this week in new york: mad transit

My personal Substack

Ethan Nichtern is a Buddhist teacher and student. He is the author of the books Confidence, The Road Home, and The Dharma of the Princess Bride, and the host of The Road Home podcast.

Dearler's choice: receive astrological guidance to help navigate this wild epoch of Pluto in Aquarius OR go completely out of your mind!

NYC playwright Sara Farrington breaks down how theater is hard. It's funny, rage-fueled, punk, anti-establishment, historically accurate, motivating and especially anti-capitalistic. www.ladyfarrington.com

Off the cuff MJ writing/videos/picts/audio for paid subscribers and an ongoing All Fours Group Chat for everyone (not a book club! A place to talk about your own life.)

Words. Words about words. Words about copyediting. The occasional cultural observation.

A newsletter about NYC's independent businesses: immigrant-owned, storefront retail and CPGs.

Rituals, practices, and routines that help writers unleash their boundless creative potential and design a fulfilling writing life.

The Big Picture provides a deep dive into the cultural, political, and societal issues shaping our world today, from a variety of unique perspectives.

Neuron misfire and unabashed hype.

"The Making Of" explores the creative pros behind-the-scenes of today's top films, TV shows, documentaries and news content.

American Schism focuses on a current news topic and its historical antecedents. Its driving question is: What can the past teach us that can help us better understand the present?

Weekly meditations, practical Buddhist tools, and relatable insights to help you create a kinder, wiser, and more loving life.

Kareem Abdul-Jabbar shares thoughts about sports, politics, and popular culture and how they define America.

Exclusive fiction too out-there for prime time, by the author of Fight Club. Writing lessons. Lurid back story.

The reader is my notebook

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

Notorious gadfly nips at feebs, dweebs, and other enemies of the Republic.