022, filed 10/26/2022, awarded 6/2/2026

The Mel K Show

Where the truth matters and facts reveal all.

Books on Trains

By BooksonTrains (Travel & Books)

"Books on Trains" is where page-turners meet train tracks, blending book reviews with travel guides for readers who wander.

Africa’s Bright Future

By Magatte Wade

Witness Africa's epic leap into a prosperous future. Subscribe to join the movement.

The Victory Palace Poetry Stack

By Victory Palace Poetry

Counterculture poetry about illusion, power, and spiritual awakening.

SOCIAL MEDIA ESCAPE CLUB

By Social Media Escape Club

Break up 💔 with social media.

The Curious Platypus

By Michael Edward

The curious musings of a curious creature.

Terribly quirky, entertaining reads!

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News from Esotouric's Secret Los Angeles

Southern California lore and historic preservation

The Honest Broker

By Ted Gioia

A trustworthy guide to music, books, arts, media & culture by Ted Gioia

“System Failures: Dispatches from the Inside and Edge

By Jennifer Tate

Welcome Systems Failures: Dispatches from the Inside and Edge a hybrid of cultural autopsy and personal reckoning. Here, truth isn’t tidy, and memory doesn’t behave. This space blends memoir, essay, and cultural critique to expose the quiet manipulations.

A New Story

By Damien

A collection of writings, often from the heart

Easy and relatable reads.

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Cosmographia

By M. E. Rothwell

A traveller in an antique land.

Raheem Kassam

By From the Desk of Raheem J. Kassam.

news, culture, and analysis from a Brexit/Trump political veteran.

A Carpenter's Point of View in Poetry

By Weston Parker

A lifelong carpenter, mostly retired but poetry still whispers to me.

Mother of Hope

By Julie

Rambles, sweary rants, stories and poetry on life, love & liberty.

Journal of Free Black Thought

Black viewpoint diversity

Black perspective well represented with diverse voices, insights and nuanced takes. Goes against negative racialized stereotypes. Well moderated and paced in interviews.

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Restoring the West by Ayaan Hirsi Ali

Restoring the West is a daily publication devoted to defending and renewing the principles of Western civilization.

Chris Arnade Walks the World

Dispatches and photos from walks around the world

ASR Newsletter

Learning is a world without hand-sized stones. Keep Updated in This Digital Society

Sherman Alexie

poems, short fiction, essays, opinion, audio, video

Lesley's Substack

By Lesley Pyle

My personal Substack

Expect the Unexpected

By Lois Thomson Bowersock

Expect the unexpected with a flare of humor and enjoy a quick escape from daily stressors. Adventures in travel, with an eye for the unusual. Life experiences as viewed from the perspective of a "person of a certain age."

Lois brings a lot of personality to trip commentary. Fascinating little details to revisit in Stack reading.

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Jim Melvin's Realms of Fantasy

I am a novelist whose main focus is epic and dark fantasy but who also writes a wide range of fiction and nonfiction. Please sign up to receive my free newsletter.

Unreported Truths

By Alex Berenson

Independent, citizen-funded journalism

A solid place for real Covid/vaccine info the mainstream media doesn't tell. Alex's over commentary is often sharp and witty.

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Travel: NE Where

By Narina Exelby

For – and often about – women who travel, and other curious people.

Travel to Freedom

By Freedom Travel Alliance

Exploration is part of Human nature

Michael Mohr's Sincere American Writing

Fiction, literature, book reviews, politics, travel writing, sobriety, culture, ideology. No teams.

Ignite With Hege

By Hege Kristoffersen

Helping people see more clearly & live more truthfully. Exploring the journey from fragmentation to wholeness, where psychology meets faith and art expresses truth.

Bijibilla’s Substack

By Bijibilla Rama Rao

EVERY DAY IS A CHANGE TO BE BETTER! EACH DAY PROVIDES ITS OWN GIFTS! WORK HARD IN SILENCE! LET YOUR SUCCESS BE YOUR NOISE!