Magnetic North: One Journalist's Quest to Make Sense of the Universe
Scott Carney, Matt Stoller, Nina Burleigh, Craig Unger, Dan McClellan, Kati Rae, Theo BakerContested histories, anthropological investigations, supernatural sleuthing, and consciousness explorations courtesy of New York Times bestselling author Scott Carney
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Authors
The writers behind this newsletter.
Investigative journalist, anthropologist, author and YouTuber
Matt Stoller is Research Director for the American Economic Liberties Project. His first book Goliath, published by Simon and Schuster, was released in October.
National political journalist, author of 7 nonfiction books including The Trump Women: Part of the Deal; and the novellas Zero Visibility Possible and Turn Around Don't Drown, the first two in a trilogy of dystopic satires.
Craig is the NYT bestselling author of six books on the GOP's assault on democracy including American Kompromat, House of Trump, House of Putin and, most recently, Den of Spies. He has written for Vanity Fair, New York, and other publications.
Public scholar of the Bible and religion & honorary fellow of Birmingham University's Cadbury Centre for the Public Understanding of Religion
Alternative medicine almost killed me. This is the part where we trace it back—through the wellness industry that sold it to me, the pseudoscience underneath, and the systems that let it happen.
Journalist and author. Stanford student. Winner of the George Polk Award. HOW TO RULE THE WORLD out 5/19.
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