Brain in a Vat alternatives: newsletters like it

SubstackSeveral times a week · last post 3 days ago

From recent posts: The Chatner publishes a mix of personal essays, literary translations, and cultural commentary. Content spans interviews on classic cinema and Rorschach tests to first-person reporting from senior living front desks and…

Likely audience: facility managers

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SubstackMonthly or less · last post 4 days ago

From recent posts: NoorishbyNoor publishes personal essays blending cultural heritage, identity, and global events with specific recipes. The publication targets readers interested in memoir-style reflections on war, food shortages, and…

Likely audience: Expat professionals living in the UK

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SubstackMonthly or less · last post Sep 3, 2026

Transbordo saberes que transformam

Likely audience: Mothers

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SubstackMonthly or less · last post Aug 20, 2026

Wife and mother to three amazing kids. Host, The Lila Rose Podcast. Seek goodness, truth, beauty.

Likely audience: mental health advocates

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SubstackEvery two weeks · last post 19 days ago

Contadora de pestañas

Likely audience: Individuals dealing with past trauma

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SubstackEvery two weeks · last post 32 days ago

Teaching women how to read with depth. Curated reading guides by a retired English teacher.

Likely audience: Book club members

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SubstackMonthly or less · last post 21 days ago

recipes and thoughts from a former restauranteur and lifelong produce enthusiast

Likely audience: Travel enthusiasts interested in Eastern Europe

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SubstackMonthly or less · last post Aug 21, 2026

Where to begin.......................

Likely audience: writers and essayists

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SubstackWeekly · last post 10 days ago

An inquiry into how the sense of self arises and maintains coherence. The mechanics of agency, choice, responsibility, and self-stabilizing loops. No teachings, no methods. Observation and description.

Likely audience: philosophy readers

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SubstackMonthly or less · last post 14 days ago

Bach is the greatest, and I haven't yet heard his complete catalog, so in 2024, I'm listening to every Bach composition and writing about it here.

Likely audience: alumni

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SubstackMonthly or less · last post 11 days ago

Dealing with things way beyond my maturity level.

Likely audience: parents of young children

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SubstackWeekly · last post 11 days ago

Culture, Society, Personal Essays & Analog Hobbies.

Likely audience: graphic designers

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SubstackEvery two weeks · last post 14 days ago

Por Guto Cidreira | Ex-Capitão do Exército | Todo domingo às 7h, uma nova carta pra quem quer abandonar pressa, conversar profundamente e manter problemas menores do que vida.

Likely audience: Burnout survivors

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SubstackEvery two weeks · last post 39 days ago

A deep dive into all things magic, metaphysical and divine for the empowerment of women through spirituality.

Likely audience: readers interested in personal growth

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SubstackMonthly or less · last post 14 days ago

From recent posts: This publication publishes short-form articles on philosophy of mind, consciousness, and free will, including translations of John Locke and reviews of pop-philosophy books. It targets readers interested in specific…

Likely audience: Philosophy students

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SubstackEvery two weeks · last post 9 days ago

We were told we were too much. We believed it. Apologized for it. Then we found out, too late, that it was all nonsense. Too much? I say not enough! Now we start from the beginning

Likely audience: Individuals with late-life ADHD diagnoses

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SubstackWeekly · last post 7 days ago

Reflexões, histórias e poesias para quem busca a autenticidade. Descubra como a psicologia junguiana e a criatividade podem trazer clareza para os desafios do seu cotidiano.

Likely audience: adults reflecting on identity

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SubstackWeekly · last post 8 days ago

Poet & writer David Gate brings you a weekly newsletter with insight into creative resistance, poetry, politics & faith with each edition containing curated poems and (life altering) playlists.

Likely audience: critics of celebrity culture

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SubstackEvery two weeks · last post 10 days ago

Una rassegna di libri, cinema e serie TV. E un bookclub con approfondimenti e passeggiate letterarie, un cine-bookclub, e incontri con studiose, scrittrici ed esperte.

Likely audience: Literary enthusiasts

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SubstackEvery two weeks · last post 8 days ago

You live between worlds: countries, cultures, families, careers. But also identities, feelings and ways of seeing. The trouble is, lives like these don’t always fit the words we have for them. I write from my own…

Likely audience: career changers

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SubstackWeekly · last post 9 days ago

From recent posts: Professor Clayton Williams publishes serialized philosophical dialogues and organizational strategy essays focusing on game theory, cultural identity, and management dynamics.

Likely audience: philosophy scholars

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SubstackEvery two weeks · last post 24 days ago

Likely audience: empty nesters

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SubstackEvery two weeks · last post 17 days ago

Newsletter to spread the word of Revolutionary National Socialism & monitor the Collapse. Hail Victory.

Likely audience: Military veterans

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SubstackEvery two weeks · last post Sep 14, 2026

Likely audience: readers of Wendy Hammers' Tasty Words

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